Babs

After his father’s passing, Robbie returns to London to find that his inheritance was spent by his father on a sex doll that strikingly resembles his late mother.

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Musical Jacob Chase 11 minutes

Trouble

Set in 1952, a traveling salesman shows up on the doorstep of a dying old man and can't contain the song within his heart. A dark riff on a classic musical.

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Drama Adam Meeks 14 minutes

Union County

A young man in rural Ohio navigates a drug court recovery program and the return of his ex-girlfriend.

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Drama Hannah Peterson 13 minutes

East of the River

Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school and is faced with a day on the streets of Washington, DC. Created in collaboration with local high schoolers, the film is an unflinching portrait of the lived experience of teenagers finding their way through an overburdened public school system.

Festival March 9th, 2024

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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Documentary Zackary Canepari 9 minutes

Claressa

After Claressa Shields won gold in Olympic boxing in 2012, she is back in Flint, Michigan, with no sponsors and no endorsements. After climbing the mountain, she is back at the bottom, training to do it again at Rio 2016 and become the first boxer in history to defend a gold medal.

Best of the Month May 2nd, 2020

Best of the Month: April 2020

The S/W team pick their three favourite shorts from the 22 we featured in April 2020

Festival January 22nd, 2022

Sundance Film Festival: The Best Short Films from the Archive

With Sundance 2022 marking the 40th anniversary of the Sundance Institute with a special programme of 'From the Collection' short films - we take our own retrospective look at the best films from the festival

Filmmaker Update December 28th, 2020

Filmmaker Updates: December 2020

From high-profile Christmas ads to box-office features, we take a look at the exciting new projects from filmmakers previously featured on Short of the Week

Famous Filmmakers February 14th, 2016

The Short Films that became Features

Watch our pick of the best short films that became features in this playlist including Neill Blomkamp, Billy Bob Thornton & more [last updated June 2022].