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.

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.

Happy Father's Day! Building on a playlist we did a few years back, the new episode of the Short of the Week YouTube shows features films for fathers. If you haven't already, be sure to subscribe to our channel to make sure you get each custom themed playlist as soon as it hits the web.