With nominee voting for the 2023 Academy Awards opening today (Thu 12th Jan), the S/W team highlights the five standout films from each short film category.
From the rise of the celebrity exec producer to the dwindling dominance of Animation's big studios, these are the Oscar short films trends you need to know about.
Olivier, 29 years-old, has been drifting for far too long. Today, an unexpected announcement gives him a chance to reset his life.
Five satirical vignettes showcase the dumber side of modern technology. (North American Exclusive)
Premium cable channel, Showtime, has rolled out a new batch of visual pieces from established short-form creators, via its "SHORT Stories" program. We covered the first season here, and the lineup this year is just as impressive in terms of talent, bringing back PES and Cyriak, as well as adding big names like Bill Plympton.
The ultimate guide to your short film release from festivals to online to promotion, these step-by-step instructions tell emerging filmmakers how to find an audience for their film and kickstart their career.
Before a witness recantation led to his immediate exoneration and release, Rickey Jackson spent four decades in prison for a murder he did not commit. A 360° portrait of one of the longest-serving exonerees in U.S.history in his surreal, new life post prison. (360/VR film, player opens in a new window. Watch on Desktop, or in the Vimeo app on Mobile)
In this behind-the-scenes examination of sexual politics on set, a director pressures an actress into full nudity on the morning of her first sex scene.
In a car park at the end of the world, three survivors have to decide when to take their life-saving headgear off
A mysterious gang rolls into town and a young girl falls into that momentous kind of love that only hits the naive in this homage to the rough and tumble 1950's.
