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Short Films

John Viener & Mather Zickel Lighten Up

CJ Arabia | Posted 05.17.2013 | Comedy
CJ Arabia

Writer-producer (and voice) on Family Guy and The Cleveland Show, John Viener, enjoys writing and directed short films in his spare time.

These Award-Winning Vines Are Masterpieces

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.29.2013 | Technology

Martin Scorsese worked a lifetime before finally winning a Best Director Oscar for "The Departed" in 2006. If only he'd been making 6 second Vines ins...

Filmmaker Sheds Light on Mental Illness

Gregory G. Allen | Posted 04.12.2013 | Impact
Gregory G. Allen

There is a new film hitting the film festivals with a very heavy subject. French filmmaker Jonathan Bucari has written and directed a short film about mental illness and the effects it has on a family.

Interview With Lauren Schnipper, Producer of Sundance Film K.I.T.

Teddy Wayne | Posted 03.18.2013 | Entertainment
Teddy Wayne

It's a coup for any film to get into Sundance, and this year is no exception. One such film is K.I.T., produced by Lauren Schnipper. I spoke with Schnipper about the film and what Sundance can do for emerging filmmakers.

AFI Roundup: Audience and Jury Awards Announced, and Reviews of Tabu, Antiviral and Tchoupitoulas

Brian Formo | Posted 01.13.2013 | Los Angeles
Brian Formo

The 26th Annual AFI Film Festival ended in Hollywood on November 9. The winners from the jury and the audience are listed here, but first, I wanted to write a little about a film from each category that didn't win, but I felt should get a special mention.

Stop-Motion Literature

Electric Literature | Posted 01.09.2013 | Books
Electric Literature

2012-11-09-BrandonRayELUsing construction paper and stop-motion animation, Brandon Ray has created a haunting and heartbreaking animation for Electric Literature's Single Sentence Animation series.

Just What WWII Needed: A DINOSAUR SUPER SOLIDER [In a Kickstarter Film]

Turnstyle | Posted 11.14.2012 | Arts
Turnstyle

By Noah J. Nelson Here's something your history teacher never filled you in on. In World War II the United States had a secret weapon. A lone solider...

WATCH: 'A Toast' To Miami

The Huffington Post | Janie Campbell | Posted 09.14.2012 | Miami

There are some things that happen here that are just so Miami, whether random gunfire on New Year's Eve, third world architecture, insane church carni...

A Deaf Artist Explores Sound

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 09.10.2012 | Arts

"I constantly questioned the ownership of sound," artist Christine Sun Kim signs in a short film made by photographer and filmmaker Todd Selby. "Now I...

WATCH: Zombies Vs. Dogs

Posted 08.30.2012 | Miami

We'd all like to think that if -- er, when -- the Zombie Apocalypse comes, our faithful canine friends will defend us to the end. But maybe they'd...

This Cut-Up Version Of 'East Of Eden' Will Make You Laugh

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.15.2012 | Arts

The PERIODS. film collective has been specializing in quality, re-interpreted historical comedy films for a few years now, finding viral and critical ...

Think Google-Glasses Are Scary? Try Watching This.

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 08.03.2012 | Home

In ā€˜Sight,’ a haunting new short by Eran May-Raz and Daniel Lazo, we catch glimpse of a world seemingly not unlike our own. Created as a grad proj...

'Wildebeest' Puts The Animals At A Crossroads

Posted 07.23.2012 | Home

Bird Box studios, the makers of animated films like "Dinner" and "Singing Christmas Hedgehogs," are back with another adorable short involving frustra...

Spooky Short Film Retells Titian's 'Metamorphosis'

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 07.13.2012 | Home

Wildly hailed as one of Venetian Renaissance master Titian’s greatest works, ā€œDiana and Actaeon,ā€ depicts the moment in which the goddess Diana ...

Best of 2012 Palm Springs Short Film Fest

Brad Schreiber | Posted 09.05.2012 | Entertainment
Brad Schreiber

The 18th annual Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market, the largest festival of its kind in this country, completed its run and this writer's eyes have started to come back into focus after seeing more than 50 shorts in two days.

WATCH: LA As Interpreted By Louis Vuitton

Posted 06.27.2012 | Los Angeles

Paris and Los Angeles have never felt closer. French fashion label Louis Vuitton has just released a short film that pays homage to the City of Ang...

Wrapping Up the Los Angeles Film Festival: Shorts, Awards, and Hearting Frank Langella

John Lopez | Posted 06.26.2012 | Los Angeles
John Lopez

With the open bar at the filmmaker's lounge closing its taps, and the jury announcing its winners, the Los Angles Film Festival has at last sadly come to a close.

There is Nothing More Contagious Than Passion

Tamer Shaaban | Posted 06.19.2012 | Teen
Tamer Shaaban

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.

Academy Awards 2012: Live Action Shorts

David Wallechinsky | Posted 04.25.2012 | Entertainment
David Wallechinsky

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...

All Hail the Oscar Shorts

Xaque Gruber | Posted 04.18.2012 | Entertainment
Xaque Gruber

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.

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

Terry George | Posted 04.14.2012 | Home
Terry George

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.

Oscars 2012: The Day of Many Movies

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 04.09.2012 | Entertainment
Robert J. Elisberg

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.)

What Bears Think When They See Campers

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.25.2012 | Arts

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...

WATCH: What One Second Looks Like

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2011 | Home

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...

Food Films To Savor

Posted 12.10.2011 | Home

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...