Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma

Winner of a 2021 Sundance Jury Prize, Topaz Jones's visual album is an autobiographical journey into his formative influences. Told in vignettes, it is modeled off the Black ABC's—an invention from 1970, when Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Black-centered teaching materials to the vastly white educational landscape.

Festival March 9th, 2024

A Shorts-centric Preview of SXSW 2024

Black holes, nuns and Nicholas Cage all feature in this round-up of work from our previously featured filmmakers at this year's SXSW

Anime September 26th, 2017

Blade Runner Anime Prequel Short: Black Out 2022

The 3rd and final Blade Runner 2049 prequel short is out, this one from anime-legend Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop)

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Horror Mariama Diallo 12 minutes

Hair Wolf

In a black hair salon in gentrifying Brooklyn, the local residents fend off a strange new monster: white women intent on sucking the lifeblood from black culture…

S/W Awards February 9th, 2023

The Short Awards 2023: The Nominees

It's award season in the Short Film world...that must mean it's time for our annual Short Awards.

Article April 24th, 2014

Fade to Black—Is the Feature Film Dying?

As the theatrical film experience gives up its dominance as the mass-market medium for storytelling, the feature film format seems destined to fade with it. Whats happening?

Article September 17th, 2012

The Viral Experience: What Happens When You Reach The Top

You've seen the scenario before: some talented, young filmmaker releases his latest short film on Vimeo and BOOM practically overnight it goes viral. A few million views and a couple hundred thousand comments later, they garner industry attention, eventually cinching a movie deal with Hollywood.

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Comedy Jeremy Konner 6 minutes

Tenacious D: To Be the Best

Comedy/Music Duo rebound from a disappointing feature film with a killer short.

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Fantasy Nick Black 10 minutes

Time Chicken

In a bid to heal the rift in his society, a humble chicken sets out to discover what came first - the chicken or the egg? Contains explosions.

Festival January 22nd, 2013

Sundance 2013 Online Short Film Program

A cherished tradition, every year Sundance releases a selection of short films from their competition lineup onto the internet for the duration of the fest. It is an excellent way for fans at home to connect with the goings on, and for short film fans in particular, a great way to spy some of the year's top shorts early in their festival run.