Festival
Encounters 2014 Festival Preview
It's that time of year again, summer is drawing to a close and that can only mean one thing..
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.
Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Update: September 2021
Academy members, viral hits and Cannes awards - the latest news from Short of the Week filmmakers.
Thriller
Rob Savage
Healey's House
A young couple travel from England to Scotland to address a haunting memory from their past.
Festival
Sundance Film Festival 2022: Talking 'Brian & Charles' with director Jim Archer
Ahead of its Sundance premiere, director Jim Archer joins us to discuss how his 2017 short film Brian and Charles became a feature adaptation in 2022.
Filmmaker Update
'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' finally gets greenlight for TV series adaptation
Cult web-series 'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared' set for TV adaptation after being awarded funding as part of the Young Audiences Content Fund
Fantasy
Haolu Wang
The Pregnant Ground
A woman falls into a fantastical world after the loss of her child in Haolu Wang’s “The Pregnant Ground”, a wildly imaginative and deeply political exploration of the fears concerning female bodies and pregnancy.
Drama
Raine Allen-Miller
Jerk
In Raine Allen-Miller's (Rye Lane) 2018 short Jerk, an elderly Jamaican man of the community faces an internal battle.
Interview
Interview with Mustapha Kseibati (Mohammed)
We talk filmmaking with one of UK’s burgeoning directors—including a love for The Goonies and how to motivate young actors with Star Wars clips.
Interview
Q&A With Simon Bovey (The Un-Gone)
Yesterday Sondhi posted his featured review of The Un-Gone. Earlier this week I got in touch with director Simon Bovey to dive a little deeper into the creative process behind this splendid short.
