Short Films

There is Nothing More Contagious Than Passion

Tamer Shaaban | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Ysa, Documentaries, Short Films, Mantis Films, Egyptian Revolution, Youth Service America, Tamer Shaaban, Gen: Change, Video, Teen News

I did the only thing I knew how -- I made a short film with a message. The message was simple: "We are Egyptian. We are human. Let us be human. Let us be free." It wasn't about race, religion, or class.

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Academy Awards 2012: Live Action Shorts

David Wallechinsky | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: The Academy Awards, Short Films, Academy Awards, Video, Entertainment News

Unlike last year, this year's set of live action shorts nominees is dominated by comedies, which was good news for me since I am a fan of short comedi...

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All Hail the Oscar Shorts

Xaque Gruber | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Academy Awards, Oscar Shorts, Short Films, Short Animated Film, Best Documentary Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film, Short Documentary, Best Animated Short Film, Animated Short Films, Video, Entertainment News

While everyone raves about The Artist, The Help, and the other feature length nominees, the Oscar shorts offer some of the finest filmmaking, and storytelling, of the year.

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The Long Road to Peace -- and a Short Film Nomination

Terry George | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: The Academy Awards, The Oscars, Belfast, Short Films, Filmmaking, Oscar Nominations, The Shore, Academy Award Nominees, In the Name of the Father, Ireland, Oscars, Northern Ireland, The Troubles, Oscar Nominees, Academy Award Nominations, Academy Awards, Killough Bay, Oscar Short Films, Culture News

Our film The Shore is the story of one small act of reconciliation, yet it mirrors the courageous achievement of the people of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, who after 800 years of division and bloodshed came together to talk and make their peace with one another.

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Oscars 2012: The Day of Many Movies

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Oscars, Oscars 2012, Motion Picture Academy, Short Films, The Oscars, Oscar Short Films, Movies, Video, Entertainment News

I enjoyed the documentaries the most. All were quite good, though if you need a tie breaker, Saving Face stood out. It got the best audience reaction and was my favorite, as well.n(And my always-savvy Academy friend voted for it.)

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What Bears Think When They See Campers

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Video, Grizzly Bears, Short Films, Nfb, Bear 71, Sundance Short Films, Sundance, National Parks, Banff National Park, Interactive Films, Arts News

The trip to the "wild" holds a romanticized spot in the minds of families across the world, but just how wild are campsites and national parks with ro...

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WATCH: What One Second Looks Like

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Chronograph, One Second, Cinematography, Videography, Film Contents, Short Films, Short Film Contest, Film Contest, Beautiful Films, Film, Culture News

The first round of winners have been announced in the "Beauty Of A Second" short film contest sponsored by watchmaker Montblanc. The first round compi...

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Food Films To Savor

Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Food Films, Short Films, Food Movies, Short Food Films, New York Food Film Festival, Food News

It's been a great year for food films (see Part 1 and Part 2). We've been delighted with the crop so far, and thanks to the upcoming New York Food Fil...

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Death By Rolls Of Tape?

The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Johan Rijpma, Tape Generation, Video, Tape Short Film, Tape Generation Short Film, Short Films, Stop Motion Films, On Our Radar, Culture News

This two-and-a-half minute stop-motion film may as well have been a feature film, considering the amount of time it took to make. The filmmaker behind...

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WATCH: A Haunting Look At An Abandoned Amusement Park

Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Debt, Art, No Joy, Short Films, Wichita, Money, Mike Petty, Video Art, Graffiti, Amusement Parks, Abandoned, Film, Arts News

"No Joy" is an eerie short film by Mike Petty about Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita, Kansas. The park was in continuous operation for 55 years until...

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Best of the 2011 Palm Springs Short Film Festival

Brad Schreiber | Posted 09.01.2011

Palm Springs may hover around 110 degrees in June but this collection of shorts from around the world is a cooling balm for those who have a diverse, worldwide perspective on filmmaking.

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Con Games: Aspen Shortsfest Rock Short Film

Michael Conniff | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Brent Benacorso, Short Film, Short Films, Indie Films, Television Commercial, Kristian Ussing Andersen, Cristiano Ronaldo, Emil Stang Lund, Tiffany Shlain, Zelalem Woldemariam, Shortsfest, Lou Reed, Denver News

If there's a better evening of entertainment in a dark venue than Aspen Shortsfest then I've never seen it.

