short films
A collection of six short films by Black directors, Our Right to Gaze challenges what has been pervasive since the inception of Hollywood: the “White Gaze.”
The 2021 collection of New French shorts has a wide range of genres, from science-fiction to slice-of-life realism, and some wildly experimental animation.
Stephanie Archer takes a look at 2021’s Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films.
Stephanie Archer takes a look at the 2021 Oscar Documentary shorts!
Stephanie Archer shares her comedy shorts coverage, with four reviews from the Ridgefield International Film Festival.
On June 6-7, Seed&Spark will be presenting Big Read: Our Stories, Our Lives, here are reviews of the block of four short films.
Cineola Film Festival, celebrating Latin Cinema, will be held online by Seed&Spark on June 6-12. Here we talk about the short film block Resistir.
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles brings its NFMLA Monthly Film Festival online June 5 to 7. We cover 5 more of the short films in the Asian Cinema program.
Stephanie Archer had the chance to check out a number of interesting short films at the Ridgefield International Film Festival 2019.
Field Guide to Evil will likely please genre aficionados and horror buffs, but on the whole, its lack of tonal cohesion will leave others underwhelmed.
We were able to talk with Niclas Gillis and Tanisha Lambright, the director and star of the short film drama Hold Me Down, which follows a day in the life of a 19-year-old single mother who works as a stripper at an illegal nightclub in the South Bronx to support her child.
We were able to talk with Neville Pierce, film journalist turned filmmaker, director of the short films Lock In, Ghosted, and Bricks.
Stephanie Archer reports on her time during Tribeca Film Festival 2017, and on day 3 reviews a few short films she got to see.
Anthology films are generally regarded as being uneven, and even ones that are respected are sometimes not perfect through every single segment. I wanted to explore anthology films by looking at some with mostly negative reviews, hoping to find something great hidden within. Some of the films I watched in preparation were bad, with no moments of relief to help make it through their running times, while others were enjoyable with slight problems.