The sad but true story of Old Bet, the first circus elephant in America, set to a tune sung by her friend, an old farm dog.
On a cold winter's night, Lynn's quest for a one night stand is complicated when the guy she goes home with lives two hours away via public transit.
Jenny breaks free from a toxic friendship and learns to harness her magical, useless superpower.
On the sand dunes of her local beach, a female jogger returns to the scene of a crime looking for closure.
Beautifully shot film about a woman's loss of innocence at the hand of the world.
Short of the Week checks out Tribeca's VR sidebar, and reports back on the state of the form.
A meditative character study focusing on Paul Harper, a desperate father whose exhaustive search for his lost son has led him down a path of unintended exile.
With science fiction story-lines and topics of sexuality proving to be big discussion starters here on Short of the Week, it would have seemed like an opportunity missed if we didn't speak to emerging filmmaker Connor Hurley about his short film The Naturalist. Based around concepts of genetically altering sexual orientation and set in an unspecified dystopian future, we talked to the director about the influence of existing work on his narrative/tone and looked at how he went about creating a timeless aesthetic for his film: It's hard not talk about The Naturalist without first looking at the concept - where did the idea for the narrative come from? I remember I was probably around 12 years old, pursuing both my passion for filmmaking and facing questions of my own sexuality.
Junior, a hotheaded Uber driver lacking self-awareness, struggles to navigate through his love life.
