DANIELS are on top of the world. How did they get there? We trace their careers from the beginning through a curated selection of their most important videos in our first-ever creator retrospective.
Short of the Week is about more than just highlighting the best in bite-sized narrativesits also about fostering a dialogue amongst the innovative creators telling earth-shattering stories in new and interesting ways. And, what better time to do that than the week of the 2013 Short of Week Awards? All week, we'll be having roundtable interviews with the award winners to learn more about their creative process as well as the broader storytelling landscape where short films are proving to be the leaders in the industry.
Yesterday afternoon saw the announcement of Sundance's short film lineup for 2014, 66 short films that will play Park City this upcoming January. The competition was fierce, with a revealed total of 8,141 submissions, but, of the myriad things you could do to catch the fleeting but powerful attention of a programmerwrite a great script, discover an amazing subject, or cast a big starkeeping your short film offline, sight unseen, conferred no advantage.
Toronto native Jamie Travis has been making short films for more than a decade. When he finally made the leap to features (his debut For a Good Time, Call premiered at Sundance and will hit cinemas this fall), he gave shorts lovers everywhere a wonderful gift by releasing all his previous work online.
Yesterday's feature review was Hands Solo, a wicked funny mockumentary about a deaf porn star and the girl who got away. I caught up with the director, William Mager over email to talk about himself, the film, and disability in the movie-industry.
In last week's first program, Sundance reached back into its archives and issued forth a lineup of short films by four directors who are debuting features films in this year's festival. Today, a new set of 4 short films have been made available through the YouTube Screening Room, this time by four directors who are alumni of the Sundance Labs, the teaching side of the larger year-round Sundance Insitute.
Film statistician Stephen Follows crunches 18 years of short film data to look for insights behind the current gender imbalance in the film industry.
Ghosts, rabbits and hair salons - this end-of-year playlist of 10 short films, handpicked by the S/W team, has EVERYTHING!!
With nominee voting for the 2022 Academy Awards opening tomorrow (Thu 27th Jan), we highlight the five standout films from each short film category.
Award season is here, and so is our annual Short Awards! Explore the 20 nominated films and cast your vote for the Audience Choice award.
