If I could have somehow avoided the news about Sundance starting today, I would havetoday is the start of the 34th straight Sundance Festival that yours truly will be failing to attend. 34 times have films been watched, pitches been made, deals been sealed, without me.
Tribeca's (Online) Film Festival this year is quite extensive: 6 feature films, 9 in-competition shorts and these9 "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.
With nominee voting for the 2022 Academy Awards opening tomorrow (Thu 27th Jan), we highlight the five standout films from each short film category.
Laia from Spain and Emil from Iceland are students in Munich. After having sex a couple of times, Emil professes his love to Laia—but she panics and runs away. Now the two have to figure out whether they are more than just a summer fling in this sexually frank, but sweetly tender and funny short film.
We chat with Ryan Spindell, one of horror's most exciting young voices, about indie filmmaking and how to make delightfully gory films on a budget.
Why did so many reputable news & entertainment outlets featuring a short film that was so obviously an unofficial copy?
The Winners of the Short Subject Categories at the 92nd Academy Awards
We recommend 8 shorts you shouldn't miss from the massive We Are One online film festival.
BMW's legendary marketing campaign is returning after 14 years with a new film. We look back at the original 8 installments directed by A-list talent like Alejandro Gonzales Iñárritu, Ang Lee & Wong Kar Wai, which helped invent the concept of branded film.
With the short film anthology 'From Ground Zero' submitted as the official Palestinian entry for the 2025 Best International Feature Film Oscar, we take a look at the collection and offer an exclusive look at one of the 22-films.
