A screen-obsessed teen ignores an Instagram chainmail and unleashes a Dickless Troll. Big mistake. Part of our SXSW Shorts Week coverage. #SXSWshorts
When Janine returns home from an evening jog she realizes something is different about her boyfriend in this darkly comedic homage to horror classics.
All is not what it seems in this psychological, sci-fi thriller with top-notch acting and production quality.
A meditative character study, a fascinating female coming-of-age story and the first coronavirus masterpiece make up our 'Best of the Month' picks for March 2020
The "Lord of the Rings" in 4 min. In a dark subway tunnel, a group of mice find a gold ring-pull that seems to have a mysterious effect on one of them. Not so far from them, an owl and his enslaved rats are watching. The owl sends his rats to get hold of this strange object.
The grandiloquent blood-and-thunder saga of a young child lost in Manchuria’s deep jungles. His sudden presence creates complete anarchy in the fauna’s primitive world, which was until-then perfectly organized.
It's been 5 great years here at Short of the Week as we take a look at where have we been and where are we going.
The 2018 edition of the Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival is once again overflowing with S/W alum - we take a look at the new films from previously featured filmmakers and flag-up a few shorts we hope to bring to the site in the not-too-distant future.
Alone on a foreign world a father and daughter must fend for themselves in place without law.
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.
