Festival
Selects from We Are One: A Global Film Fest
We recommend 8 shorts you shouldn't miss from the massive We Are One online film festival.
A Reasonable Request
A desperate son reconnects with his estranged father to ask an unspeakable favor that will change their lives forever.
Experimental
Cara Stricker
The A - Z of Aaliyah
A poetic take on the iconic life of Aaliyah, celebrating her legacy from her family beginnings in Bedstuy to her timeless, and universalistic influence.
Festival
A Shorts-centric Preview of SXSW 2025
With more than 21 S/W alums featured in the 2025 SXSW lineup, let’s dive into their films and see what they have in store!
Music Video
Romain Gavras
Born Free (M.I.A.)
Uniformed troops are rounding up red-headed kids for genocidal purposes in this stark and controversial music video for celebrated recording artist M.I.A (warning: explicit).
Sci‑Fi
Peter Collins Campbell
Variations on a Theme
A couple has mysteriously begun to split into many copies of themselves, and as they try to get a handle on the situation and their own relationship, a new mutation destabilizes their world even further.
Drama
Chinonye Chukwu
A Long Walk
A tale of tragedy and acceptance as a man revisits his old neighborhood and contemplates a fateful event from his childhood.
Fantasy
Kevork Aslanyan
Getting Fat in a Healthy Way
In a world where gravity is weak and skinny people fly into the sky, Constantine has never left the apartment he shares with his father. One day the beautiful stewardess who moves into the building will change Constantine's life forever.
Dark Comedy
Daniel Reisinger
Status Update - a Facebook fairytale
In a world where every loser is pretending their life is awesome on Facebook - Allan Kasvotski's status updates are suddenly coming true [NSFW].
Comedy
Nino Mancuso
A Play
When two friends go to see a friend's play, they realize just how terrifying supporting the arts can be...
