Terminal Bar

One of the most celebrated of all modern shorts, Terminal Bar is a fascinating pictorial history of a New York City bar whose customers, from the hard-drinking working class Irish to the coiffed African American gay male, continually transform its focus during a 10-year period.

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Adventure Gaëlle Denis 6 minutes

City Paradise

A Japanese woman finds herself in the cold heart of a gloomy and uninviting London. But there's more that lies beyond the surface

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Comedy Molly McGlynn 12 minutes

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3-Way (Not Calling)

A woman dreading a milestone birthday convinces her partner to have a threesome, a threesome that changes everything… and nothing.

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Sci‑Fi 14 minutes

Project Kronos

Project Kronos is a documentary film set in the not too distant future, following a mission to achieve interstellar space travel. As the mission unfolds with extraordinary results, the scientists find themselves dealing with a much bigger agenda.

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Horror Kate Trefry 12 minutes

How to be Alone

The directorial debut of "Stranger Things" writer Kate Trefry, this dark and wickedly fun short film stars Maika Monroe as a woman whose deepest fears seem to manifest physically when her husband leaves for the night shift.

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Adventure Kibwe Tavares 18 minutes

Jonah

Jonah is a big fish story about the old and the new, and the links and the distances between them. A Sundance 2013 short film from the heralded creator of "Robots of Brixton".

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Dark Comedy Florian Babikian & 5 Others 7 minutes

Garden Party

We celebrate the online re-release of a modern classic. The most gorgeously realized independent 3D animation in years, a dark mystery slowly unravels via the perspective of exotic frogs having a grand time in an opulent, but empty mansion

S/W Awards February 15th, 2022

The Short Awards 2022: Audience Vote

It's your chance to be a part of our annual Short Awards and pick the winner of our Audience Choice award.

Filmmaker Update June 24th, 2022

Filmmaker Updates: In Development (June 2022)

Shakespeare adaptations, Steven Soderbergh collaborations and a bunch of new animated series' set for our screens. A round-up of all the projects in development from our Short of the Week alums

News August 30th, 2009

100 Important Directors of Animated Short Films

Nothing excites the internet masses (yours truly included) like a best of list. A new one out lists a bunch of really important animation directors and their representative works.