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
Yesterday's feature review was Hands Solo, a wicked funny mockumentary about a deaf porn star and the girl who got away. I caught up with the director, William Mager over email to talk about himself, the film, and disability in the movie-industry.
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.
With award season upon us, it's time for our annual Short Awards. Check out the 15 nominated films and even vote for your favorite - in our Audience Choice award.
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.
From alumni news to Oscar winners, take a look back at a year on Short of the Week
The Winners of the Short Subject Categories at the 92nd Academy Awards
"My goal is always to provide each film with a unique sound world and sonic style" - Sound Designer, Composer and Sound Artist David Kamp joins us to discuss the role sound plays in a successful short film
Featuring a S/W alum, Netflix's anthology of animated shorts LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS returns with a second volume of eight standalone shorts featuring giants, robotic servants and Michael B. Jordan.
With voting complete, the Academy Awards move to the next stage: the highly anticipated nomination announcements.
