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.
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…
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.
Toronto native Jamie Travis has been making short films for more than a decade. When he finally made the leap to features (his debut For a Good Time, Call… premiered…
Many filmmakers look at short films as their teenage years—happy to get past them and on to something bigger. Jossie Malis is one of the few who understood the power…
Our Award-winners take a seat at our “virtual” roundtable and offer up their thoughts on what it means to be a filmmakers today. Plus, learn about what they’re planning next.
From illustrator to highly-praised 3D animator in just over a year, Jesús Orellana takes us behind the scenes of what went in to making his short film, Rosa.
We caught up with the Argentina-based horror duo Guille Gatti & Pedro Cristiani to talk about their recent success with Deus Irae and what it takes to make great horror…
StoryCorps animators, Mike and Tim Rauch, share their character design and animation process and how animation can reveal truth in ways live footage can’t.
Yesterday’s feature review was Hands Solo, a wicked funny mockumentary about a deaf porn star and the girl who got away. I caught up with the director, William Mager over…
Joseph Pierce tells us about his animation process and the importance of staying true to your own ideas.
Shahir Daud, director of Double Happy, shares why he made the film, what it’s like shooting with a RED camera, and how to shoot cinéma vérité.
Part 2 of Everything is a Remix dropped days ago and, based largely on its growing base of supporters, has since found an online audience of hundreds of thousands. We caught up with director, Kirby Ferguson, to find out how he managed to pull it all off.
Yesterday’s post, Sundance Short Films: Program 5, was the last batch of new 2011 Sundance films to come online, however we rage—rage I say! against the dying of Sundance-related content.…
Yesterday marked the debut online of 2011 Sundance Competition short films, and in that first batch of 4 films we were treated to the World Premiere of New York-based…
Tony Comley talks about his latest film, ‘Verse.
What interested you in creation myths and in crafting your own version?
The sheer scale of creation myths next to the pettiness…
Reign of Death, the subject of our recent feature review, is one of the most confidently stylish shorts we’ve seen in a while. Its director, Matthew Savage, has served as…
Yesterday Sondhi posted his featured review of The Un-Gone. Earlier this week I got in touch with director Simon Bovey to dive a little deeper into the creative process behind…
How did Solitude come about?
Solitude is my thesis project for my degree at ESAG-Penninghen Paris. It’s a universal feeling that reaches every one of us at some point of time…
AJ Bond, director of the Gut Check winning film, Hirsute, talks about Back to the Future and his “Many Martys” theory.
It’s been over a year since we stopped getting in touch with filmmakers on a regular basis, and one of the things we got back from you readers before our…
Tom Stern talks to us about the concept and inspiration for his film, The Autobiography of Tom Stern: Chapter Six, The New Science.
I had the chance to throw a few questions at Dan Pasternack, the man behind content programming at Super Deluxe, about Derek & Simon and how online entertainment is more “ballsy” than television.
How did you hear about the contest MTVU/Decemberists contest and what made you want to participate?
I heard about The Decemberists contest from an e-newsletter that my school put out…
A quick interview with Luis Cook, director of The Pearce Sisters, about the inspiration for the film, the animation process, and his favorite websites.
