Short Films in Focus: Belongings | Features
Q&A with director Alex Coppola How did this come about? (spoilers!) Morgan and I were actually connected through mutual friends. They were organizing a fundraiser for a youth writing non-profit,…
Short Films in Focus: TESLA | Features
As for the graphics—everything you see on the center console screen is made from scratch by the incomparable Greg Herman, a Creative Director, Director, Writer, designer, and animation/VFX wizard. This…
short set in the world of Leslie Vernon goes to festivals
Wait for It, a short film set in the world of Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, is now making the festival rounds A lot of fans have…
Short Films in Focus: Five Cents | Features
Q&A with director Aaron Hughes What was the inspiration for this? Years back, I was working for the museum at the Federal Reserve of New York, right in the middle…
‘Up’s Carl and Dug Are Back in a New Short Film
Remember the opening, devastating minutes of Pixar’s Up? Remember the doomed love story of Carl and Ellie? Remember how you sobbed in the theater and cursed Pixar for pulling your…
Short Films in Focus: The Event | Features
I’m only guessing that the name of Vince’s film is “The Event.” If not, why name your movie “The Event”? MOSLEY: We talked about the title at great length. To…
New ‘Simpsons’ Star Wars Short Coming to Disney+ on May the 4th
Because May 4 sounds a lot like “May the Force Be With You,” we must now celebrate all things Star Wars on that day, which has now become known as “May…
Short Films in Focus: The Shorts Programs of the 2023 Chicago Critics Film Festival | Features
“The Mundanes” Shorts Program # 1 (Saturday, May 6, 11:45 am) opens with Nicole Daddona and Adam Wilder’s “The Mundanes,” a truly bizarre PSA that seems influenced by Joe Dante’s…
Cinema Femme Short Film Festival to Have First In-Person Screenings at the Music Box Theatre | Festivals & Awards
Filmmaker Emily Hagins. Joanna has also played an indispensable role in this year’s festival, serving as its Creative Director, while Carolann Cohen Grzybowski devoted her own time and talents as…
Short Films in Focus: After (A Love Story) | Features
Clare, two other short films you made, “Runner” and “Go Ahead, Grab Time By the Throat,” had many settings and characters. Here, much of it is confined to one room…