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.
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.
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.
The Short of the Week team predict the winners of the three Oscar short film categories, ahead of the awards on Sunday 10th March.
You've seen the scenario before: some talented, young filmmaker releases his latest short film on Vimeo and BOOM practically overnight it goes viral. A few million views and a couple hundred thousand comments later, they garner industry attention, eventually cinching a movie deal with Hollywood.
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
Congratulations to the three winners of the 2024 Short film Oscars.
Our annual celebration of the short films that delighted us the most from this calendar year.
