Benjamin Nicolas

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    Drama Benjamin Arfmann

    Random Stop

    A first person POV of the true story of a Sheriff’s deputy who encounters an aggressive driver on a lonely stretch of highway.

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    Fantasy Nieto

    Swallow the Universe

    The grandiloquent blood-and-thunder saga of a young child lost in Manchuria’s deep jungles. His sudden presence creates complete anarchy in the fauna’s primitive world, which was until-then perfectly organized.

  • Interview

    Interview with Jonathan & Josh Baker (BAG MAN)

    Leaving you with more questions than answers, it would have felt wrong to let the recently featured short film 'BAG MAN' pass-by without talking a bit more about the filmmaking and storytelling involved. Having tried to leave the article on the film as vague as possible to avoid spoiling the impact of the movie, we took the chance to speak to directorial duo Jonathan & Josh Baker about their head-turner of a short.

  • Retrospective

    The Short Films of Rosto

    With the majority of his short film work now online, we finally take a look at the filmography of inspirational Dutch filmmaker Rosto, in this dedicated retrospective.

  • Article

    Oscars Short Films 2025: A Voter's Guide

    With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers - Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi - step into the voters' shoes to narrow down the 45-title shortlists to their picks for the 15 short films that deserve to advance to the nominations round.

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    Fantasy Pirmin Bieri & 3 Others

    Concrete

    Troubled by the changes he's going through, a restless backpacker seeks his place in the world. As he experiences a mysterious encounter in a concrete building, he hopes to have finally found such a place.

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    Action Nicolas Malovec & 3 Others

    Botanica Liberta

    **CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - A night on the town turns deadly for three sentient plants, escaped from the botanical garden they called homed.

  • Festival

    A Shorts-centric Preview of SXSW 2024

    Black holes, nuns and Nicholas Cage all feature in this round-up of work from our previously featured filmmakers at this year's SXSW

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    Comedy Nicolas Ménard

    Wednesday with Goddard

    Winner of Best Animation at SXSW 2017, a personal quest for spiritual enlightenment leads to romance and despair.

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    Documentary Jonas Odell

    Lies

    A triptych of personal stories recounted in the first person, Lies is a remarkable and profound series of animated vignettes dramatizing "lies"—ones we make to strangers, ones we tell to those we love, and the ones we use to convince ourselves.

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