Oscar Short-Listed in 2012, 9 Meter tells the story of Daniel, a 16-year-old who believes breaking his long jump records is keeping his dying mother alive. He sets out to make the most dangerous jump of his life.
The nominations are in! An interesting crop of films this year, especially because there are a few we're unfamiliar with. Though, it's great to see Short of the Week fav Anders Walter finally get his due this go-around.
A joyless critic is given a life-altering moment of purity when he is caught up in a bank-robbery, in David von Ancken’s classic take on Tobias Wolff’s short story.
From 45 to 15, the nominations for all three short film categories have been announced for the 95th Academy Awards
An anthropomorphized stop-motion homage to classic film noir. Upon his release from prison Walter falls back in with his old gang of hustlers. In this con within a con will he be the one left holding the bag?
In this behind-the-scenes examination of sexual politics on set, a director pressures an actress into full nudity on the morning of her first sex scene.
Experience a ground-level view of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests in this Oscar-nominated short from Field of Vision. Visceral and pulse-pounding, Anders Hammer provides unprecedented access to the participants as they fight against the mainland Chinese government—actions spurred by the passage of a new Beijing-backed national security law.
S/W was on the scene at TIFF 2017. Read our picks for the stand out shorts of the festival, and our impressions on the many features by S/W alums.
The Oscar shortlists are here! Find out who made the cut and where you can view the films.
The votes for the 2014 Academy Awards are in and the little man has been been handed out to 3 lucky winners in the shorts categories. Curiously enough your votes proved quite accurate this yearoff only by 1% on the Animated category (that's okay, I voted for Feral too).
