Festival
Sundance Film Festival 2025: A Short-Centric Guide
Céline gives our annual preview of Sundance's slate with a specific eye to the alums and shorts we're excited for.
Jim & Helen Forever
When troubled waters and a creeping job opportunity threaten to take away his girlfriend, David is forced to make the decision of a lifetime; to lock down or to let go.
Comedy
Sara Gunnarsdóttir / created+written by Pamela Ribon
My Year of Dicks
An imaginative 15-year-old is stubbornly determined to lose her virginity despite the pathetic pickings in the outskirts of Houston in the early 90’s.
Action
Kelsey D Bollig
Kickstart My Heart
After a gruesome car accident, a young woman fights her mind's 3 levels of hell to survive.
Interview
Interview with Marco Kalantari (The Shaman)
With epic science-fiction short 'THE SHAMAN' recently released online, Short of the Week sat down with director/producer Marco Kalantari to talk about his blockbuster production.
Dramedy
Andrew Fitzgerald
The Family Circus
A Vietnamese-American family's plan to cover up a drunk driving accident begins to unravel when their emotional baggage spills out in front of the police.
A Bend in the Road
In the barren backlands of New Zealand, a teenage boy is forced to choose between saving his mate or saving face in front of a bully who was once his idol.
Documentary
Michael Beach Nichols & 2 Others
Delivery
Bill is fifty-two years old, has a mountain man beard, and delivers pizza on a fixed-gear bike in Brooklyn.
Adventure
Daniel Bird & Ben Richardson
Seed
An egg and an apple build competing broadcast towers that vie for the attention of a transistor radio. With its complex characterization and narrative of animal evolution, competition and reproduction, SEED is a beautiful and sinister stop-motion story about the struggle to survive.
Playlist
Live-Action Winners! | SOTW Awards 2013
This years winning live-action filmmakers represent a diverse group: a star feature film directing duo, a veteran commercial director, a pair of award-winning photojournalists, a Canadian writing/directing duo, and a young LA up and comer. What all these creators share is an ability to tell fantastic stories.
