Underground Films

  • Playlist

    Watch Sundance 2014 Short Films!

    Yesterday afternoon saw the announcement of Sundance's short film lineup for 2014, 66 short films that will play Park City this upcoming January. The competition was fierce, with a revealed total of 8,141 submissions, but, of the myriad things you could do to catch the fleeting but powerful attention of a programmer—write a great script, discover an amazing subject, or cast a big star—keeping your short film offline, sight unseen, conferred no advantage.

  • News

    Watch NFB Films on the iPhone

    Via CNet, I've learned that the National Film Board of Canada, that awesome sponsor of innumerable award-winning short films, is now offering over 500 films available for viewing on your iPhone via their new iPhone app. Both the films and the app are free.

  • Article

    Jameson First Shot 2016: Short Films

    Maggie Gyllenhaal stars in three short films directed by emerging filmmakers as part of Jameson's 'First Shot' competition

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: May 2021

    Strap-ons, discrimination, Sigmund Freud and pool parties all feature in this quartet of female-fronted shorts that make up Short of the Week's 'Best of the Month' selection for May 2021.

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: April 2024

    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.

  • Festival

    Sundance 2012 Online Short Film Program: Part 1

    Sundance is here! Yours truly will be attendance for the first time, but, as it's been for the last 6 years, all of you at home can partake in the excitement too through the Sundance Online Short Film Program. After a two year collaboration with YouTube, the festival has moved to giant content portal Yahoo! and their relatively new video platform Yahoo! Screen.

  • News

    Kon Satoshi: Good Morning; Magnetic Rose

    Word arrived Stateside this morning, not through any official announcement, but through the tweets of his friends and collaborators. Kon Satoshi, one of the leading lights of Anime, director of the films Perfect Blue and Paprika, has sadly passed away at age 47.

  • Black Filmmakers

    From Short Film To Series: 5150

    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.

  • Best of the Month

    Best Films of the Month: October

    A meta-thriller is sandwiched between two very different retellings of real-life events in our three favourite short films from October

  • Best of the Month

    Best Films of the Month: March

    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.

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