Mackenzie Davis

  • Festival

    A Shorts-centric Preview of SXSW 2025

    With more than 21 S/W alums featured in the 2025 SXSW lineup, let’s dive into their films and see what they have in store!

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    Comedy Conor Byrne

    Foureyes

    A 10-year-old boy is thrust into the tumultuous world of puberty when he gets a new pair of eyeglasses.

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    Oscar Short Films 2024: Predictions

    The Short of the Week team predict the winners of the three Oscar short film categories, ahead of the awards on Sunday 10th March.

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    Drama Hannah Peterson

    East of the River

    Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school and is faced with a day on the streets of Washington, DC. Created in collaboration with local high schoolers, the film is an unflinching portrait of the lived experience of teenagers finding their way through an overburdened public school system.

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    Drama Derek Tonks

    Whitetail Bucks

    Three generations of hunters - Grandfather, Father, and Son - butt heads as they trek deep into an Idaho forest during their annual hunt in the treacherous winter of 1978

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    Oscar Short Films 2024: A Voter's Guide

    With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers, Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi, take on the role of voter and whittle the 45-title shortlists down to the 15 short films they think should advance to the nominations round.

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    Fantasy Jonathan Langager

    Penelope in the Treehouse

    When an annoying new stepfather moves in with his bratty kids, Penelope escapes to a treehouse above the clouds. All is well until she realizes she has no way back down.

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    Comedy Eric Kissack

    The Gunfighter

    A narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon. However, the people in this saloon can hear the narrator and the narrator may just be a little bit bloodthirsty.

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