Episode 3 is a little ahead of schedule, but what’s the point of doing a Mother’s Day playlist after Mother’s Day? (You have gotten something for your Mom already haven’t…
Among the tens of thousands of films that debuted online over the last year, the 150+ that we featured here on Short of the Week, and the 9 that we’ve…
Winners of the SOTW Awards 2013 New Media category sit down to discuss the importance of story and the need for funding in this roundtable discussion about the future of the industry.
Winner!
Last year saw interactive films finally come into their own as a format for real storytelling. This year, Bear 71 upped the ante with even more interactivity allowing…
Short of the Week is about more than just highlighting the best in bite-sized narratives—it’s also about fostering a dialogue amongst the innovative creators telling earth-shattering stories in new and…
This year’s winning live-action filmmakers represent a diverse group: a star feature film directing duo, a veteran commercial director, a pair of award-winning photojournalists, a Canadian writing/directing duo, and a…
SOTW Awards 2013 Animation winners discuss the future of the animation industry—their experiences and their thoughts on how shorts are leading the charge for innovation.
We honor the top animated shorts from the past year with a collection of innovative films spanning 2D, 3D, and some too difficult to label.
A cherished tradition, every year Sundance releases a selection of short films from their competition lineup onto the internet for the duration of the fest. It is an excellent way…
Let me introduce to you The Weekly—our weekly email newsletter that contains all our Short of the Week films, stories, and articles from the past week. We love social media,…
We are excited to announce the official Short of the Week Awards 2013 nominees! We’ve nominated the top 10 films in each of our three categories—Animation, Live-Action, and New Media—as…
The nominations are in! There are a number of great films this year, and once again, some very notable absences (The Eagleman Stag). Who deserves to win? Click the images…
It’s been 5 great years here at Short of the Week as we take a look at where have we been and where are we going.
As you might have noticed, this year we dispense with what has our been our traditional year-in-review Top Ten list (examples here) in order to highlight even more quality…
We honor the best new media short films from a variety of emerging genres and formats like Branded, Crowdfunded, Fan Films, Festival Films, and Interactive Films.
Best Documentary
With technology giving a platform to hordes of tenacious, DSLR-wielding documentarians, the short doc has never been more popular, or so mind-numbingly repetitive. But, just when you…
We honor the best animated short films from the past year from a variety of categories including best 3D, Experimental, Stop-Motion, Student and Traditional Animation.
The favorite is back—follow this dynamic list of the top 10 rated short films of all-time based on your viewer ratings.
Yes, we’ve taken the plunge. We’re looking for your help in bringing a Short of the Week panel to SXSW 2012. If you like what we do, head over to…
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The next of our online releases under the “Short of the Week Presents” banner, this astute and observational short film represents the epitome of the film festival-style.
Short of the Week editors, Jason and Andrew, will be attending Seattle Int’l Film Festival’s Shortsfest Weekend this Friday through Sunday attempting to watch as many short films as possible.…
THE FINAL DAY! for those filmmakers who wish to enter their film in The Great Film Competition. We’re accepting films that haven’t yet been available to the online public. So…
Just one more week for those filmmakers who wish to enter their film in The Great Film Competition. We’re accepting films that haven’t yet been available to the online public.…
