Always A Fire

Chad Jones, athletic superstar and NFL hopeful, was brutally injured in a 2010 car crash. His journey to recovery is documented is this virtuosic short from the team at Union HZ.

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Adventure Meghana Bisineer 5 minutes

A Journey Across Grandmother

Simple ink animation of a child's imaginative journey across the surreal landscape of her grandmother.

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Documentary Moth Collective 3 minutes

A Kiss, Deferred

A 12-year-old girl’s life and love are shattered by the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Moth's Collective's stunning entry into the New York Times' 'Modern Love' series.

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Comedy Nino Mancuso 9 minutes

A Play

When two friends go to see a friend's play, they realize just how terrifying supporting the arts can be...

Interview August 19th, 2016

How Greg Kwedar of Transpecos Found his Feature's Path by Making a Short

"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.

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Experimental Carlos Lascano 3 minutes

A Short Love Story in Stop-Motion

A girl daydreams of a life lived in love.

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Sci‑Fi Peter Collins Campbell 8 minutes

Variations on a Theme

A couple has mysteriously begun to split into many copies of themselves, and as they try to get a handle on the situation and their own relationship, a new mutation destabilizes their world even further.

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Fantasy Ben Brewer 13 minutes

A Folded Ocean

A couple gets lost in each other.

Festival March 8th, 2025

A Shorts-centric Preview of SXSW 2025

With more than 21 S/W alums featured in the 2025 SXSW lineup, let’s dive into their films and see what they have in store!

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Drama Alois Di Leo 9 minutes

The Boy Who Wanted to Be A Lion

Max is a seven-year-old deaf boy growing up in the 1960s. One day he goes on a school trip to the zoo, where he sees a lion for the first time. A feeling begins to grow inside him that will change his life forever.