Best Films of the Month: December
Innovative approaches to genre and form are exemplified in three must-see picks from December.
Innovative approaches to genre and form are exemplified in three must-see picks from December.
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.
What’s a story only you can tell? Three young filmmakers are given the opportunity to make a short film - with a little help from Netflix + Adobe.
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.
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.
We catch up with the No Film School founder, and S/W alum, to discuss the process of making his new Netflix Original feature.
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.
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.
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
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).