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.
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: March 2022
A woman with a black hole for a head, a charity badminton tournament and a world full of happy dildos and flaccid-nosed creatures all feature in one of our weirdest Best of the Month playlists ever.
Filmmaker Update
Filmmaker Update: Nov 2017
Catch up on the achievements of Short of the Week featured filmmakers in the month of November
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?
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.
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
Best of the Month
Best of the Month: October 2021
Skateboarding, awkward encounters and a horrifying musical make up our Best of the Month picks from October 2021.
