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  • News

    Oscars Short Films 2022: The Films Battling for an Academy Award

    From 309 to 45, the shortlists for the 2022 Academy Awards have been announced. We take a look at the lists, provide links for where to view them, and share our favorite film in the Animated Short Film, Documentary Short Subject & Live Action Short Film categories

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    Documentary AJ Schnack

    Speaking is Difficult

    The fear, chaos, and disbelief triggered by mass shootings have become an inescapable yet unbearable reality. Speaking is Difficult represents five years of an American crisis.

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    Drama Ryan Booth

    The Heights

    A promising musical duo tries to avoid a meltdown before the biggest show of their career.

  • Festival

    Palm Springs Shortfest Online Film Festival

    Palm Springs! We are very close to the arrival of North America's most important film festival dedicated to shorts. I know not everybody follows the festival scene, and I know it gets confusing because I'm always tweeting that Festival X is the most-_____ festival in all of _____, but for short films, trust me, Palm Springs Shortfest is a pretty big deal.

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    Horror A.K. Espada

    This Is Our Home

    When their rodent infestation intensifies, a bleeding-heart vegan and her pragmatic roommate find themselves at odds concerning pest elimination methods both cruel and effective.

  • 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.

  • Filmmaker's Guide

    How I Made a Short Film with Netflix

    From pitching to production, director Seán Mullan joins us to discuss creating a short for Netflix's inaugural Documentary Talent Fund in the first of a new series of Educational posts here on Short of the Week.

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