Festival
Tribeca Storyscapes 2017
Short of the Week checks out Tribeca's VR sidebar, and reports back on the state of the form.
Festival
Sundance 2013 Online Short Film Program
A cherished tradition, every year Sundance releases a selection of short films from their competition lineup onto the internet for the duration of the fest. It is an excellent way for fans at home to connect with the goings on, and for short film fans in particular, a great way to spy some of the year's top shorts early in their festival run.
Interview
Interview with Chris McInroy (Bad Guy #2)
Short of the Week speaks to director Chris McInroy about being inspired by Jackie Chan movies, working with practical FX and the progress on production for his latest short Death Metal.
Interview
The Importance of Editing with Alexander Farah
"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.
Interview
Interview with Ross Hogg & Duncan Cowles (Isabella)
Filmmakers Ross Hogg & Duncan Cowles join us to discuss their award-winning short film collaboration 'Isabella'
Interview
Q&A w/ Sundance filmmaker Emily Carmichael (The Hunter and the Swan...)
We invited the lovely and talented Emily Carmichael to answer a few questions over email regarding her short film, The Hunter and the Swan Discuss Their Meeting, which incidentally was, by far, one of our favorite Sundance films of the year.
Article
The Curation Problem & How to do Submissions Right
Curation is Broken. We need to start by getting one thing straight—most of the curation we talk about today in our everyday digital lives isn’t true curation at all.
Interview
Interview: San Francisco Film Festival Shorts Directors
Making a great short film requires a certain kind of alchemy; because there are no hard-set rules in regards to running time, subject matter, or even medium, filmmakers traverse a tricky path on the road to festival -- and online audience -- acceptance. I was lucky enough to sit down at the San Francisco International Film Festival with a few of the shorts filmmakers that were in attendance and get insight into their process, ask what lessons they learned on their latest productions, and find out what they believe makes a good short film.
Interview
Interview with Samuel Abrahams (OFFLINE DATING)
We quizzed the BAFTA nominated writer/director on his inspiration, shooting style and lessons learned when making OFFLINE DATING
Article
Short Films by Famous Filmmakers
See how now established filmmakers used short filmmaking to hone their craft and begin to explore the styles and themes which we have come to associate with their names
