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.
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.
As the borders between digital and real life blur, film festivals seek to leverage the latter to gain prominence in the former. TIFF’s mini festival with Instagram is an insightful look at influential platforms seeking to leverage each others strengths and envision the future of content
Autour de Minuit founder Nicolas Schmerkin joins us to discuss distribution, awards and the changing face of the short film industry.
A regular on our site, Charlotte Hornsby joins us to discuss her work as a cinematographer and the importance of short film in her career.
As the theatrical film experience gives up its dominance as the mass-market medium for storytelling, the feature film format seems destined to fade with it. Whats happening?
Nominated for Oscar. Through a montage of surveillance and police body-camera footage, a reconstruction of a deadly shooting by a Chicago police officer becomes an investigation into how a narrative begins to take shape in the aftermath.
In our announcement Tuesday I mentioned my skepticism in finding any of the Short Film Oscar nominees online, but you, our readers, did not share my defeatist attitude and unearthed a couple! Thanks go out to Hans and Sam, now you can watch one film from each of the 3 short film categories: Documentary Short Subject, Short Film (Live-Action) and Short Film (Animation). Follow Short of the Week on Facebook [caption id="attachment_4586" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Click to Watch"][/caption] Documentary Short SubjectThe Warriors of Quigang: A Chinese Village Fights Back In Quigang, a tiny hamlet of 1,900 people, a nearby chemical plant is polluting the land and water.
A filmmaker documents her relationship with her grandmother for one month before she dies, and several months after.
With nominee voting for the 2022 Academy Awards opening tomorrow (Thu 27th Jan), we highlight the five standout films from each short film category.
