Nikita Diakur

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    Experimental Nikita Diakur

    Backflip

    Attempting a backflip is not safe. You can break your neck, or land on your head, or land badly on your wrists. None of that is nice, so my avatar does the trick. It practices on a 6-core processor with the help of Machine Learning.

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    Experimental Nikita Diakur

    Ugly

    The 2017 Grand Prize Winner at Ottawa, a formally groundbreaking animated short. An ugly cat struggles to coexist in a fragmented and broken world, eventually finding a soulmate in a mystical chief.

  • Interview

    The Importance of Sound with David Kamp

    "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

  • S/W Awards

    The Short Awards 2024: The Nominees

    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.

  • Festival

    A S/W Centric Look at Encounters 2022

    Back for its first in-person edition since 2019, the UK’s leading short film Encounters returns to Bristol with an eclectic programme of short films, industry panels and interactive experiences.

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    Thriller Nikita Grushin

    Fireworks

    Through the city a minivan rides. Out go people. Nothing about them is known, but they are planning a series of synchronistic terrorist attacks.

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