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.
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.
A creator's puppets must struggle to carry on after their master is gone. A bizarrely moving animation from Supinfocom students.
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.
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.
A screen-obsessed teen ignores an Instagram chainmail and unleashes a Dickless Troll. Big mistake. Part of our SXSW Shorts Week coverage. #SXSWshorts
Animation super-collective Late Night Work Club return with their latest anthology 'Strangers'
In a future post-apocalyptic world, a woman summons her strength to face her attackers and move on to the next stage.
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.
