SOTW
IRL : Summer '19
Join our IRL event in NYC for an evening with talented people & ground-breaking short films on June 6th.
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: June 2023
Bean-headed beings, generational curses and ex-lovers all feature in the S/W team's Best of the Month picks for June 2023.
Drama
Crossbow
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.
Article
(Why you can't) Watch the Short Film that became the Oscar winning Whiplash
Why did so many reputable news & entertainment outlets featuring a short film that was so obviously an unofficial copy?
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.
Festival
Short of the Week's SXSW Shorts Week
Short of the Week is kicking off a week-long celebration of short films that were set to play at the SXSW 2020 Film Festival. #SXSWshorts
S/W Awards
The Short Awards 2025: The Winners
The jury has made their selections, the Audience Choice votes are in, and the S/W team has chosen the one standout short from our 2024 coverage to receive the Trailblazer prize. That means it’s officially awards time!
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: November 2022
A life-changing documentary, an innovative coming-of-age tale and an animation about poop make up our Best of the Month picks from our November 2022 coverage.
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.
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.
