Your Hands
A woman grapples with a breakup while stuck on a subway train; trying to focus as her world falls apart.
Documentary
Ben Proudfoot
The Final Copy of Ilon Specht
From two-time Oscar® winner Ben Proudfoot comes THE FINAL COPY OF ILON SPECHT, an intimate deathbed account of the unsung advertising genius who coined L'Oréal's iconic "Because I'm Worth It" slogan in 1973, a four word feminist manifesto that, against all odds, changed advertising forever.
Horror
Tim Hyten
& MacGregor
Bug
Deep in the South Korean mountainside, a young domestic worker has her chores interrupted by news that will forever change her.
SOTW
Short Films in 2013—A Year in Review
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.
Apocalypse Now Now
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
Drama
Julian Marshall
Obey the Giant
The first narrative film about the early life of street artist Shepard Fairey and the origin of his OBEY GIANT street art campaign.
Filmmaker Update
Patrick Osborne Saves a School Play in Animated Short Film 'Drawn Closer'
Academy award winning director Patrick Osborne employs innovative animation techniques to help save a school play cancelled due to the pandemic
Sci‑Fi
K-Michel Parandi
XYZ, From Fire and Dust
*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.
Festival
Sundance Film Festival 2025: A Short-Centric Guide
Céline gives our annual preview of Sundance's slate with a specific eye to the alums and shorts we're excited for.
Action
Alex Weil
One Rat Short
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.
