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.
A filmmaker documents her relationship with her grandmother for one month before she dies, and several months after.
The viral success over the last 36 hours of the dark fan film POWER/RANGERS highlights the tremendous appeal of the genre. The fact that its creators are in potential legal jeopardy, illustrate the drawbacks.
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.
With nominee voting for the 2022 Academy Awards opening tomorrow (Thu 27th Jan), we highlight the five standout films from each short film category.
As the theatrical film experience gives up its dominance as the mass-market medium for storytelling, the feature film format seems destined to fade with it. Whats happening?
We recommend 8 shorts you shouldn't miss from the massive We Are One online film festival.
The Sundance Festival returns to London this May with two short film programmes full of animation, live-action fiction & documentary
Film statistician Stephen Follows crunches 18 years of short film data to look for insights behind the current gender imbalance in the film industry.
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.
