The Swimming Club
A film about the transgender swimming club that's making waves.
Experimental
Jeong Dahee
빈방 THE EMPTY
"A room retains one's traces of life" - An empty space speaks volumes about a man's solitude in this evocative animated short.
Festival
Tribeca Storyscapes 2017
Short of the Week checks out Tribeca's VR sidebar, and reports back on the state of the form.
Comedy
David Nicolas
& 2 Others
Black Holes
A satirical animated series pilot about space conquest, the meaning of life and proctology. It chronicles the journey of Dave The Astronaut and his partner, an intelligent melon, as they embark on the first ever human mission to Mars.
Dramedy
Adinah Dancyger
MOVING
The act of transporting an old mattress into a new walk-up apartment becomes absurdist, cinematic one-woman choreography in this nearly wordless vignette from Adinah Dancyger, full of humor and pathos, and painfully familiar to city-dwellers.
Thriller
Vincenzo Natali
Elevated
A taut horror-thriller set entirely within an elevator, this short film from Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice), is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Documentary
Jamie Meltzer
not even for a moment do things stand still
Visitors from across the nation gather at a sea of white flags to honor loved ones lost to COVID-19. As they mourn en masse, we witness their many expressions of loss and humanity.
Meet the Gatekeepers
Meet the Gatekeepers: Steve Henderson (Manchester Animation Festival)
"The films that end up in the programme selection are the survivors of a very bloody battle" - Manchester Animation Festival's Steve Henderson is the latest interviewee in our Meet the Gatekeepers series.
Drama
Aningaaq
An Inuit fisherman stationed on a remote fjord in Greenland makes radio contact with a distressed caller. A campion piece to the blockbuster film, Gravity.
Fantasy
Prawta Annez
Towels
Territory can be claimed in many different ways, be it borders or walls. In summer, however, it's towels.
