Festival
Shorts to Keep An Eye On From Sundance 2023
Our Sundance correspondent reports back on her favorite shorts from the fest and celebrates a banner awards night for S/W alums.
Playlist
Watch 2013 Sundance Short Films!
Sundance is right around the corner, and we're excited! For the fifth year running we will be covering the festival's online program, this year sponsored by YouTube again after last year's stint at Yahoo!. But, with the ever-growing reach, power and legitimacy of online video, once again we've noticed that there is a healthy selection of content picked for Sundance that is available to watch right now! Sundance has been a pioneer in destigmatizing short film's online, doing away with all their premiere restrictions a few years ago.
News
Featured in Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces!
In a key step towards our ongoing goal of taking over the internet and ruling with an iron fist, Filmmaker Magazine has honored both Andrew and I as part of their popular annual feature, the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. You can skip straight to Scott Macaulay's great article on us here.
Interview
Interview with Ross Hogg & Duncan Cowles (Isabella)
Filmmakers Ross Hogg & Duncan Cowles join us to discuss their award-winning short film collaboration 'Isabella'
Action
Neill Blomkamp
The Escape
Clive Owen reprises his role as "The Driver", and Neill Blomkamp (District 9) directs a long-awaited new chapter of BMW's famous branded film series, "The Hire". Warning: Sweet car chases and explosions ahead.
News
VHX Launches a Platform to Sell Films
With the success a few big names like Louis CK and Aziz Ansari have had selling their work directly to fans, VHX announced it is launching their Artist Program to help other (hopefully, lesser known) artists do the same. It's the dream of content creators everywhere, right? Cutting out the middle man and selling your work directly to fans.
Action
Jarrett Lee Conway
Turbo
A futuristic fighting flick superior to anything in theatersnarratively and visually.
Playlist
SotW + PBS Show: Films About Mom
Episode 3 is a little ahead of schedule, but what's the point of doing a Mother's Day playlist after Mother's Day? (You have gotten something for your Mom already haven't you!?) So here we go, another expertly curated collection from our playlist guru Ivan Kander, featuring moms both good and bad. Maybe you and mom can enjoy it together! As always, be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to get this and future episodes as they launch.
S/W Awards
The Short Awards 2022: Audience Vote
It's your chance to be a part of our annual Short Awards and pick the winner of our Audience Choice award.
Documentary
Cynthia Wade
Born Sweet
CURRENTLY OFFLINE - 15 year old Vinh lives in a remote Cambodian village and has accepted his destiny – to be sick for the rest of his life with incurable arsenic poisoning. A chance to star in a karaoke video about the dangers of arsenic allows Vinh to wonder if he truly knows his destiny. Winner of over 9 major festival awards.
