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Filmmaker Update: Chris Shepherd
When we first started our Classics series, Chris Shepherd’s Dad’s Dead was one of the first film’s that popped into my mind as a short we just had to feature. Created in 2002 (probably just about old...
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Two Dosas
Set largely in an “authentic” Indian restaurant, Sarmad Masud’s British comedy Two Dosas follows teacher Pavan on his quest to woo fellow educator Chloe with a “heart on the sleeve, sleeve in her...
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Epic Fail
Look, what’s there to say about the election anymore? About Brexit? Disbelief has worn off, outrage is exhausting, and spending huge chunks of every day refreshing Twitter and being assaulted by...
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Anosmia
What is your favourite smell? Freshly-baked bread in the morning? Leafing through the pages of a new book? The familiar scent of your lover’s skin? Now imagine you lost your sense of smell? Directed...
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Trail of Hope
A short film aiming to shed some light on the physical and emotional abuse woman around the world are made to endure, Mohamed Echkouna’s Trail of Hope is a powerful and thought-provoking 15-minute...
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Loading Docs 2017
Loading Docs has just released their fourth season of documentary short films as part of their ongoing initiative to develop and promote New Zealand’s filmmaking talent. An annual anthology we always...
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North
Many films are shot with natural light, but not all films shot with natural light end up looking this natural. The 70’s-esque 16mm feel of North serves director Phil Sheerin well in this lo-fi...
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Bullet in the Brain
The main protagonist of David von Ancken’s Bullet in the Brain, is an asshole. Perhaps not the best opening line to sell this film to you, but it is unlikely you will do anything but dislike him for...
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Fly By Night
A film about reconnecting urban culture to the natural world, Fly By Night, follows artist Duke Riley as he attempts to fly thousands of pigeons wearing tiny LED lights off of a decommissioned Navy...
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Dirty Girls
The fact a video called Dirty Girls went viral online should be of no surprise to anyone who knows the internet. However, the subject of this 1996 doc isn’t what the title might have you believe, the...
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Vice News Makes Good on the Promise of Digital Journalism
How do you consume news when it comes to urgent, fast-breaking events? I’m partial to Twitter. Beleaguered as it is as a company, it is still quite irreplaceable when it comes to instant updates. Like...
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Healey's House
Returning to Short of the Week following the release of his festival favourite Zombie short Dawn of the Deaf earlier this year, director Rob Savage turns his hand to the Thriller with his latest film...
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Mother's Day
A 9-minute observational documentary following a group of children journeying to visit their mothers in prison, Elizabeth Lo and R.J. Lozada’s Mother’s Day is a powerful short brimming with real-life...
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A House Without Snakes
Through our Channels, you can see short films from over 50 countries. We’re proud of that fact, but sadly our collection is very short on films from the African continent. Thus it is with great...
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Clown Face
There comes a time in every child/parent relationship where the power structure gets shaken up, the parent starts showing vulnerabilities and in some cases the child even starts being the adult....
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The Heist
The heist film. It’s a cinematic staple. But, with that ingrained narrative familiarity comes the inevitable genre clichés: a big score, the final job, the team of master criminals. In a post Ocean’s...
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The Baby
Transporting you to the streets of Iran, where we follow a couple of women in a precarious situation, Ali Asgari’s The Baby is an immersive 16-min short with an unnerving undercurrent running...
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Valencia Road
It’s been a big year so far for the team over at ELO films. They’ve already been S/W Selections twice (check out Mouse and Fever ). And, here they are for the hat trick with the compelling short...
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Forever's Gonna Start Tonight
Drawing its title from Bonnie Tyler’s 1983 perennial karaoke-fave “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, 2011’s Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight announced to the indie film world the talents of Eliza Hittman, a...
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No One Is Safe From Son of Sam
The story of the ‘Son of Sam’ is probably well known by now. In the summer of 1977 a mysterious murderer tormented the collective consciousness of New York City after a killing spree mainly targeted...
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