Alrojo Films

  • Best of the Month

    Best Films of the Month: December

    Innovative approaches to genre and form are exemplified in three must-see picks from December.

  • Best of the Month

    Best Films of the Month: February

    No docs or animations for February's list. We were obsessed with narrative stories the last few weeks, and this latest monthly round-up of our favorite films reflects that.

  • Branded Content

    Nokia Shorts 2011 Competition Finalists + Winner

    Sunday night at the Edinburgh Film Festival, the much-promoted Nokia Shorts Competition drew to a close with the debut screening of the 8 finalist films. Shot entirely on Nokia phones, the 8 films proved themselves to be worthy entries for one of the more high-profile short film competitions of recent vintage.

  • Interview

    10 Questions with Matthew Savage (Reign of Death)

    Reign of Death, the subject of our recent feature review, is one of the most confidently stylish shorts we've seen in a while. Its director, Matthew Savage, has served as a concept designer for several big budget features including The Dark Knight and Kick-Ass, but, not being content with that arrangement, has been stepping up to the director's chair.

  • Cannes

    7th NFB/Cannes Online Short Film Contest

    Yeesh, I'm sure some of you are getting dispirited with the sheer number of short films to watch lately, but there is no let up. It's the summer festival season, so here are 10 more for the queue, thanks to the National Film Board Canada and the Cannes Film Fest.

  • SOTW

    Top Ten Short Films of 2017 - Céline Roustan

    Céline Roustan / Toronto ContributorAs 2017 comes to an end, I wrap my first year at Short of the Week. What a year since Jason welcomed me to the team — first as an intern, then a few months later as a full person.

  • News

    Loading Docs 2017

    Loading Docs release their fourth season of documentary short films as part of their ongoing initiative to develop and promote New Zealand’s filmmaking talent

  • SOTW

    Top Ten Shorts 2017 - Adam Banks

    Adam Banks / Cincinnati Contributor / @akbanx With each passing year, life seems to get busier and busier, and with this escalation of busy-ness comes an annoying choice: you can either sacrifice something you love doing because the other thing takes up too much time, or you can say “fuck it” and double down on both. For me, Thing 1 was screening and writing about films for Short of the Week (my favorite sidegig ever), and Thing 2 was working as a crew member on feature films (a massive timesuck that I very much love being a part of).

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