Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

The program of 54 short films in the 2026 Sundance Film Festival was curated from 11,480 submissions. Of these submissions, 4,914 were from the U.S. and 6,566 were international. Works from 22 ...

There is no one way to break into the movie business. But one of the most dependable routes for decades has been to make a short film, submit it to festivals, and then hope someone with money or power ...

Two themes emerge among the five doc short finalists, as voters decide between hard-hitting issue docs and a pair of lighter portraits about the unifying power of music. The program then takes a ...

Editor's note: This story is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly arts and culture newsletter, The ARTery. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. A queer romance film starring ...

I’ve got a great short film for you to watch that I think you’ll enjoy. I saw this at FilmQuest with an audience and the ...

Little films are a very big deal at this year’s Academy Awards. Topics as heavy as PTSD, ethnic cleansing and the immigration system, and as light as music, kissing and children with a passion to ...

The 15-minute short was an official selection of Out on Film – Atlanta in 2024 and the recipient of the Best LGBTQ+ short award at the Savannah Film Festival . Below, Mahler opens up to Deadline about ...

The beauty of film as art is that it contains a variety of forms. It can be a fictional, narrative story that springs out of the imagination of a writer, or a documentary that details historical ...

In what’s become an awards-season tradition, the compilations of Oscar-nominated short films in live-action, animation and documentary categories are back in theaters ahead of the big night March 2, ...