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Best Films of the Month: January
Aaaaah January! The month of good intentions and quickly broken promises. Our three favourites picks from the first month of the year all revolve around the subject of new beginnings. Whether it’s...
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Pretty Boy
LGBT-centric cinema has found an amazing outlet in the short form. We here at Short of the Week are continually impressed by filmmakers using our beloved medium to tell diverse stories about sexuality...
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Homebody
“Millennial moves back in with parents.” Sound familiar? In a world where the job market is evolving and traditional, good-paying jobs for college graduates are disappearing in favor of unpaid...
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Pokey Pokey
The core of today’s film is the potentially harmful impact of over-protectionism. Within the current political scene there is scope to take Pokey Pokey and try to force a partisan message onto it,...
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The Truants
Known for his gritty portrayal of small town life in Northern England, Short of the Week alum, Aaron Dunleavy has made another splash on the festival scene with his latest film, The Truants. Following...
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Follow Me
I’ve often begrudged the overuse of the mockumentary format in short film, but, hey, there’s always an exception to the rule. Yes, Follow Me is a mockumentary…but it’s a damn funny one, providing...
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Ford Clitaurus
Created as a way of portraying his path to becoming a filmmaker, MP Cunningham’s Ford Clitaurus is an eclectic mix of existential comedy, experimental storytelling and good vibes. Often hilarious,...
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Cracked Screen: A Snapchat Story
By now it is clear that social media is not only restricted to the facilitation of “social” interactions, but that it has profoundly creative aspects too, serving as a narrative medium to document...
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Welcome
The grinding down of individuals by impersonal, bureaucratic systems makes for powerful storytelling. Few scenarios can get steam shooting out of my ears like witnessing a decent person struggling in...
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The Crossing
Inspired by the early films of John Carpenter and a particularly unnerving underpass the director walked through on his way to work, The Crossing is a Russian Horror with some impressive FX work and a...
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The "Moving On" Valentine's Day Playlist
Valentine’s Day makes for tricky programming. Do you buy in and share strictly romantic films? I mean we’re solid fans of love here! Or, do you lean into the backlash, and share the cynical,...
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Does Love Last Forever?
On it’s surface, Does Love Last Forever? by The Glue Society’s Pete Baker plays like a traditional love-story – boy meets girl, they fall in love, the live happily(ish) ever after. It’s a story of...
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CUCK
Guys and girls, send the kids to bed. It’s time for some good ol’, erotic humiliation! Or cuckolding to be more specific… Now, if Reddit is not your source of foreplay inspiration and leaving the...
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Vows
How do you tell your wife that you’re going to leave her? There’s no easy way, really. Pick a date. Follow through. Hopefully, it won’t coincide with your surprise 25th anniversary party, or you might...
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Whispers Among Wolves
Flipping the masculine Wall Street archetype on its head, Whispers Among Wolves follows an alcoholic CEO and her personal assistant as they reopen old wounds, scrutinize their co-dependency, and...
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Pronouns
In a heightened political environment like the US is experiencing, the decisions of strangers get imbued with larger meaning, and subsequently are taken so personally. Whom they vote for, where they...
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Fulfilament
Expect to be enchanted by Rhiannon Evans’ heartwarming, family- friendly Fulfilament, an 8 minute short, which has set the festival circuit alight. Dialogue-free, the stop-motion animation features...
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GLAS Animation Festival 2017
The second annual GLAS Animation Festival lights up on March 2-5, 2017 in Berkeley, CA. We feel a kindred connection to GLAS not only because festival director, Jeanette Bonds, is a contributor here...
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Ruben Leaves
Left the oven on? Forgot to lock the front door? We’ve all experienced those consuming thoughts when we leave the house and can’t remember if we remembered to complete that important final task before...
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Emily
We live in a visual world in which we rely on photos, videos, and illustrations to tell us stories or convey meaning, and people often underestimate the power of verbal storytelling because of it....
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