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  • 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.

  • S/W Awards

    The Short Awards 2024: The Nominees

    With award season upon us, it's time for our annual Short Awards. Check out the 15 nominated films and even vote for your favorite - in our Audience Choice award.

  • News

    Oscars Short Films 2022: The Films Battling for an Academy Award

    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

  • Festival

    Tribeca Storyscapes 2017

    Short of the Week checks out Tribeca's VR sidebar, and reports back on the state of the form.

  • Article

    POWER/RANGERS: The Opportunity and Danger of Fan Films

    The viral success over the last 36 hours of the dark fan film POWER/RANGERS highlights the tremendous appeal of the genre. The fact that its creators are in potential legal jeopardy, illustrate the drawbacks.

  • Article

    15 Things Wrong With Your Short Film

    Here are the most common mistakes filmmakers make with their short films that stick out like a sore thumb to programmers and curators. Find out how to avoid them.

  • Play
    Documentary Anders Hammer

    Do Not Split

    Experience a ground-level view of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests in this Oscar-nominated short from Field of Vision. Visceral and pulse-pounding, Anders Hammer provides unprecedented access to the participants as they fight against the mainland Chinese government—actions spurred by the passage of a new Beijing-backed national security law.

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    Fantasy Michael Matthews

    Apocalypse Now Now

    Based off a beloved South African fantasy novel this impressive proof-of-concept from rising-star Michael Matthews depicts a snarky, monster-porn-dealing teen dragged headlong into a deep, dark Cape Town underbelly full of monsters and myth

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