Animation Next, a touring programme of seven bold new original short films is set to screen at select US theatres in September (2019)

For the trio of films highlighted as our Best of the Month picks for April, the S/W team select a period drama focused on performance and dialogue, a playful documentary exploring the routines of non-playable characters in video games and an experimental animation unravelling the creative process.

4 films from the SXSW Official Selection that you can watch from the comfort of home

Introducing the S/W YouTube channel—Subscribe for short films premieres from a diverse set of emerging voices pushing the boundaries of filmmaking.

 SITENumber of Featured  Films on the Site in 2017: 300Number of News Pieces + Articles: 51Total Hours of Programming: 59 hours 35 minNumber of Paid Submissions: 3254Accepted Films: 141, a 5.6% Acceptance Rate CREATORS + CONTENTAvg.

Our annual celebration of the short films that delighted us the most from this calendar year.

Take a journey of self-discovery, a journey of spiritual enlightenment or a journey through intimate friendship in our 3 favourite short films from the month of March.

So hard! 24 films was the number of films we featured in June, a number that, as always, was whittled down from the immensely higher number of films our team watched. When you're already picky, pruning your selections gets unbearably tough, but that's the point of this series—to highlight some of the truly best of the best, can't-miss shorts of the past month.

Executive producer of the #MOREFilms4Freedom project Loran Dunn joins us to discuss what we can expect from the first three LGBTQ+ themed short films commissioned through the programme

Director Denzel Whitaker and producer John Trefry joins us to discuss the release of 5150, a short film intended to be turned into a series.