American Film Institute

  • Oscar Films

    Oscar Short Films 2022: A Voter's Guide

    With nominee voting for the 2022 Academy Awards opening tomorrow (Thu 27th Jan), we highlight the five standout films from each short film category.

  • Festival

    Retro Short Films: Tribeca 2011 Film Festival

    Tribeca's (Online) Film Festival this year is quite extensive: 6 feature films, 9 in-competition shorts and these—9 "retro" shorts from the festival's past, all available for free! We'll cover this year's competition shorts in a series of forthcoming posts, but remember that Tribeca has their own spin on this online thing, so make sure to reserve a 24-hour screening window for each film in advance. These 9 retro shorts are a bit easier to manage, rather than signing up for specific 24-hour screening periods, they are available to view at any time between now and May 1st.

  • Interview

    Interview with Aneil Karia (BEAT)

    Director Aneil Karia joins us to talk about the inspiration and production of his award-winning short 'BEAT' and give us an insight into what he's working on next.

  • Play
    Comedy Roel van Beek

    A Film About a Pudding

    After Ronin neglects to clear up her dropped groceries, they start to mix and bubble, transforming into a small pudding - which begins to grow at an alarming rate

  • Play
    Dramedy Shia LaBeouf

    HowardCantour.com

    This is the story of Howard Cantour. A warrior. His life as a film critic and how he comes to terms with reviewing his hero's film.

  • Festival

    A Shorts-centric Preview of SXSW 2024

    Black holes, nuns and Nicholas Cage all feature in this round-up of work from our previously featured filmmakers at this year's SXSW

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