In the not-too-distant future, a water smuggler navigates a tumultuous, dystopian city on the brink of a water shortage.
A young student faces a moral dilemma within the ruthless environment of a Ghanaian boarding school.
Winner of a 2021 Sundance Jury Prize, Topaz Jones's visual album is an autobiographical journey into his formative influences. Told in vignettes, it is modeled off the Black ABC's—an invention from 1970, when Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Black-centered teaching materials to the vastly white educational landscape.
In a small Irish town where secrets are rare, a local man goes to church to confess his. A stunning two-hander filled with reversals and betrayals.
A 13-year-old boy from Tijuana embarks on his first drug smuggle across the Arizona/Mexico border
In 1968 Patty was a flight attendant, who realized she could smuggle primo pot in from Jamaica with relative ease. Now 77 years old, this is her version of what happened.
A future Earth where the Sun hangs still in the sky, and times of day are fixed locations, a soul-deadened coyote reluctantly guides a band of rebels infiltrating an industrial fortress.
Short of the Week is about more than just highlighting the best in bite-sized narrativesits also about fostering a dialogue amongst the innovative creators telling earth-shattering stories in new and interesting ways. And, what better time to do that than the week of the 2013 Short of Week Awards? All week, we'll be having roundtable interviews with the award winners to learn more about their creative process as well as the broader storytelling landscape where short films are proving to be the leaders in the industry.