Holiday-time is the new Super Bowl for advertisements, as marketers and filmmakers combine forces and put their best foot forward in the hope of melting your heart—all in less than 5 minutes.
Beginning life back in 1995, when it was originally envisioned as a one-off short film event, the Encounters Short film and Animation Festival has developed into one of the world's leading lights in showcasing short films and their talented creators. A qualifying festival for the Academy Awards and a gateway to the BAFTAs and the Cartoon d'Or, if you're a short film buff and within reach of Bristol in the UK, then Encounters is a gathering you'll certainly want to be a part of.
Cicadas come out of the ground for a party at the end of their lives.
A desperate son reconnects with his estranged father to ask an unspeakable favor that will change their lives forever.
Winner of the MTVU Decemberists' Green Screen Challenge, this short follows a young lady's unnatural obsession with an old TV set.
Wait! Did S/W alums just clean up at the Oscars? We've got some juicy updates from our previous featured filmmakers.
We take a look at the programme for the 64th edition of the BFI London Film Festival and highlight the short films from S/W alums and the features from directors who started in short film.
A playlist exploring the short film-to-series pipeline - those shorts that evolve into episodic content
Ross Hogg joins us to discuss the challenges of creating a project with short film, 360˚ & installation versions as we preview this year's Encounters Film Festival
Filmmakers around the world with projects on FilmFreeway can now submit their films for consideration on Short of the Week.
