UK Film Council

  • Festival

    Online Now: The 9th Annual "My French Film Festival"

    ((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.

  • The Short List

    The Short List: Jacob Chase

    “Who am I to say no to Steven Spielberg?" - Jacob Chase joins us to discuss how he turned his short film 'Larry' into Amblin produced feature 'Come Play'.

  • Black Filmmakers

    From Short Film To Series: 5150

    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.

  • Festival

    Sundance Film Festival London 2017

    Now in it's fifth iteration and for the second time at Picturehouse Central in the heart of England's capital, Sundance Film Festival London seems to be steadily growing in audience awareness and stepping out of the shadow of its US Big Brother.

  • Netflix Streaming

    The Ten Best Short Films on Netflix

    Like short films? Have access to a Netflix account? Here are the 10 films worth your time [Updated March. 2025]

  • Filmmaker's Guide

    How I Made a Short Film with Netflix

    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.

  • News

    SXSW Filmmakers Q&A

    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.

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