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  • Article

    2022: A Year of Short Films

    From alumni news to Oscar winners, take a look back at a year on Short of the Week

  • Playlist

    Lexus Short Films 2017

    From high school basketball tryouts to strange encounters in the Australian outback, we take a look at the latest batch of short films from Lexus and The Weinstein Company.

  • SOTW

    TOP TEN SHORT FILMS OF 2017 - Chelsea Lupkin

    Chelsea Lupkin / NYC Contributor / @chelsealupkin2017 was the year that I couldn’t shut up about short films. There may have been major Hollywood features and awesome Netflix series vying for my attention, but short films took the proverbial cake for me.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Filmmaker Update

    The Short List: Paul Trillo Interview

    Writer/Director Paul Trillo joins us to discuss what it means to be a "concept filmmaker," the difference between commercial and narrative films, and why his favorite short films feel like a satisfying meal.

  • Best of the Month

    Best Films of the Month: June

    From the devastation of heartbreak to the destruction of a heart-stopping plague, these 4 films representing the best of June showcase inventive storytelling and an abundance of directorial flair

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