It's been an eventful and film-packed year for Short of the Week. Let's take a moment to look back at the biggest and most important events in the world of short films from this past year.
From the 1952 winner of the Best Documentary short Film Oscar to the 2019 Best Animated Short Film winner - these are the best Oscar-winning short films available online
With our annual Short Awards planned for Early 2022, to round off our yearly coverage we take a look at the S/W team's favourite films from 2021.
As the borders between digital and real life blur, film festivals seek to leverage the latter to gain prominence in the former. TIFF’s mini festival with Instagram is an insightful look at influential platforms seeking to leverage each others strengths and envision the future of content
Tribeca's (Online) Film Festival this year is quite extensive: 6 feature films, 9 in-competition shorts and these9 "retro" shorts from the festival's past, all available for free! We'll cover this year's competition shorts in a series of forthcoming posts, but remember that Tribeca has their own spin on this online thing, so make sure to reserve a 24-hour screening window for each film in advance. These 9 retro shorts are a bit easier to manage, rather than signing up for specific 24-hour screening periods, they are available to view at any time between now and May 1st.
The Academy voters have made their selections - the 15 short films progressing to the nominations stage have been announced.
From 45 to 15, the short films in the running to collect an Oscar at the 94th Academy Awards have been announced.
10 films move on in each of the short film animation, documentary, & live-action categories, including 10 S/W-featured faves you can watch right now, and 12 additional films that are streaming. Some of these are limited releases though, so check them out now!
Each member of the S/W programming team selects one short film deserving of a little extra love at the end of 2022
The Academy unveils its shortlists for the 2020 Oscars. P.S. you can stream most of these short films right now
