LUKi & the Lights Review
LUKi & the Lights, dir. Toby Cochran 16th of March LUKi wakes up to a beautiful spring morning. Birds chirping outside the window of...
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ShortStick
The short end of the stick. The inferior part, the worse side of an unequal deal.
When it comes to cinema and the Oscars, it always feels like short films are getting the short end of the stick. Lack of coverage, lack of predictions from experts and an afterthought in the conversation. With this site we hope to change that, highlighting shorts that stick with you, predictions, and news on what is happening in the world of shorts.
Oct 257 min read
Highlights from London Film Festival
The recently wrapped 68th edition of the BFI London Film Festival offered a fantastic mix of world premieres, highlights from the season...
Oct 153 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 9: Keeper - Hannah Rafkin
Keeper , dir. Hannah Rafkin In the midst of one of the world’s biggest cities, New York City, one family takes what is typically a rural...
Oct 133 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 8: In Living Memory - Dori Walker
In Living Memory , dir. Dori Walker “What’s the line between forgetting and releasing?” Dori Walker is an interdisciplinary artist,...
Oct 132 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 7: Origami - Kei Kanamori
Origami , dir. Kei Kanamori Kei Kanamori is one of the animation winners of the 2024 Student Academy Awards for his thesis project...
Oct 123 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 6: A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers - Birdy Wei-Ting Hung
A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers , dir. Birdy Wei-Ting Hung A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers is Birdy Wei-Ting...
Oct 112 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 5: The 17% - Aaron Johnson
The 17% , dir. Aaron Johnson In the first seconds of The 17% , director Aaron Johnson and his editor Wesley Cunningham show a shocking...
Oct 102 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 4: Au Revoir Mon Monde
Au Revoir Mon Monde, dirs. Estelle Bonnardel, Quentin Devred, Baptiste Duchamps, Maxime Foltzer, Florian Maurice, Astrid Novais On the...
Oct 92 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 3: bonVoyage pour monVoyage - Akshit Kumar
bonVoyage pour monVoyage, dir. Akshit Kumar A Student Academy Award winner in the Alternative/Experimental category is Akshit Kumar’s...
Oct 82 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 2: Neither Donkey Nor Horse - Robin Wang
Neither Donkey Nor Horse , dir. Robin Wang Next up in our 8 days of SAA winners we have Robin Wang’s live action short Neither Donkey Nor...
Oct 73 min read
Student Academy Awards Series Part 1: Kruste - Jens Kevin Georg
Welcome to our Student Academy Awards Series where we are highlight and celebrate some of this years Student Academy Award winners over...
Oct 26 min read
Ottawa International Animation Festival: Part 2
In our final piece of coverage from Ottawa International Animation Festival Josh reviews three more favourites he saw on the big screen...
Sep 295 min read
Ottawa International Animation Festival: Part 1
As the best in animation makes its way to Ottawa, Josh is on the ground to cover some of the best animated shorts from this year! See...
Sep 186 min read
TIFF Short Cuts Highlights: Programs 5 and 6
In our final piece of TIFF coverage there are 3 shorts that really caught our eye in the final two programs 5 and 6. See our thoughts on...
Sep 176 min read
TIFF Short Cuts Highlights: Programs 3 and 4
Next in our coverage of TIFF we are highlighting our favourites in Short Cuts Programs 3 and 4. Short Cuts 3 was a program of some very...
Sep 138 min read
TIFF Short Cuts Highlights: Programs 1 and 2
Over the next week we will be posting reviews for some of the best shorts seen in the Short Cuts Program . We start with Short Cuts...
Sep 128 min read
TIFF: Wavelengths and Strange Cuts Reviews
Notes of a Crocodile , dir. Daphne Xu A blurrily shaking closeup of a woman vibrates with colour as she’s being driven by tuk tuk through...
Sep 14 min read
10 Most Anticipated Shorts at TIFF 2024
Hello everyone! Welcome to our coverage of TIFF24! It is a personal honour and very special for me to be attending this festival as an...
Aug 269 min read
The Final Copy of Ilon Specht Review and Q+A with director Ben Proudfoot
The Final Copy of Ilon Specht, dir. Ben Proudfoot After his Academy Award win in this year’s best documentary short film category with...
Aug 216 min read
Hollyshorts Review Roundup Part 4
Very sadly Hollyshorts Film Festival came to a close on Sunday with their closing awards ceremony. We were absolutely delighted with...
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