With his latest short Charlie Says having just featured on SotW and its simple yet powerful narrative still resonating through our minds, we spoke to director Lewis Arnold about basing a film on his own childhood experience, shooting on 35mm and releasing a 24-minute short online.
One of the standout short films of 2014, over 4 years later Prospect the feature hits nation-wide theaters today. We chat with Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell about the process of bringing their vision to life.
In the first of a recurring series, where we look to speak to those involved in the funding, production, distribution and programming of short film, we speak to Guardian Docs Executive Producer Jess Gormley.
Having cast Alex Lawther, Emma Corrin and Emma Thompson in his short films, director Jack Stimpson joins us to discuss working with actors in short film.
Disturbing look at the frustrations of a man and son against nameless aggression.
Our Award-winners take a seat at our "virtual" roundtable and offer up their thoughts on what it means to be a filmmakers today. Plus, learn about what they're planning next.
The 2010s was the decade that streaming video exploded into the mainstream, read how Short film drove improvements in streaming quality, shaped how films are made, defined new genres, and changed how we think about film releases.
Making a great short film requires a certain kind of alchemy; because there are no hard-set rules in regards to running time, subject matter, or even medium, filmmakers traverse a tricky path on the road to festival -- and online audience -- acceptance. I was lucky enough to sit down at the San Francisco International Film Festival with a few of the shorts filmmakers that were in attendance and get insight into their process, ask what lessons they learned on their latest productions, and find out what they believe makes a good short film.
Gints Zilbalodis joins us to discuss how he made award-winning animated feature Away on short film funding
