News
Oscar Short Films 2024: The Winners
Congratulations to the three winners of the 2024 Short film Oscars.
Festival
Palm Springs Shortfest Online Film Festival
Palm Springs! We are very close to the arrival of North America's most important film festival dedicated to shorts. I know not everybody follows the festival scene, and I know it gets confusing because I'm always tweeting that Festival X is the most-_____ festival in all of _____, but for short films, trust me, Palm Springs Shortfest is a pretty big deal.
Adventure
Daniel Bird & Ben Richardson
Seed
An egg and an apple build competing broadcast towers that vie for the attention of a transistor radio. With its complex characterization and narrative of animal evolution, competition and reproduction, SEED is a beautiful and sinister stop-motion story about the struggle to survive.
Filmmaker Update
S/W Alum Mickey Duzyj on his new Netflix Show "LOSERS" and the Short that Inspired It
An editorial-illustrator turned award-winning documentary filmmaker, Mickey Duzyj parlayed his breakthrough short film into a Netflix series—one that poignantly tells the surprising, and noble stories of some of sports' most infamous figures.
Experimental
Ben Thomas & Leo Bridle
Train of Thought
The story of a solitary traveller who dreams of his own romantic encounter at the station through the images laid out on the pages of his sketchbook.
Drama
Ben Briand
Apricot
Do you remember your first love? Your first kiss? Do you remember anything?
Dramedy
Seth Epstein
& Ben Epstein
Something Like Loneliness
Neighbours Mia and Dan bargain over their favourite sounds, captured in food storage containers.
Horror
Janina Gavankar & Russo Schelling
Stucco
While hanging a piece of art in her new home, a woman knocks a hole in her wall, revealing what might be another room. Her mind unravels as she wonders what could be on the other side. Part of our SXSW Shorts Week coverage. #SXSWshorts
Experimental
Lior Ben Horin
Head On
A runaway train barrels through an every-changing abstract landscape in this experimental animation from the Bezalel Academy.
Playlist
Short of the Year Playlist
This year marks the 15th edition of the Short Awards - with 2022's 'Short of the Year' soon to be announced, we take a look back at our previous winners and ask...Are these the best films we've ever featured on the site?
