Bill Morrison

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    Documentary Ari Gold

    Helicopter

    The autobiographical tale of how director Ari Gold's mother died in a helicopter crash, this 22-min award-winning short employs animation, live-action reenactments, scale-model reconstructions, photographs and answering-machine messages to tell its deeply personal story.

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    Drama Joseph Pierce

    Stand Up

    Watch a comedian turn funny into serious into downright disturbing in this incredibly expressive black and white animation.

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    Drama Anu Valia

    Lucia, Before and After

    After traveling 200 miles, a young woman waits out Texas’s state-mandated 24-hour waiting period before her abortion can proceed, in this Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner.

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    Dark Comedy Ernst De Geer

    Kulturen (The Culture)

    It’s the opening night at the concert house where Arvid works, but when his sister steals the spotlight, his worst sides are revealed.

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    Documentary Ceci Golding & Nick Finegan
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    The Swimming Club

    A film about the transgender swimming club that's making waves.

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    Documentary Sean Dunne

    The Bowler

    Rocky Salemmo recounts story after story of his wild days hustling money as an accomplished bowler in this well-shot documentary by up-and-comer Sean Dunne.

  • News

    Oscar Short Film Nominees 2015

    Good morning, short film fans. The nominations for 2015 are in! It's an interesting group, and fun to see what did and not make it from the various category shortlists.

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    Comedy Peter Peake

    Pythagasaurus

    When talented directors at the famous Aardman Animations studio are given free reign, they come up with crazy stories like this one about a dinosaur who's good at math.

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    Drama Xaver Xylophon

    ROADTRIP

    A hand-drawn film by Xaver Xylophon about failure, insomnia, a red motorbike, pretty bargirls, the desolateness of Berlin (even in summer) and waterproof socks.

  • Interview

    Interview: San Francisco Film Festival Shorts Directors

    Making a great short film requires a certain kind of alchemy; because there are no hard-set rules in regards to running time, subject matter, or even medium, filmmakers traverse a tricky path on the road to festival -- and online audience -- acceptance. I was lucky enough to sit down at the San Francisco International Film Festival with a few of the shorts filmmakers that were in attendance and get insight into their process, ask what lessons they learned on their latest productions, and find out what they believe makes a good short film.

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