Word came out yesterday of Sundance's plans for the online exhibition of its short films this year. The American film festival giant first debuted short films on the internet in 2006, but we have yet to have two years of the same approach since.
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.
Vengeful sculptors, baby squirrels and backflipping avatars - the S/W team pick their favorite short films from our 2023 coverage.
The release of a new blockbuster game franchise "Overwatch" was notable for the way it was supported by 4 impressively animated short films. As gaming matures, short films are poised to pick up the narrative slack in developing game franchises into true, cross-platform IP
From The Hunt For Gollum to a live-action homage to Miyazaki, these are the best fan films you can find on the internet.
From the 233 short films we featured on Short of the Week in 2021, our team has selected 14 we think deserve extra praise and attention. This is the 2022 Short Awards
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
Short Films from Patrick Bresnan, Steve Cutts and Henry K. Norvalls feature in our 'Best of the Month' picks for November
"The simplistic act of splicing two clips together in a sequence, made me understand the editor to be a second director of sorts" - S/W regular Alexander Farah joins us to discuss the importance of editing when creating a short film.
