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Philips and RSA are at it again for the 6th film in their Parallel Lines series. This one is set to be shot and screened in 3D and released this…

Going to embark on some overdue maintenance over the next week or two. Mainly we’ll be updating broken links. If you’ve noticed past entries that no longer connect to video,…

In a rare turn of events, a cursory web search has revealed that at least one of the Oscar live-action short films is online, Luke Doolan’s Miracle Fish. The animated…

Oscar season is upon us, and we have 10 strong short films nominated this year. Who do you think deserves the “little man”?

El Vez—a guest writer on past film picks—is joining the Short of the Week staff as a regular writer. So if you’ve enjoyed To Build A Home, Jojo In The…

We all have our tastes when it comes to short films. We writers thought we’d make it easy for you to find your taste by allowing you to follow our…

ASA has been working hard to rip out the malicious code infecting Shortoftheweek, which had been responsible for the RSS spam and general site sluggishness. As a result we were…

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Throughout the month of August, Short of the Week will be bringing you the best student films the online world has to offer. Student filmmakers have proven…

Thanks to all the filmmakers who submitted their film to our online mini-festival. We received quite a few more entries than we really expected, so it was a big success.…

We’re entering the final week of our Gut Check Online Film Contest and have received many more submissions than we ever could have anticipated. If you haven’t submitted your film yet,…

Halfway through our Gut Check contest, we’ve received a number of films from the few smart filmmakers who recognize this opportunity. I want to remind filmmakers that we’ll be accepting…

Gut Check 2009 has concluded. Thanks to all who took part.
Short of the Week is officially kicking off our 1st Gut Check Online Film Contest. We believe there are…

The new Short of the Week website has launched! Here is what you can expect…

This year, the Sundance Film Festival will highlight an exclusive selection of 10 short films over 10 days on the iTunes Store.Beginning January 15th with the first film, Short of…

In honor of all the golden statues soon to be handed over to Hollywood, we will focus on honoring the many overlooked short films that have earned accolades on smaller stages.

1. Muto, 7min—Street art comes alive in this life-scale animation of a surrealist metamorphosis.
2. The Big Empty, 21min—A beautiful and bittersweet story about inner emptiness.
3. I Love Sarah…

Hey Readers, I’d like to invite everyone to take an active role in Short of the Week by telling us what you’d like to see in our redesign of the…

As you may have noticed, SotW has been, well, a little less than weekly of late. This is mostly due to my shoddy management of the site while our main…

Short of the Week picks the best online films of 2007—from lo-fi sci-fi to politically-themed claymation.