Sundance kicked off tonight in Park City, Utah. I hadn't heard any advance buzz about the 10/10 online series, a recent Sundance tradition that we covered last year, and so I sadly concluded that the festival had moved away from online distro for short films to instead focus more on its much-heralded pay per view partnership.
**CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - When every parent is selecting for desirable traits, one expecting mother "rolls the dice" and tests the morality of the system.
In an effort to avoid deportation, Vicky Chavez, a young immigrant woman from Honduras, has sought sanctuary along with her two daughters in a church in Salt Lake City.
A stylish and meditative film centering on the unhappy life of a neglected teen, told from the perspective of his neighbor who attempts to make sense of him.
Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, is forced to suppress her bloodlust to regain custody of her estranged daughters.
Celebrate World Book Day with this playlist of seven short films inspired by literature and the writing process
Bean-headed beings, generational curses and ex-lovers all feature in the S/W team's Best of the Month picks for June 2023.
A heart-breaking tale of love and loss told through a sequence of snapshots.
With science fiction story-lines and topics of sexuality proving to be big discussion starters here on Short of the Week, it would have seemed like an opportunity missed if we didn't speak to emerging filmmaker Connor Hurley about his short film The Naturalist. Based around concepts of genetically altering sexual orientation and set in an unspecified dystopian future, we talked to the director about the influence of existing work on his narrative/tone and looked at how he went about creating a timeless aesthetic for his film: It's hard not talk about The Naturalist without first looking at the concept - where did the idea for the narrative come from? I remember I was probably around 12 years old, pursuing both my passion for filmmaking and facing questions of my own sexuality.
