With their feature film line-up now set (see here and here), Sundance have unveiled their 2017 short program, which in past years has included such gems as World of Tomorrow, Glove, and Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash. This year’s line-up includes Kristen Stewart‘s Come Swim, featuring a score by St. Vincent, as well as Project X, the latest film from Citizenfour director Laura Poitras.
Check out the full line-up of 68 films below, along with the first look at Stewart’s film.
U.S. Narrative Short Films
American Paradise / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Joe Talbot) — A desperate man in Trump’s America tries to shift his luck with the perfect crime in this story inspired by true events.
Cecile on the Phone / U.S.A. (Director: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Screenwriters: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Ellen Greenberg) — Overwhelmed by doubt and confusion after her ex-boyfriend’s return to New York, Cecile embarks on...
Check out the full line-up of 68 films below, along with the first look at Stewart’s film.
U.S. Narrative Short Films
American Paradise / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Joe Talbot) — A desperate man in Trump’s America tries to shift his luck with the perfect crime in this story inspired by true events.
Cecile on the Phone / U.S.A. (Director: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Screenwriters: Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Ellen Greenberg) — Overwhelmed by doubt and confusion after her ex-boyfriend’s return to New York, Cecile embarks on...
- 12/6/2016
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Los Angeles’ annual AFI Fest presented by Audi kicks off this week, and boasts a robust slate of some of the festival season’s most beloved offerings and a few highly anticipated new premieres. If you’ve missed out on the rest of the year’s big festivals, AFI Fest is a prime opportunity to catch up on the starriest titles before awards season really kicks into high gear, along with enough bonafide premieres to keep even the most ravenous movie-goer very happy indeed.
Ahead, we pick out 14 of our most anticipated films from the fest, including a handful of genuine classics, some big contenders and at least one very buzzy debut. Take a look and start filling up your schedule now.
“Jackie”
The hype is real. Pablo Larrain’s English-language debut features Natalie Portman in not just the best performance of her career, but what’s currently shaping up...
Ahead, we pick out 14 of our most anticipated films from the fest, including a handful of genuine classics, some big contenders and at least one very buzzy debut. Take a look and start filling up your schedule now.
“Jackie”
The hype is real. Pablo Larrain’s English-language debut features Natalie Portman in not just the best performance of her career, but what’s currently shaping up...
- 11/7/2016
- by Kate Erbland, Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich, Chris O'Falt, Graham Winfrey, Zack Sharf and Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The Scene at ShortList 2016: TheWrap’s 5th Annual Short Film Festival (Photos) TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman and Steve Pond with the finalists at the 5th Annual ShortList Film Festival. “Glove” directors Alexa Lim Haas and Bernardo Britto at the the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival. “The Send-Off” directors Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival. “Slingshot” director David Hansen at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival. “Thunder Road” director Jim Cummings on stage at the fith annual ShortList Film Festival. “Maman(s)” director Maïmouna Doucouré on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
- 8/25/2016
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
One of the best films I saw at Sundance this year was not a feature-length one, but rather the short Glove, which fittingly screened before another space-related feature Operation Avalanche. Directed by Alexa Haas and Bernardo Britto, it’s an animated look at the true story of a glove that has been taking a journey through space since 1968. Hatched from an idea after viewing the Nasa documentary For All Mankind, it’s a wistful, gorgeously rendered look at space and time.
“That glove carries with it everything that went into the making of it,” Britto tells The Wrap, who debuted the short online. “Whereas Yearbook [her previous film] says we’re all going to be forgotten and this doesn’t really matter, Glove is saying that even though we can’t tell how far our actions and the things we make will go, they do have an impact on things and will go on forever.
“That glove carries with it everything that went into the making of it,” Britto tells The Wrap, who debuted the short online. “Whereas Yearbook [her previous film] says we’re all going to be forgotten and this doesn’t really matter, Glove is saying that even though we can’t tell how far our actions and the things we make will go, they do have an impact on things and will go on forever.
