It is April 18th, the first day in which you can make reservations via Tribeca's new online distribution system in order to "virtually attend" the screenings of 9 new short films, 9 "classic" shorts and 6 new features. The process is really simple.
Nicolas Lesaffre or "Niko" is a talented freelancer based out of Paris and Hong Kong. A graduate of Supinfocom in 2004, his short film Hernando missed out on the wave of celebration the internet now bestows on every film from that institution, nonetheless he has subsequently carved out a seemingly successful career in motion and print advertising.
Yesterday Sci-Fi London concluded its annual 48-hour filmmaking contest. There are a lot of 48 hour competitions, but Sci-Fi London has created a fairly robust community around theirs, with over 174 teams completing an entry this year, each hoping to be the next Gareth Edwards.
The competition is now closed. Thanks to all who participated! Short of the Week presents The Great Film Competition! We are on a quest to find great short films.
Its been a couple of days since Andrew's article detailing the path we took in putting our short film The Thomas Beale Cipher online. Some folks have taken it as an attack on film festivals, and I won't say that they're completely wrong about that.
Andrew W. Jones is a pretty unique filmmaker, the kind we like to highlight here on SotW.
On January 24th, 2011, Jason Sondhi and I released our festival-winning short film, The Thomas Beale Cipher, out onto the great wild web. Like many filmmakers, I wrestled with the decisions of when and how to put my film online.
As the SXSW Film Festival gears up this weekend, regular SOTW contributor, Jason B Kohl, sat down with two filmmakers from UCLA's MFA Directing Program en route to Austin. Their shorts couldn't be more different from each other in every aspect from production through post, but the two had many common insights to share.
You don't need me to point out the extreme imbalance when it comes to the number of women in the film industry. Kathryn Bigelow earning the Oscar in 2010 for Hurt Locker might be a signal that times are changing, but for many they're not moving fast enough particularly when compared to other arts like literature, theater, and music.
Last week we introduced the GoShort Festival's online slate of short films, providing quickie reviews of 5 of the 10 selected films. Today we finish up the coverage by taking a look at the remaining 5 films.
