Woodpecker Films

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    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.

  • 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.

  • Festival

    Portable Film Festival 2010

    The Portable Film Festival, an online festival with a number of categories from short films to music videos to art films, has just wrapped up and announced this year's winners. Previous SOTW's, Apricot and Sign Language (which also took the Virgin Media Shorts competition) earned praise this year, but the top prize went to the Spanish music video, Hamor.

  • 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.

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    Documentary Kelsie Moore

    Shelter in Place

    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.

  • Playlist

    A Playlist for Book Fans

    Celebrate World Book Day with this playlist of seven short films inspired by literature and the writing process

  • News

    Vimeo Awards 2010

    We Preview the 2010 Nominees and Update with the Winners

  • 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.

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    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.

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    Horror Nikyatu Jusu

    Suicide by Sunlight

    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.

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