An editorial-illustrator turned award-winning documentary filmmaker, Mickey Duzyj parlayed his breakthrough short film into a Netflix series—one that poignantly tells the surprising, and noble stories of some of sports' most infamous figures.

A quick preview of the upcoming event, North America's largest short film specific festival, with shorts to check out, new work from alums, and a selection of shorts in the official program we've covered on this site.

With the BFI London Film Festival set to once again open its doors on Wednesday October 5th, we take a look at the programme and select our highlights from the 2022 line-up.

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Now is your chance to quiz one of our Sr. Programmers as Chelsea is promoting the release of her new Hulu + Sundance.org short horror film "FLAGGED".

Short of the Week has partnered with the UK's first cinema dedicated solely to documentary to offer a programme of some of our favourite short docs from around the world.

S/W alum Miguel Jiron ('La-Gar-To') joins us to discuss how he became the director on the 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' spin-off short 'Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham'

Programmer Céline Roustan highlights the must-watch films, from S/W alums, at TIFF 2022

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