If I could have somehow avoided the news about Sundance starting today, I would havetoday is the start of the 34th straight Sundance Festival that yours truly will be failing to attend. 34 times have films been watched, pitches been made, deals been sealed, without me.
Tribeca's (Online) Film Festival this year is quite extensive: 6 feature films, 9 in-competition shorts and these9 "retro" shorts from the festival's past, all available for free! We'll cover this year's competition shorts in a series of forthcoming posts, but remember that Tribeca has their own spin on this online thing, so make sure to reserve a 24-hour screening window for each film in advance. These 9 retro shorts are a bit easier to manage, rather than signing up for specific 24-hour screening periods, they are available to view at any time between now and May 1st.
Nominated for Oscar. Through a montage of surveillance and police body-camera footage, a reconstruction of a deadly shooting by a Chicago police officer becomes an investigation into how a narrative begins to take shape in the aftermath.
We chat with Ryan Spindell, one of horror's most exciting young voices, about indie filmmaking and how to make delightfully gory films on a budget.
Why did so many reputable news & entertainment outlets featuring a short film that was so obviously an unofficial copy?
This year marks the 15th edition of the Short Awards - with 2022's 'Short of the Year' soon to be announced, we take a look back at our previous winners and ask...Are these the best films we've ever featured on the site?
The Winners of the Short Subject Categories at the 92nd Academy Awards
Film statistician Stephen Follows crunches 18 years of short film data to look for insights behind the current gender imbalance in the film industry.
With the short film anthology 'From Ground Zero' submitted as the official Palestinian entry for the 2025 Best International Feature Film Oscar, we take a look at the collection and offer an exclusive look at one of the 22-films.
We recommend 8 shorts you shouldn't miss from the massive We Are One online film festival.
