Filmmaker's Guide
A Guide to One-Take Short Films
The best one-take short films and what to consider if you're making one.
Drama
John Merizalde
Incel
When his countless efforts to find love fail, Sam turns to an anonymous online community of the “involuntarily celibate” for help, but instead finds himself increasingly pushed towards extremism.
Motherf*cker
Jackie got a job today—a single-shot experimental narrative part of the Takeaway Scenes Project.
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15 Things Wrong With Your Short Film
Here are the most common mistakes filmmakers make with their short films that stick out like a sore thumb to programmers and curators. Find out how to avoid them.
Sci‑Fi
Sophia Banks
Proxy
"Proxies" can be rented to anyone. They can be anyone. It's the ideal service for someone who wants to live their fantasy and an ideal job for someone who wants to escape their reality.
Kiem Holijanda
When teenager Andi discovers a card of a Dutch porn star in the bedroom he shares with his brother, his obsession to get a phone and access the X-rated content means he doesn’t notice that his brother has chosen this day to say goodbye to him.
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Featured in Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces!
In a key step towards our ongoing goal of taking over the internet and ruling with an iron fist, Filmmaker Magazine has honored both Andrew and I as part of their popular annual feature, the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. You can skip straight to Scott Macaulay's great article on us here.
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The Winners | SOTW Awards 2012!
As you might have noticed, this year we dispense with what has our been our traditional year-in-review Top Ten list (examples here) in order to highlight even more quality deserving content than that stale format allows. The SotW Awards are the result, and last week, after surveying an incredible year's worth of short film picks, we presented our favorite Animation, Live-Action and New Media pieces of 2011.
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The Changing Game of Distribution
This year marked an interesting milestone for the Oscar nominated animated short films. For the first time in recent memory, people actually watched them.
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Vimeo On Demand
Last November, Vimeo began rolling out their creator services beginning with Tip Jara simple way for audiences to make a donation to filmmakersa good thought that failed to take off. Then came Moviessix feature length films available for purchase.