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WATCH: 'No York City': A Frantic, Hypnotic Look At 1980's New York

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Short Films, 1980s, NY Culture, NY Around Town, Short Film, New York City, New York News

Rick Liss' past-paced, trippy short film "No York City" is an erratic witness to New York in 1980. Liss flies by the Twin Towers, down a graffitied Si...

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WATCH: Sub City, A Lovely Visual Poem About NY

The Huffington Post | Ashley McAdams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Around Town, Sub City, Sub City Short Film, Redglass Pictures, Short Films, Sub City Short, Tom Mason, NY Culture, Sarah Klein, New York News

Producer/directors Sarah Klein and Tom Mason of Redglass Pictures shot this short film about the moment when you emerge from the NYC subway, eyes blea...

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2011 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation

Brad Schreiber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Snl Digital Shorts, Oscar Nominations, Short Films, The Oscars, Film, Entertainment, Animation, Oscar Nominated Shorts, Oscar Nominated Short Films, Entertainment News

The Lost Thing comments on the lack of individuality in our lives without laying it on too thick. If it wins the Oscar, you will hear no complaints from this quarter.

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SHORT FILM: The City As Giant Pinball Machine

Posted 05.25.2011

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Manhattan 4.33pm from Lizzie Oxby on Vimeo. Filmmaker Lizzie Oxby took three photographic stills of the NYC skyline and made an entire animated short...

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Peace Is the New Frontier

Sean Carasso | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Falling Whistles, Democratic Republic of Congo, Peace, Activism, Founding Fathers, Short Films, Film, Settlers, Media News

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The Fight That Never Ends

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Damah Film Festival, Film Festival, Short Films, Films, Movies, Entertainment News

Nearly a decade ago some friends and I started a film festival that would showcase stories that were all about the power of story. We named it Damah a...

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Matt Osborne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs Press Secretary, Citizen Journalism, Community, Obama Community Organizer, Obama Netroots, Indie Films, Citizen Journalism Politics, Netroots Media, Short Films, Netroots Nation, Netroots, White House Press Secretary, Community Organizing, Robert Gibbs, Indie Journalism, Netroots Nation 2010, Citizen Journalists, Politics News

If Robert Gibbs had walked around Las Vegas last week talking to the professional left, he would have learned what I did: that progressives, liberals, and Democrats are as diverse as the day is long.

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Tribeca Film Festival Interview: John and James Cromwell of A .45 at 50th.

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Panthers, Cynthia Ellis, Tribeca Film Festival, Short Films, Leslie Hassler, James Cromwell, The Cove, A.45 at 50th, Documentary, John Cromwell, Civil Rights, New York News

A .45 at 50th is a short documentary about James Cromwell's involvement with the Black Panther Party in the late 1960's. The surprise of the film is that it is darkly funny.

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Dust -- A Hunger for Resources

Ethan Murrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harvest Films, New York Film Festival, Short Films, Dust, Obsolete Gallery, Bonnie Goldfarb, Ethan-Murrow, Baker Smith, Failure, Vita Weinstein, Los Angeles News

Dust is a film that examines the inevitability of destruction. Despite our occasional good intentions, we manage to consistently cause problems like the Dust Bowl.

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'The Raven': Ricardo de Montreuil's Execellent New Sci-Fi Short Movie (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ricardo De Montreuil, Short Films, Ricardo De Montreuil Videos, Ricardo De Montreuil the Raven, The Raven, Science Fiction, The Raven Video, Video, Technology News

Ricardo de Montreuil's latest short film is "The Raven," a futuristic science fiction thriller that follows Chris Black, who "possesses a power that c...

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VIDEO: Jerry O'Flaherty's Samurai

Nick Kreiss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Short Films, Los Angeles News

The web is giving young filmmakers a hell of a platform, and the cream of the crop is rising. Could the young, gifted Jerry O'Flaherty be the next filmmaker to convince Hollywood he's ready to handle more?

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Vimeo Festival and Awards to Recognize the Best Videos

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Linear Narrative, Motion Graphics, Honorary Awards, Short Films, Vimeo, Online Communities, Feature Presentation, Narrative Fiction, Panel Discussions, Technology News

Today, Vimeo opened submissions for their first annual Vimeo Festival Awards, a ceremony meant to honor and reward the best videos on the Internet.

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The Death of Theatre Alley (New York, You've Changed)

Nick Carr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Short Films, New York Architecture, Filmmaking, Architecture, Coke, Alleys, Scouting Ny, Movies, Theatre Alley, New York News

One of New York's rare archetypal dank alleys is no more -- all the buildings on one side have been torn down to make way for what I can only imagine will be a sterile high rise.

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