North America's largest festival dedicated to short film returns next week. For the second year organizers have created an online component to supplement the proceedings.
Serafima Serafimova / London Contributor As a filmmaker, self-confessed Vimeo addict and lover of Short of the Week, I came dangerously close to having a stroke when Jason Sondhi (THE Jason Sondhi) got in touch with me 12 months ago, asking to have a chat. Fast forward a few weeks and I was part of a team I had been admiring for years, watching some incredible shorts and getting paid for it too! Yes, it really is as good as it sounds.
3 friends create three indelible short travel films, each centering around a specific topic.
Mysterious Nintendo games, instructional videos on how to survive an active shooter attack, a dystopian diver - this has to be our most eclectic 'Best of Month' playlist yet.
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.
Three animated films, showcasing three very different styles, make up our 'Best of the Month' picks for November. One of them could soon be an Oscar winner.
With the latest edition of the Sundance Film Festival starting on January 20th, we take a look at the Short of the Week filmmaker's featured in this year's programme.
A reflection on a great 2018 in short film curating, a peek ahead to 2019, and a playlist of shorts that were especially beloved by our curators.
A mystical man escapes the eye of the law in this low-budget but special-effects driven film.
Winner![php]playlist(9058);[/php] Last year saw interactive films finally come into their own as a format for real storytelling. This year, Bear 71 upped the ante with even more interactivity allowing viewers to navigate a map of security cameras as they track a bear across a wildlife refuge.
