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Pink Moon
Stories that exist in parallel universes, that are much like the one we all actually exist in, have always appealed to me due to their ability to make audiences think about exactly how the changes...
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Deathsong
Benjamin Franklin once declared that the only certainties if life were death and taxes and whilst we’re sure plenty of writers out there are feverishly working away on their next tax-based narrative...
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Tusk
Remember that cult 1992 Pauly Shore film where Brendan Frasier plays a frozen neanderthal who’s thawed, revived and introduced into modern society? Well now imagine that narrative, but with Frasier’s...
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Grand Zero
Perhaps the only thing worse than selling crap to strangers is doing it to your friends and family. During my teenage years in Lansing, Michigan my parents successfully talked me out of pushing Cutco...
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I Am Glad We Can Be Honest About This
Created for the Random Acts series that screens on Channel 4 in the UK, I Am Glad We Can Be Honest About This is a bizarre and unusual short that explores themes of murder, vengeance, lust, truth and...
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The Casebook of Nips and Porkington
Two members of the constabulary Nips and Porkington, a cat and a mouse, are called upon by a pair of goose parents when their almost-new born (an egg) has gone missing. The two heroes take up the...
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Bombshell
Contrary to what its title might suggest, director Erin Sanger’s Bombshell isn’t some fiery, bombastic action film. Rather, it’s a quiet, introspective drama—a coming of age tale about feeling out of...
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My Daughter's Boyfriend
One of the best aspects of writing and curating for this website is being able to see the filmmakers of tomorrow find their cinematic footing today. I feel like I’m afforded a very unique opportunity...
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The Going Away Party
The Going Away Party is a movie about depression. And, as such it’s a short that is bound to…hey, where are you going? Don’t leave…seriously…stick around for the rest of my review… Okay, okay…I...
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THE TRUTH ABOUT MEETING WOMEN
Despite seeming to be one the easiest and most natural things in the world, we’ve all probably felt the doubts (and butterflies) that arise when you’re faced with the prospect of talking to that...
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Normal Doors
What makes a proof of concept short work? With so many of them being created in the short film world nowadays, it’s a question we here at Short of the Week ask ourselves a lot. To provide some...
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A Kiss, Deferred
Maybe it’s because it’s the summer, or maybe there’s something in the air – but love and romance seem to be hot topics on Short of the Week at the moment. Following hot on the heels of recent features...
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Wilbur Force
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!! Weighing in at 3mins & 30secs and coming straight out of the Loading Docs stable, J.Ollie Lucks’ high-tempo short Wilbur Force is a heavyweight example of just how much...
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Timelike
Just when I think found footage movies have become overdone…that they are passé, another film sneaks out of the woodwork and surprises the hell out of me. Just a few weeks ago, I gushed over Neil...
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SEND
An artistic take on young love and the pressures of sex in a digital-age, Peter Vack’s 9-minute short SEND finds new and inventive ways to tackle some relevant and relatable subjects. Although the...
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I'm You, Dickhead
The premise might be somewhat tired, but darn it, I’m You, Dickhead—a comedy/time-travel short from director Lucas Testro—is a real charmer. It’s crude, funny, fast-paced and filled with enough...
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Clint Smith: Beyond This Place
What was meant to be a rather perfunctory talking-head interview piece turned into something more soulful when director Charles Frank met his subject. Envisioning a policy style piece with charts and...
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Alone With People
Based on lead actress Quinn Marcus’s one-woman show Chasing Ballerinas, Drew Van Steenbergen’s Alone With People tells the story of Andie, a high-school girl growing up gay in Georgia and her quest to...
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Inaudible
The latest short from Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis sees him once again continuing his distinct storytelling style, with another dialogue-free film featuring an unmistakable aesthetic. The emotive...
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Baby
The story of a woman looking to escape her problems at the bottom of a Vodka bottle, Samuel Aaron Bennett’s Baby is a contemplative short that centres around themes of parenthood and responsibility....
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