Nicolas Lesaffre or "Niko" is a talented freelancer based out of Paris and Hong Kong. A graduate of Supinfocom in 2004, his short film Hernando missed out on the wave of celebration the internet now bestows on every film from that institution, nonetheless he has subsequently carved out a seemingly successful career in motion and print advertising.

Via a live streaming broadcast beginning at 5:30 am where I am, this year's Oscar nominees were announced. I ended up hitting snooze and missed it, but I had an inkling that the information maybe—just maybe, would not be that hard to find at a more sane hour of the day.

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.

The competition is now closed. Thanks to all who participated!   Short of the Week presents The Great Film Competition! We are on a quest to find great short films.

To all our fans in the New York area! Both Andrew and I will be out at the NYC Short Film Festival this weekend to take in some great shorts and support our film The Thomas Beale Cipher which is currently on the festival warpath.  Come out and say hi, we'll be the devilishly handsome ones hanging out after both the Friday and Saturday programs.

Its been a couple of days since Andrew's article detailing the path we took in putting our short film The Thomas Beale Cipher online. Some folks have taken it as an attack on film festivals, and I won't say that they're completely wrong about that.