Sundance Ignite

  • Play
    Comedy Adam Bowers

    Party Animal

    Chris wakes up after a wild night and finds out that his life is in ruins.

  • Article

    Oscar Short Films 2023: A Voter's Guide

    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.

  • Play
    Documentary Luther Clement & Shuhan Fan

    Stay Close

    One of 10 films on the Oscar Shortlist, an underdog fencer from Brooklyn overcomes a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics.

  • Play
    Documentary Jeremy Mendes & Leanne Allison

    Bear 71

    The life of a grizzly in a Canadian national park from the perspective of data points and surveillance cameras presents a fascinating look at what it means to be wild in this interactive film from the NFB.

  • Filmmaker Update

    Filmmaker Updates: In Development (October 2022)

    From short-to-feature adaptations to five-year exclusive partnerships with Universal Pictures, the latest news from our previously featured filmmakers once again showcases the importance short film plays in a filmmaker's career.

  • Play
    Documentary Ben Proudfoot & Kris Bowers

    A Concerto is a Conversation

    Nominated for an Academy Award®, a virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

  • Play
    Horror Rob Savage

    Salt

    A demonic presence closes in on a mother and her sick daughter. Their only protection - a ring of Salt.

  • Play
    Documentary Ciaran Cassidy

    The Last Days of Peter Bergmann

    In the summer of 2009, a man calling himself Peter Bergmann arrived in Sligo Town. Over his final three days, he would go to great lengths to ensure no one would ever discover who he was or where he came from.

  • Play
    Dark Comedy Dylan Holmes Williams

    The Devil's Harmony

    **CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - A bullied teenage girl leads an a cappella club on a trail of destruction against her high school enemies.

  • S/W Awards

    SOTW Awards 2015!

    For the 4th consecutive year the editorial team at Short of the Week is pleased to highlight (what we think are) the very best short films released online. Culling from the over 150 short films featured on the site in 2014, the SOTW Awards honor the current breadth of excellence in the short form.

  • Loading