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The Ten Best Short Films on Netflix
Like short films? Have access to a Netflix account? Here are the 10 films worth your time [Updated March. 2025]
News
Premier VR Content Companies Get Large Investments
Multi-million dollar Series A funding rounds for two creator-lead VR production companies signals a shift in focus from technology to content.
SOTW
The Summer of Sequels
As another sequel-saturated summer comes to a close, it's clear that sequels are no fad but a growing trend. It's a conversation we started with our 2011 article, Has Hollywood Lost its Way, when we mapped the rising popularity of sequels over the last three decades.
Documentary
Whitney Skauge
The Beauty President
In 1992, at the height of the AIDS pandemic, activist Terence Alan Smith made a historic bid for president of the United States as his drag queen persona Joan Jett Blakk. Today, Smith reflects back on his seminal civil rights campaign and its place in American history.
Dark Comedy
Albert 't Hooft & Paco Vink
Fallin' Floyd
After being dumped by his girlfriend, a street musician suffers from psychological problems manifested as a little demon who disrupts his everyday life.
News
Interactive Jeff Buckley video blends story, music & technology into an innovative immersive experience
Design studios Blind and Interlude have combined to created this immersive (and surprisingly touching) interactive music video for unreleased Jeff Buckley track 'Just Like a Woman'
Adventure
Limbert Fabian
& Jacob Wyatt
The Boy Who Learned to Fly
Before he was the fastest man alive, Usain Bolt was the boy who learned to fly.
Documentary
Ben Proudfoot
MINK!
Fresh off an Oscar win for The Queen of Basketball, Ben Proudfoot is back with his latest NYTimes Op/Doc film, a propulsive profile of the feminist trailblazer Patsy Takemoto Mink and the origin of the landmark legislation synonymous with gender equity in American sport—Title IX.
Festival
Tribeca Storyscapes 2017
Short of the Week checks out Tribeca's VR sidebar, and reports back on the state of the form.
New Filmmaker Series
The New Filmmaker: Stephan Zlotescu
In 2009, an unknown effects-laden sci-fi short, Panic Attack, grabbed the attention of Hollywood proving the internet had opened a new path for aspiring directors. That success spawned thousands of CG-savvy imitators.
