MEL Films

  • News

    Oscars Short Films 2026: Key Dates & Rule Changes

    With The Academy recently unveiling the timeline and announcing several rule changes for the 98th Academy Awards, we break down the key updates - especially those impacting the short film categories.

  • Article

    Fashion Film Roundup Pt. 1: Scorcese, Miller, Lynch & Ritchie

    The assault that the city of New York has been under for the last week, perpetrated by 5'11, birdlike amazons, garbed in freakish war paint and extravagant, yet bizarrely soft battle armor, is now over. I speak of course of Fashion Week New York which ended yesterday, one of the 4 international fashion weeks which rule the industry and establish the direction the fashion world will take in the coming year.

  • Playlist

    Best New Media | SOTW Awards 2012!

    We honor the best new media short films from a variety of emerging genres and formats like Branded, Crowdfunded, Fan Films, Festival Films, and Interactive Films.

  • Article

    2022: A Year of Short Films

    From alumni news to Oscar winners, take a look back at a year on Short of the Week

  • Filmmaker Update

    Bite Size Halloween: Behind the Short Films of 2021

    Get in the mood for Spooky Season with our behind-the-scenes look at 20th Digital Studio's Bite Size Halloween - 18 genre shorts screened as part of Hulu's Huluween programming.

  • Festival

    A S/W-Centric Guide to Encounters 2020

    With UK's leading short film festival forced online, we dive into the Encounters 2020 programme and take a look at what the festival has to offer this year - including some new films from some old S/W favourites

  • Interview

    Q&A with Sundance Filmmaker Nick Paley (Andy & Zach)

    Yesterday marked the online debut of the 2011 Sundance Competition short films, and in that first batch of 4 films we were treated to the World Premiere of New York-based filmmaker Nick Paley's Andy and Zach—my favorite short in the program. Nick Paley happens to be a fan of Short of the Week, so we traded emails regarding the film, Sundance, and his thoughts on short films online.

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