((The Festival is now over, and the links to the films have expired) We preview and link to the 10 short films you can watch for free in this year's "My French Film Festival"—Unifrance's innovative online celebration of contemporary French cinema.
Director Denzel Whitaker and producer John Trefry joins us to discuss the release of 5150, a short film intended to be turned into a series.
Disturbing look at the frustrations of a man and son against nameless aggression.
Nominated for Oscar. Through a montage of surveillance and police body-camera footage, a reconstruction of a deadly shooting by a Chicago police officer becomes an investigation into how a narrative begins to take shape in the aftermath.
As the SXSW Film Festival gears up this weekend, regular SOTW contributor, Jason B Kohl, sat down with two filmmakers from UCLA's MFA Directing Program en route to Austin. Their shorts couldn't be more different from each other in every aspect from production through post, but the two had many common insights to share.
From 309 to 45, the shortlists for the 2022 Academy Awards have been announced. We take a look at the lists, provide links for where to view them, and share our favorite film in the Animated Short Film, Documentary Short Subject & Live Action Short Film categories
Like short films? Have access to a Netflix account? Here are the 10 films worth your time [Updated March. 2025]
From pitching to production, director Seán Mullan joins us to discuss creating a short for Netflix's inaugural Documentary Talent Fund in the first of a new series of Educational posts here on Short of the Week.
