It's been an eventful and film-packed year for Short of the Week. Let's take a moment to look back at the biggest and most important events in the world of short films from this past year.
Based off a beloved South African fantasy novel this impressive proof-of-concept from rising-star Michael Matthews depicts a snarky, monster-porn-dealing teen dragged headlong into a deep, dark Cape Town underbelly full of monsters and myth
The first narrative film about the early life of street artist Shepard Fairey and the origin of his OBEY GIANT street art campaign.
Academy award winning director Patrick Osborne employs innovative animation techniques to help save a school play cancelled due to the pandemic
*Currently Unavailable* XYZ, From Fire and Dust is an Ensemble Science Fiction series that takes you on a journey through the technological and political landscape of a future America. We follow the Noo, a trio of artificially printed angels as they unleash mayhem. In XYZ: mind is data, body is hardware.
Céline gives our annual preview of Sundance's slate with a specific eye to the alums and shorts we're excited for.
This pro-level CG animation revolves around the remarkable romance of a scrappy street rat and a lovely lab rat, with plenty of action inbetween. However it is done in a decidedly un-Pixar way.
A viral sensation in just 24 hours, this short depicts a closeted boy who runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.
She is one of the greatest living women’s basketball players. 3 national trophies. Scored the first basket in women's Olympic basketball at the ‘76 Olympics. Drafted to the NBA. But have you ever heard of Lucy Harris?
Made a with a grant from Focus Features, a boy comes into mysterious abilities and is branded a demon. Relying on a jaded street thug for protection, the pair go on the run. Set at the intersection of sci-fi and superstition in South Africa, can the boy stay one step ahead of his pursuers, and, importantly, learn to control his burgeoning power?
