Article
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.
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.
Article
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.
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.
Festival
Sundance Film Festival 2022: A Short-Centric Guide
With the latest edition of the Sundance Film Festival starting on January 20th, we take a look at the Short of the Week filmmaker's featured in this year's programme.
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.
Drama
Lindsay Calleran
What I See When I Look
The complicated dynamics of one family, as observed by a child.
Drama
Daniel D'Alimonte
The Haymaker
At the precipice of adulthood, a troubled thief joins a boxing club where he encounters values of structure, discipline and perseverance.
Festival
Sundance 2013 Online Short Film Program
A cherished tradition, every year Sundance releases a selection of short films from their competition lineup onto the internet for the duration of the fest. It is an excellent way for fans at home to connect with the goings on, and for short film fans in particular, a great way to spy some of the year's top shorts early in their festival run.
Documentary
Jeremy Mendes
& Leanne Allison
Bear 71
The life of a grizzly in a Canadian national park from the perspective of data points and surveillance cameras presents a fascinating look at what it means to be wild in this interactive film from the NFB.
