HBO Documentary Films has acquired How Do You Measure a Year?, the Academy Award- nominated documentary short on father-daughter relationship, from longtime HBO collaborator Jay Rosenblatt (HBO’s “When We Were Bullies,” “Phantom Limb,” “The Darkness of Day,” “Human Remains”).
Portuguese director, animator, and illustrator João Gonzalez’s Cannes winner Ice Merchant is the year’s most award-winning animated short film. The film is nominated at 95th Academy Awards® for Best Animated Short Film for João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano and is also nominated for Best Short Subject at 50th Annie Awards.
64 short films from 29 countries screen in the three competition sections of the 35th edition of Filmfest Dresden taking place April, 18 to 23, 2023 in Dresden, Germany.
Here is the first official trailer for Under G-d, the documentary short film on the national Jewish response challenging Florida’s abortion ban on the basis of religious freedom.
64 Short Films and 4 Indie Episodic projects have been selected for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. This upcoming year’s Short Film program includes work from 23 countries and the Indie Episodic represents works from five countries.
Apple TV+ released the trailer for The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and the Horse, the animated short film based on the internationally best-selling book of the same name by author Charlie Mackesy.
Returning this year with a hybrid edition, the 10th anniversary edition of Shorts Not Pants Film Festival will take place November 18 – 27, 2022, in-person at Innis Town Hall, in Toronto, from November 18 – 20, and a virtual edition making its program of short films and filmmaker Q&As available across Canada from November 21 – 27.
National Geographic Documentary Films released the official trailer for The Flagmakers, a short documentary from award-winning co-directors Cynthia Wade (Freeheld) and Sharon Liese (Transhood), with NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo as executive producer.
The Michelin 3-star Northern California restaurant The French Laundry – currently run by legendary chef Thomas Keller – has often been recognized as the best in the world, but few know the story of its founder, Sally Schmitt. In an emotional final interview before her passing in March 2022, Sally tells her own story as a pioneering chef of California cuisine and sets the table for another way to look at life: where balance, rather than recognition, is the ultimate prize.
Toronto International Film Festival 2022 announced this year’s Short Cuts lineup, presented by TikTok, showcasing 39 live-action narrative, documentary, and animated shorts by a groundbreaking group of filmmakers representing 18 countries.
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) announced the winners of the 2022 MIFF Shorts Awards, which reward filmmakers with more than $63,500 in prizes. A jury consisting of filmmaker Tiriki Onus (Ablaze), director James Vaughan (Friends and Strangers), and film writer Jourdain Searles selected seven out of the 78 films in the program
