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    Oscar Short Film Nominees

    Via a live streaming broadcast beginning at 5:30 am where I am, this year's Oscar nominees were announced. I ended up hitting snooze and missed it, but I had an inkling that the information maybe—just maybe, would not be that hard to find at a more sane hour of the day.

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    Experimental Tom Hardiman

    Pitch Black Panacea

    Two strangers with lazy eyes take part in an unusual experimental treatment.

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    Dark Comedy Matt Spicer

    It's Not You, It's Me

    Starring Gillian Jacobs (Community), a young woman's relationship takes a dark turn when every sound her boyfriend makes starts to annoy her.

  • Filmmaker Update

    The Watchlist (April 2022)

    Looking for your next go-to TV show? Or want to know what's hot in the world of features? Check out our freshly compiled watchlist, featuring exciting new projects from Short of the Week alums that are available to watch now.

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    Drama Matthew Puccini

    The Mess He Made

    In a mundane strip mall, a man awaits the potentially devastating results of a simple medical test. The next 15 minutes will be the longest of his life

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    The Short List: Minhal Baig Interview

    Minhal Baig joins us to discuss her journey from short film to feature as Hala becomes the first narrative fiction film acquisition for Apple TV+

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    Sci‑Fi Brandon Zuck

    Goodbye Blue Sky

    Long after the end of the world, five strangers sharing an abandoned desert motel are forced to choose between love and survival.

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    Documentary Tom Schroeder

    Marcel, King of Tervuren

    Marcel survives the bird flu, alcohol, sleeping pills and his son Max. Though blinded in one eye, he remains the King of Tervuren.

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    Experimental Phinehas Hodges

    ALONE

    An experimental exploration of who we are when no one is watching: the freedom we experience, and the loneliness—the way we sing, dance, love, cry, and dream when we are alone.

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