American Juggalo
A look into the culture of Insane Clown Posse fans who attend the annual Gathering with a shared love for cheap partying, a sense of family, and escape from dysfunctional lives.
Interview
The Importance of Producing with Loran Dunn
"You have to be the biggest champion of your film" - Loran Dunn looks to help producers become less misunderstood in the first of a new monthly series on S/W
Horror
Paul Holbrook
& Sam Dawe
Hungry Joe
A single mother struggles to hold on to her sanity as she's forced to turn to extreme measures to satisfy her son's increasingly inhuman appetite.
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.
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.
SOTW
S/W 2017 Year in Review + Team Top Tens
A year in review for Short of the Week, + Trends, Numbers, & Top Ten favorite films from our staff of curators
Article
An Examination of Gender Representation in Short Film
We take a look a our submissions & selections data and ask whether short film is doing enough to help find a gender balance in the film industry?
Best of the Month
Best Films of the Month: October
With a slight Halloween-bent, here are our 3 favorite shorts featured on the site in October
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: October 2024
Dance, Horror and Animation come together in this trio of short films selected by the S/W team as 'Best of the Month' for October 2024.
Interview
Interview with Aneil Karia (BEAT)
Director Aneil Karia joins us to talk about the inspiration and production of his award-winning short 'BEAT' and give us an insight into what he's working on next.
