Tag: shortfilms
Fantasia 2021 Review: International Science-Fiction Short Film Showcase
This year's International Science-Fiction Short Film Showcase at Fantasia spotlights works from Canada, Australia, three from the United States and one with a co-production with France, Italy, and even Greenland. (The still used here is from the U.K. short Standing Woman.)...
Fantasia 2021 Review: BORN OF WOMAN Shorts Program Packs Punches, Perspectives
[Still from Lucia Forner Segarra's Dana.] Every year, I look forward to seeing what the Fantasia programming team has curated for their many shorts programs, and every year since its inauguration, the Born of Woman shorts program has blown me...
Review: 2021 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS - ANIMATED, Dazzling Array of Ideas, Emotions, Characters
Eight films are featured in the program, including all five nominated for Academy Award, Best Animated Short.
Blu-ray Review: Criterion Puts on SCORSESE SHORTS
Five early short films directed by Martin Scorsese arrive from The Criterion Collection, all sporting 4K restorations.
Crowdfund This! THE DREAM EATER, A Psychotronic Short from Antoni Maiovvi
Nothing gives us greater satisfaction here at ScreenAnarchy than championing the master filmmakers of tomorrow, the unsung artists and heroes whose work is still finding its way into the public consciousness. The Dream Eater, as our headline reads, is...
Neill Blomkamp Sows His Oats With New Short Films
Having gone through the big budget grinder to varying degrees of success over his feature career, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp is getting back to his roots. Which, in his case, means making cool stuff the way he wats to,...
Watch Fantastic Fest 2016 Short Film GIVERTAKER
Hot off its world premiere at Fantastic Fest just a couple weeks back, the good folks at Arcanum Pictures (who brought you the teen genre flicks Grow Up, Tony Phillips and My Sucky Teen Romance) are releasing their short film...
Tribeca 2016 Interview: Janicza Bravo Talks HARD WORLD FOR SMALL THINGS, As Her Big World Gets Bigger With VR
It is rare to encounter an artist at the beginning of their career and know, innately, that you are in the presence of a master of their form. Janicza Bravo is one such artist, and after five distinct short films,...
Fantastic Fest 2015: Behold, The Short Film Lineup!
Any regular reader knows that Fantastic Fest is boatloads of fun, chock full of great films. And many of those films are short films.Last year, I had such a blast with the slew of shorts programming I attended I can't...
Sundance 2015 Shorts Lineup Unveiled
The Sundance Film Fest announcements keep coming with today's release of the plentiful short films playing at the fest. Check out the full list here:U.S. NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS Actresses / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jeremy Hersh) -- The film follows...
Borscht Film Fest Needs Your Help - And Here's The Awesome Short #POSTMODEM As Thanks
If you've been to film festival shorts program recently and found yourself watching some sort of weird, wonderful, and wacky short, there is a chance it was brought to you in part by the Borscht Corporation. Perhaps you caught...
Video Premiere: No One Is Safe From The NIGHT GIANT
After a great festival run that included Fantasia, Toronto After Dark, Vancouver, and Raindance, Aaron Beckum has is making his enjoyable black and white noir/comedy short Night Giant available for all to watch and we've got the exclusive debut for...
Sitges Designated An Oscar Qualifier For Short Films
Big news from the Sitges Film Festival and genre oriented film makers with aspirations for their short films with word that Sitges has now been designated an official qualifier for the American Academy Awards. This means that the winners of...
Sundance Announces Their 2014 Shorts Programs
Why there are many, many features to get all excited or overwhelmed about at a festival as big as Sundance, it's also big enough to both fit a robust shorts program, something that I think many folks forget. I am...
THE ABCs OF DEATH 2 Announces Finalists In The 26th Director Contest! Watch Them All Now!
After wading through a whopping 541 entries from 40 countries the twelve finalists for the ABCs Of Death 2 Search For The 26th Director contest have been announced, this final dozen selected half from public voting and half selected by...
Fantastic Fest 2013: Shorts Lineup, From ANGST To ZIEGENORT
Serial killers, satanic rituals, and "an exasperated amphibious creature recalling the adventure that led him to a sushi restaurant chopping block" are featured in the first three short films announced for Fantastic Fest 2013 -- and there are more than...
TheWrap's Shortlist Film Fest Is Online Now And You Can Watch
Yesterday, Todd shared with you an interesting bit about the Venice Film Fest allowing a limited number of spots in online screenings of some of their films. Earlier this year -- like the last few years -- both Tribeca and...
Exclusive: Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge 2013 Has Its Short Film Winners And You Can Watch 'Em Right Now
If you're an independent filmmaker or film student who is looking to broaden your creative circles, exercise your filmmaking skills in new ways and win up to $5,000, then you may want to check out Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge. It's a...
Stanley Film Fest Adds THE PURGE, SIGHTSEERS, MACABRE, NO ONE LIVES, & Shorts
Last week brought the impressive first wave of announcements for the Inaugural Stanley Film Fest. Today brings a few new titles, including the opening night, centerpiece, and announcement of the shorts program. Running May 2-5, The Stanley Film Fest...
Calling All Francophiles: Short Film C'EST LA VIE Is Your Dream Come True
Here's a lush, breezy short film that shows what happens when every single aspect of life receives "the French touch." That means "eau de toilette" and croissants in the morning, quirky threesomes in the afternoon and art films at night....
