Herd Films

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: May 2024

    Motherhood, culpability and perception are explored in this trio of short films selected by our team as their favorites from our May coverage.

  • Play
    Comedy Dave Green

    Ham Sandwich

    A magical ham sandwich transports a schlub on an adventure through time.

  • News

    Short of the Week in 2016—A Year in Review

    By any measurement, 2016 was a dramatic year. In a year that revealed some of the ugliest nature of ourselves, we need to remember to reflect on the amazing moments as well.

  • Festival

    Palm Springs Shortfest Online Film Festival

    Palm Springs! We are very close to the arrival of North America's most important film festival dedicated to shorts. I know not everybody follows the festival scene, and I know it gets confusing because I'm always tweeting that Festival X is the most-_____ festival in all of _____, but for short films, trust me, Palm Springs Shortfest is a pretty big deal.

  • Festival

    2018 Palm Springs ShortFest x S/W

    A quick preview of the upcoming event, North America's largest short film specific festival, with shorts to check out, new work from alums, and a selection of shorts in the official program we've covered on this site.

  • Festival

    5 Shorts From SXSW 2020 To Watch Out For

    We close out our SXSW Shorts Week coverage by highlighting 5 of our favorite films from the program that you should keep en eye out for in the coming weeks and months.

  • SOTW

    Looking Back on 2011

    This year has been a big year for Short of the Week. Let's take a moment to look back on where we've been and look ahead to where we're going.

  • Filmmaker Update

    New York Times: Conception Series

    Short of the Week alums the Moth Studio join five other talented animators in creating short films about Motherhood for the New York Times

  • Festival

    Online Now: The 9th Annual "My French Film Festival"

    ((The Festival is now over, and the links to the films have expired) We preview and link to the 10 short films you can watch for free in this year's "My French Film Festival"—Unifrance's innovative online celebration of contemporary French cinema.

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