Festival
A S/W-Centric look at TIFF 2022
Programmer Céline Roustan highlights the must-watch films, from S/W alums, at TIFF 2022
Playlist
The Best Short Form Filmmaking on the Syrian Civil War & Refugee Crisis
As editor of Short of the Week and former Curator of Vimeo's Staff Picks, I've watched dozens of hours of reporting and filmmaking on the Syrian crisis. Here are my picks for the most vital short form work yet produced.
Drama
Andree Ljutica
How to Say I Love You at Night
When Paul refuses to leave, Benny's easy night of sex and drugs takes a strange turn in this 16-min. single take film exploring notions of male-on-male intimacy, sexuality and violence.
Drama
Farhad Pakdel
Everything Will Be Alright
Amid the outbreak of the pandemic in Montreal, a young drama teacher who has been keeping a secret from her family finds herself in a predicament after her father falls ill and she is called back home.
Drama
Emily Dynes
St. Elmo
In a small mountainside town, a father and son attempt to navigate their loss following a devastating bushfire. Isolated and unable to comprehend the scope of the natural disaster, the two men find themselves pushed to their breaking point.
News
Apple enlists Michel Gondry to shoot short film entirely on iPhone
A young girl loses her beloved red tricycle in this magical short film Michel Gondry created entirely with an iPhone for Apple
The Retreat
Struggling to cope with the aftermath of a traumatic event a young woman seeks out the help of a highly secretive retreat lead by a shadowy female figure named Echo, who claims to have the solution to all of her problems.
La Petite Mort
SEX! DEATH! PIE! A young girl enters a mysterious forest to lose her virginity, only to have a twist of fate wrench her lover away.
Drama
Eloïse Alluyn
& 5 Others
Acrobats
A girl comes back home to an oppressive living room and throws up acrobats in front of her family.
Drama
Matthew Saville
Hitch Hike
A young man hitch hiking across New Zealand determined to meet his birth mother encounters a seemingly unsavory tattooed man.
