S/W was on the scene at TIFF 2017. Read our picks for the stand out shorts of the festival, and our impressions on the many features by S/W alums.
Regularly featured on Short of the Week over the last 10-years, the Factory Fifteen studio join us to discuss how their short film work influenced an eye-catching trail for the BBC's Olympics coverage.
With UK's leading short film festival forced online, we dive into the Encounters 2020 programme and take a look at what the festival has to offer this year - including some new films from some old S/W favourites
Faced with economic and physical challenges, a young Japanese expat prepares to compete in a 1000-mile dog sled race to fulfill her mother’s dying wish
A new 360/VR short from Keiichi Matsuda (Hyper-Reality). Set against the backdrop of AI-run corporations, a tele-operator finds herself caught between virtual and physical reality, human and machine. (Pressing Play Opens the Film in a New Window)
A new short from Kalyanee Mam, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner for Feature Documentary. As Singapore dredges sand out from beneath Cambodia’s mangrove forests, an ecosystem, a communal way of life, and one woman’s relationship to her beloved home are faced with the threat of erasure.
This year marked an interesting milestone for the Oscar nominated animated short films. For the first time in recent memory, people actually watched them.
An NFB classic that uses the rare form of animation known as Pinscreen. An artist, is absorbed into his painting, leading him on surreal exploration of the mind.
A woman with a black hole for a head, a charity badminton tournament and a world full of happy dildos and flaccid-nosed creatures all feature in one of our weirdest Best of the Month playlists ever.
