Blood Pulls a Gun
A sexy, coming-of-age tale from the acclaimed director of "Apricot". A teenage girl gets a keyhole look into a dangerous and mysterious world when a tattooed stranger checks into her roadside motel.
Thriller
Jonny Blair
Come Out of the Woods
Three brothers living in rural Scotland struggle for intimacy and stability as they attempt to navigate their survival amongst a corrupt local police officer and the mysterious appearance of a girl's body on their land.
Documentary
Ben Proudfoot
& Kris Bowers
A Concerto is a Conversation
Nominated for an Academy Award®, a virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family's lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Experimental
Oscar Hudson
Joy in People
When Ben is told to "get out a bit more" he goes on a search for a sense of belonging in this short piece of docu-fiction covertly filmed at the 2016 European Football Championships.
Documentary
Ben Garfield
War & Cheese
“I heard destiny calling… I was going to be a cheesemaker.” When Oleg Sirota discovered his native Russia was banning all Western cheese imports, he set about building a cheese factory in the snowy wilderness. “Russian Parmesan” was born.
Drama
Ben Kallam
Washed Away
A teenage girl in an evangelical church youth group must deal with the fallout when her trust is publicly betrayed.
Drama
Hannah Peterson
East of the River
Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school and is faced with a day on the streets of Washington, DC. Created in collaboration with local high schoolers, the film is an unflinching portrait of the lived experience of teenagers finding their way through an overburdened public school system.
S/W Awards
The Short Awards 2020
The S/W team honors the most noteworthy short film streaming releases of the past year.
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.
Oscar Films
Oscar Short Films 2022: A Voter's Guide
With nominee voting for the 2022 Academy Awards opening tomorrow (Thu 27th Jan), we highlight the five standout films from each short film category.