- 8/11/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"It'll still float on..." Now this is creative filmmaking at its finest. Inspired by a random throwaway shot in a Nasa documentary about the Apollo missions, Alexa Haas and Bernardo Britto decided to make a short film about an astronaut's glove somehow came loose and went floating into the abyss of space. The short film is titled Glove and it features hand-painted animation by Alexa Haas, telling a wondrous story of the life of this glove. I saw this at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, as it played in front of the film Operation Avalanche, which is pretty much perfect pairing. My only complaint is that I hate the looping of the final shot at the credits - once or twice was enough. Other than that, this is so much fun to watch. Enjoy. Thanks to The Wrap for debuting. The description for the film is short and...
- 8/11/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Animator Alexa Lim Haas remembers receiving a text message from her college friend and collaborator, Bernardo Britto, about a documentary about Nasa’s Apollo missions, “For All Mankind.” Britto was fixated on a throwaway shot of a glove coming loose from a compartment and floating away into space. “They don’t mention anything about it. They just focus on the astronauts,” she said. “And he’s just like, ‘How is there this glove floating around that no one’s talking about?'” That glove captured Haas and Britto’s imagination so much that they made an animated short about it.
- 8/10/2016
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Short films stand tall in southern California every year at the Palm Springs International Shortfest — after over 4,000 submissions, 327 shorts from over 50 countries were shown this past week at North America’s largest short film festival. The winners of this year’s festival, announced Sunday night, received combined prizes valued at approximately $115,000 with $20k of that being in cash.
“A common thread of immigration and compassion dominates our award winning films this year – echoing current issues around the world,” said Festival Director Helen du Toit. “After a stimulating and energizing week of storytelling and networking between the next generation of filmmakers, we leave with a sense of hope for a world that, despite some setbacks, does seem to be evolving slowly but surely.”
The Kosovan film “Home” by Daniel Mulloy, which rides along with a “young, happy family [who seem] to be going on holiday but is instead on a journey similar to millions of others,...
“A common thread of immigration and compassion dominates our award winning films this year – echoing current issues around the world,” said Festival Director Helen du Toit. “After a stimulating and energizing week of storytelling and networking between the next generation of filmmakers, we leave with a sense of hope for a world that, despite some setbacks, does seem to be evolving slowly but surely.”
The Kosovan film “Home” by Daniel Mulloy, which rides along with a “young, happy family [who seem] to be going on holiday but is instead on a journey similar to millions of others,...
- 6/28/2016
- by Kyle Kizu
- Indiewire
Short films from Kosovo, France, the Us and Switzerland are among the winners at the Palm Springs International ShortFest.
The Palm Springs International ShortFest has given its Best of Festival Award to Daniel Mulloly’s Home (pictured), from Kosovo, and its Grand Jury Award to Vincent Maury’s Minh Tâm, from France.
Nearly 20 other shorts from the 327 that screened at the event, which bills itself as the largest short film festival and only short film market in North America, also won awards.
The winner of the Best of Festival award gets a $5,000 cash prize and may be eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration. The Grand Jury award comes with a $2,000 cash prize.
The jury – comprising David Ansen, Jeremy Boxer, Zorianna Kit, Molly Parker, Rachel Samuels and Alison Willmore – gave ShortFest’s Panavision Best North American Short award to La Laguna, from Mexico...
The Palm Springs International ShortFest has given its Best of Festival Award to Daniel Mulloly’s Home (pictured), from Kosovo, and its Grand Jury Award to Vincent Maury’s Minh Tâm, from France.
Nearly 20 other shorts from the 327 that screened at the event, which bills itself as the largest short film festival and only short film market in North America, also won awards.
The winner of the Best of Festival award gets a $5,000 cash prize and may be eligible to submit their film to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration. The Grand Jury award comes with a $2,000 cash prize.
The jury – comprising David Ansen, Jeremy Boxer, Zorianna Kit, Molly Parker, Rachel Samuels and Alison Willmore – gave ShortFest’s Panavision Best North American Short award to La Laguna, from Mexico...
- 6/27/2016
- ScreenDaily
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