SHIFT Creative Fund

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    Documentary Matthew Harmer

    Immoral Code

    An issue-documentary that examines the moral implications of developing autonomous weapons—should we develop the power to kill without human control?

  • Meet the Gatekeepers

    Meet the Gatekeepers: Jean Anne Lauer (Fantastic Fest)

    Jean Anne Lauer, director of short film programming at Fantastic Fest, joins us to discuss her experiences in the short film arena and what the festival is looking for in a selected film.

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    Comedy Duncan Cowles

    Taking Stock

    Using his failed attempts at creating profitable stock footage, a filmmaker reflects on the absurd, mundane and funny side of being trapped inside your own head as an out of work, self-employed freelancer.

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    Dark Comedy Mauritz Brekke Solberg & Daniel Fure Schwarz

    Offline

    Things get out of hand when an advertising agency and their client meet at a so-called offline meeting, to try to agree on the final cut of a commercial film.

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    Horror David Dinetz & Dylan Trussell

    Chainsaw

    A mysterious man unleashes terror in a haunted house when he enters with a real chainsaw.

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    Fantasy Peter Szewczyk

    ColourBleed

    A young girl, creative and idealistic, dreams of brighter days in a forgotten Eastern European city.

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    Satire Joseph Pelling & Becky Sloan

    Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

    Sardonic sing-a-long about the importance of thinking creatively from the talented This Is It crew.

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    Satire Jodeb (Jonathan Desbiens)

    Learn: 1st World Problems

    A dark satire on aging millennials presents a designer struggling with the pressure she puts on herself as a creative and a woman. An absurdist tale of performance and the quest for recognition, her obsession will lead her to a dark place she never saw coming

  • Article

    Review of the Crowdsourced Short "Live Music"

    Live Music is a short animation that has been buzzed about in creative and traditional media circles for several months now based primarily on its unique production history. Mass Animation, a company specializing in "crowdsourcing"—the process of enlisting the time and expertise of a volunteer force, managed to put together a large creative community to work on the film via a custom Facebook app.

  • Interview

    The Importance of Sound with David Kamp

    "My goal is always to provide each film with a unique sound world and sonic style" - Sound Designer, Composer and Sound Artist David Kamp joins us to discuss the role sound plays in a successful short film

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