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.
A father loses sight of what’s truly important as he battles to keep a fire burning in this stunning animation from the Animade studio
An inspiring tale about friendship, sacrifice and conquering the impossible.
An obsessive mathematician attempts to discover a hidden integer in this well-crafted psychological thriller from Colin Levy
In a quaint Padang restaurant, filled with people enjoying their lunch break, two bros put their friendship to the test when it turns out that there’s only a single plate of their favorite food left: The Rendang of Death (Massacre may or may not ensue).
A taxidermist attempts to profess his love for his neighbor - a nearsighted and forgetful woman who owns a scrawny, half-starved cat.
"Finding Gulo" follows a backcountry ski guide & field biologist who attempt to document an elusive population of wolverines in Washington's Cascade Range. When our government fails to act, can citizen science save endangered wildlife from climate change?
Our Toronto bureau-chief shares her picks for the most interesting shorts coming out of TIFF.
A yogi who tries to commune with nature gets more than he bargained for in Encyclopedia Pictura's surreal short 'The Tale of Hillbelly'.
Three woodland spirits explore the conflicting, archetypal human drives of creativity, possessiveness and our desire for status.
