Playlist
The 2016 Short of the Week Awards
Our annual celebration of the short films that delighted us the most from this calendar year.
Adventure
Hugo Frassetto
& Sophie Tavert Macian
Traces
**CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - Thirty-six thousand years ago, in the Ardèche river gorge, as a tribe prepares to go hunting the appearance of a cave lion throws their plans into chaos
Fantasy
Laurie J Proud
Snow Angel
A girl from a strange family falls prey to her doppelgänger in this surreal animation that resulted from a collaborative script by John Malkovich for Sony.
Documentary
Leslie Tai
My American Surrogate
China’s elite and infertile are flocking to Southern California to hire American surrogates to have their babies for them, and Qiqi is there to help.
Drama
Shahir Daud
Double Happy
The next of our online releases under the "Short of the Week Presents" banner, this astute and observational short film represents the epitome of the film festival-style.
Comedy
Jack Anderson
the gf club
In 2007, filmmaker Jack Anderson’s twin sister was asked out for the first time. They were in middle school. It all happened on google talk. These are the transcripts.
Drama
Maegan Houang
Astonishing Little Feet
Afong Moy, the first documented Chinese woman to come to the United States, realizes the men who separated her from her family only have interest in profiting off the peculiarities of her bound feet.
Horror
David-Jan Bronsgeest
Meet Jimmy
A dangerous podcast is doing the rounds. Strange things happen to people who listen to these tapes of deceased serial killer Jimmy. Only one rule seems to apply: if you stop listening, you will meet the killer in person.
Interview
The Importance of Editing with Alexander Farah
"The simplistic act of splicing two clips together in a sequence, made me understand the editor to be a second director of sorts" - S/W regular Alexander Farah joins us to discuss the importance of editing when creating a short film.
Chocolate Heart
Owen never learned about sex or relationships from his parents, since they turned into cats. But today, with the help of a human girl, Owen is going to learn a lot. [NSFW]
