Wait! Did S/W alums just clean up at the Oscars? We've got some juicy updates from our previous featured filmmakers.

With his latest short Charlie Says having just featured on SotW and its simple yet powerful narrative still resonating through our minds, we spoke to director Lewis Arnold about basing a film on his own childhood experience, shooting on 35mm and releasing a 24-minute short online.

Now in it's fifth iteration and for the second time at Picturehouse Central in the heart of England's capital, Sundance Film Festival London seems to be steadily growing in audience awareness and stepping out of the shadow of its US Big Brother.

With Oscar voting now open, S/W’s Senior Programmers - Rob Munday, Céline Roustan, and Jason Sondhi - step into the voters' shoes to narrow down the 45-title shortlists to their picks for the 15 short films that deserve to advance to the nominations round.

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.

"The films that end up in the programme selection are the survivors of a very bloody battle" - Manchester Animation Festival's Steve Henderson is the latest interviewee in our Meet the Gatekeepers series.

A life-changing documentary, an innovative coming-of-age tale and an animation about poop make up our Best of the Month picks from our November 2022 coverage.