Academy FIlms

  • 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.

  • Article

    The Viral Experience: What Happens When You Reach The Top

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

    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.

  • News

    Hulu Broadens Documentary Films Offering

    Hulu is broadening its support of documentary films including a section on documentary short films. Also, if you've been stranded on a deserted island for the past year, check out their section on Short Films.

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: November 2019

    Three animated films, showcasing three very different styles, make up our 'Best of the Month' picks for November. One of them could soon be an Oscar winner.

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