It's time for a change.

With the 2021 festival season now underway and annual awards starting to be handed out, we take a look at what some of our previously featured filmmakers have been up to over the last couple of months.

Short of the Week got invited to the third edition of the Torino Short Film Market. The Result? Good wine, good pasta, and the best company possible—the short film community.

With science fiction story-lines and topics of sexuality proving to be big discussion starters here on Short of the Week, it would have seemed like an opportunity missed if we didn't speak to emerging filmmaker Connor Hurley about his short film The Naturalist. Based around concepts of genetically altering sexual orientation and set in an unspecified dystopian future, we talked to the director about the influence of existing work on his narrative/tone and looked at how he went about creating a timeless aesthetic for his film: It's hard not talk about The Naturalist without first looking at the concept - where did the idea for the narrative come from? I remember I was probably around 12 years old, pursuing both my passion for filmmaking and facing questions of my own sexuality.

"Transpecos" arrives in theaters soon. The feature debut of Greg Kwedar, the creative team nurtured the project for over 5 years, but things unlocked for them when they decided to make a short set in the same world.

We catch-up with S/W alums Mikey Please & Renee Zhan at Sundance Film Festival ’19: London

Overview of how AI may shift the filmmaking world over the coming years—the opportunities and questions it raises.