Festival
SXSW 2022: A Short-Centric Guide
Headliners, features, pilots, shorts - We take a look at our previously featured filmmakers in the 2022 SXSW program.
Dramedy
Michael Lucas
Turn
Looking for shortcuts past traffic, Christine and Leo both drove into an alleyway, only to find themselves stranded in an absurd concrete jungle.
Thriller
Maciek Szczerbowski
& Chris Lavis
Madame Tutli Putli
A disturbing train ride through the depths of her psychology awaits Madame Tutli Putli in this astonishing claymation that was Oscar-nominated in 2007.
Horror
Ryan Coonan
Waterborne
Contaminated water in an Australian country town causes a virus that turns both humans – and animals – into zombies. Australian wildlife has never been so terrifying...
Experimental
Melanie Abramov
Dame Factory
A titillating satire that both exposes the commodification of women and hints at a reversal of power in one of the more tantalizing yet uncomfortable films you're likely see this year—NSFW.
News
Oscar Short Films 2023: Predictions
With the final Oscar voting now open until Tuesday 7th March and the ceremony just over a week away (Sunday 12th March), we make our final predictions for the winners in the three short film categories
Thriller
Ian Hunt-Duffy
Gridlock
When a little girl goes missing from one of the cars in a traffic jam on a country road, her father forms a desperate search party to find her, and soon everyone is a suspect.
Festival
Palm Springs ShortFest Online Festival (2012)
North America's largest festival dedicated to short film returns next week. For the second year organizers have created an online component to supplement the proceedings.
Drama
Kseniya Simonova
Kseniya Simonova
A beautiful performance in sand animation depicting the German invasion of Ukraine in WWII.
Comedy
Danny DeVito
The Selling Of Vince D'Angelo
Danny DeVito directs and stars in this prescient political parable about a loud-mouthed, egotistical New Jersey concrete mogul who decides to make an independent run for Senator. Feeling “Jersey is going down the tubes” he decides only a successful businessman such as he can fix it. Sound familiar?
