Best of the Month
Best of the Month: May 2020
Dystopian worlds, unexpected Horror and Milk & Cookies - join us for our 'Best of the month' round-up.
Festival
Sundance 2010 Shorts Hit YouTube
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.
Documentary
Matt Houghton
Landline
In 2010, a chaplain from Cheshire set up a helpline for gay farmers. 'Landline' journeys into the world of the people who called.
Drama
Bertil Nilsson
Alfie's Island
Karim seeks to free himself from the echoes of his past relationship with Alfie, on a trip to their special island.
Documentary
The Shock Doctrine
"Literary trailer" for the book by the same name, this short, produced by "Children of Men" director Alfonso Cuarón, mixes archival footage as well nifty motion graphics to dramatize the book's thesis.
Article
How We Launched Our Film Online: The Thomas Beale Cipher
On January 24th, 2011, Jason Sondhi and I released our festival-winning short film, The Thomas Beale Cipher, out onto the great wild web. Like many filmmakers, I wrestled with the decisions of when and how to put my film online.
News
Here are the Oscar Short Subject Nominees for 2020
15 films make it as 92nd Academy Award Nominees in the Short Film categories. Check out full films and trailers here, and vote which one you think will win!
SOTW
Student Film Series
View the Films » Throughout the month of August, Short of the Week will be bringing you the best student films the online world has to offer. Student filmmakers have proven to surprise the established film world time and time again.
