Here are the most common mistakes filmmakers make with their short films that stick out like a sore thumb to programmers and curators. Find out how to avoid them.
Our final 'Best of the Month' playlist of the year features a BAFTA-winning animation, a festival-favourite drama and a NYTimes Op-Doc.
Friday I reviewed the 9 retrospective short films available to watch for free in the Tribeca Streaming Room. They underwhelmed me, which I found oddshouldn't the program have been comprised of nothing but slam-dunk, all-star selections? Anyway, today we shift focus to the films that are actual 2011 Tribeca Film Fest selections, and fortunately I think they are much better.
Short film Oscar-winners share what it means to gain cinema's ultimate prize and the doors it opens once you've won
Jibril and his best friend, Tawanda, take a trip to the flea market to buy a fake gold chain in this charming SXSW award-winner.
In 2021, an imprisoned journalist facing execution contemplates a desperate escape attempt in order to return to his wife and newborn child.
A family of evangelical Christians traveling through upstate New York give a ride to an unusual knife salesman
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.
A young mother must choose between her family and her dreams during a dark time in Colombia's history.
During Mexico's colonial period, an ailing Spanish priest will have to endure in his own body the native rituals that he has been hunting down.
