The new kid in class looks different—he's from Rwanda—and when the other kids start to tease him, it calls up memories of a violent past.
One of the nominees for Oscar, volunteers from a German nonprofit risk the waves of the Mediterranean to pluck refugees from sinking rafts in the middle of the night.
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
Short of the Week editors, Jason and Andrew, will be attending Seattle Int'l Film Festival's Shortsfest Weekend this Friday through Sunday attempting to watch as many short films as possible. If you see us at SIFF Cinema, please stop us to say hi and discuss the merits and follies of short films.
From 45 to 15, the nominations for all three short film categories have been announced for the 95th Academy Awards
If your short is in the running for top prizes, we lay out how best we can help you.
Short of the Week has partnered with the UK's first cinema dedicated solely to documentary to offer a programme of some of our favourite short docs from around the world.
The jury has made their selections, the Audience Choice votes are in, and the S/W team has chosen the one standout short from our 2024 coverage to receive the Trailblazer prize. That means it’s officially awards time!
Four years after the presidential debate that catapulted him to stardom, a forgotten internet sensation struggles with withdrawal from his stint in the limelight.
