Ten Cent Adventures

  • Article

    Lessons From a Decade of Short Film (2010-2019)

    The 2010s was the decade that streaming video exploded into the mainstream, read how Short film drove improvements in streaming quality, shaped how films are made, defined new genres, and changed how we think about film releases.

  • Interview

    Q&A With Simon Bovey (The Un-Gone)

    Yesterday Sondhi posted his featured review of The Un-Gone. Earlier this week I got in touch with director Simon Bovey to dive a little deeper into the creative process behind this splendid short.

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    Sci‑Fi Yves Paradis

    M52

    In one week increments, Yves Paradis worked on an unscripted, improvised animation, starting only with the concept of a character pushing a big cube in the desert. The result is an unexpected science fiction adventure into a distant future of mankind.

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    Documentary Lynn Tomlinson

    The Elephant's Song

    The sad but true story of Old Bet, the first circus elephant in America, set to a tune sung by her friend, an old farm dog.

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    Horror Lena Tsodykovskaya

    Storm

    A couple wakes on a stormy night to find themselves trapped in the mechanisms of a horror movie.

  • Festival

    AFI Fest 2010 Short Film Showcase

    Titular character of Marcel the Shell While festivals and online outlets still exist as two different worlds, it seems that every online mainstay wants to become a festival (see YouTube Biennial, Vimeo Festival), and every festival wants to have a presence online. We've covered Cannes and Sundance's forays, and now at the end of the yearly festival season the American Film Institute's AFI Fest has a turn with a selection of 11 shorts available through its website.

  • New Filmmaker Series

    The New Filmmaker: Eddie OKeefe

    His life changed the day he released his dreamy short, The Ghosts, online and sent him down a new path to his debut feature, a Black List-honored script, and a pilot deal with Hulu for a new series.

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    Dramedy Lee Filipovski

    Flafi (Fluffy)

    A family of three are packing to emigrate to Canada from Belgrade. When Fluffy, a gigantic prize teddy bear turns up at the door, the parents must decide whether or not they have room for their daughter's new friend.

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    Drama Erin Sanger

    Bombshell

    A ten year-old tomboy must weigh her loyalty to her trusted older brother as she becomes complicit in a hate crime to win his affection

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