S/W Awards
The Short Awards 2020
The S/W team honors the most noteworthy short film streaming releases of the past year.
Horror
Tiffany Kimmel
Everybody Goes to the Hospital
The tale of 4-year-old Little Mata (writer/director Tiffany Kimmel's mother) as she's taken to the hospital in late 1963 with appendicitis.
Music Video
Kurt Nishimura
O Valencia!
Winner of the MTVU Decemberists' Green Screen Challenge, this short follows a young lady's unnatural obsession with an old TV set.
Article
Overwatch Short Films: As Story Fades From Gaming, Short Film Picks Up the Slack
The release of a new blockbuster game franchise "Overwatch" was notable for the way it was supported by 4 impressively animated short films. As gaming matures, short films are poised to pick up the narrative slack in developing game franchises into true, cross-platform IP
Wildebeest
Going on a safari is a dream for many, but for middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a nightmare when they get left behind in the wilderness
Documentary
Benedict Campbell
The Wall of Death
A daredevil family keeps a visceral form of entertainment alive in this beautiful black and white documentary.
Documentary
Maxim Arbugaev
& Evgenia Arbugaeva
Haulout
A lone man waits in a hut in the desolate expanse of the Russian Arctic, he is holding out in order to observe a natural event that occurs here every year, but ocean warming is taking its toll.
Sci‑Fi
Wong Kar Wai
There is Only One Sun
Gorgeously garish lighting accentuates this sci-fi piece by renowned auteur Wong Kar Wai. Agent 006 is undercover to catch the mysterious, charismatic "Light", but wrestles with her own feelings in doing so.
Black Filmmakers
Great Black Short Films, Chosen by Black Filmmakers
In honor of Black History Month in the US, we invited previously-featured filmmakers to select shorts by Black Artists that they are inspired by.
