When young American Billy brings a red-stained shirt to the dry-cleaning business of an elderly Italian couple, they spend hours inventing intricate yarns about the origin of the stain
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.
When an elderly Chinese man's cultural naivety gets him in trouble, he struggles with his son and the legal system to make the context of his behaviour understood.
A traveler in Washington DC gets a mysterious gift: a laptop that grants all his wishes. How will he wield his unexpected powers?
A man becomes fixated on trying to open one particular pistachio nut.
When a candidate interviews for a new job at an "unorthodox" firm, the process quickly turns into a boundary-breaking process of social control.
Catch up on the achievements of Short of the Week featured filmmakers in the month of November
Spoken word rock star Derrick Brown and the Holechek duo team up to deliver a moving piece describing where two lovers should meet after the lights get dim.
Indigenous people and salmon have been intertwined for thousands of years in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Today, kids learn from elders to fish but must also learn to fight, as pollution from Pebble Mine threatens this pristine ecosystem. Can the next generation defend the most prolific salmon run left on earth?
