Best of the Month
Best of the Month: July 2019
Your cheat-sheet to our staff's favorite short films from the past month.
Drama
Emily Dynes
St. Elmo
In a small mountainside town, a father and son attempt to navigate their loss following a devastating bushfire. Isolated and unable to comprehend the scope of the natural disaster, the two men find themselves pushed to their breaking point.
Festival
Sundance Film Festival London 2017
Now in it's fifth iteration and for the second time at Picturehouse Central in the heart of England's capital, Sundance Film Festival London seems to be steadily growing in audience awareness and stepping out of the shadow of its US Big Brother.
Fantasy
Haolu Wang
The Pregnant Ground
A woman falls into a fantastical world after the loss of her child in Haolu Wang’s “The Pregnant Ground”, a wildly imaginative and deeply political exploration of the fears concerning female bodies and pregnancy.
Playlist
New Media Winners! | SOTW Awards 2013
Winner![php]playlist(9058);[/php] Last year saw interactive films finally come into their own as a format for real storytelling. This year, Bear 71 upped the ante with even more interactivity allowing viewers to navigate a map of security cameras as they track a bear across a wildlife refuge.
Documentary
Brett Chapman
The Residue of a Relationship
The Residue of a Relationship is a short film that looks at the leftovers of love and tries to piece together what it all means.
Comedy
Peter Edlund
The Ref
A referee struggles to maintain control over a 2nd grade basketball game.
Documentary
Diesel Films & Seth Shapiro
Matt
Doctors gave him a five-percent chance of survival when he was born three months pre-mature. Now, he's defying everyone's expectations.
Dark Comedy
JJ Shpall
Date Nite
In a world defined by a virus that preys on romantic desire, a lonely man risks his life for a chance at human connection. A dystopian rom-com about finding love in an age when physical distance breeds emotional distress.
Festival
A Shorts-Centric Recap of TIFF 2019
S/W's Queen of Festivals, Céline Roustan, was on the ground for The Toronto International Film Festival. She shares her short film notebook, highlighting winners, new work from site alums, and her personal faves from the fest's 2019 edition.
