“Tell all the truth,” Emily Dickinson writes, “but tell it slant.” In terms of film coverage, our bread and butter here at Hyperallergic is documentary. But as our coverage writ large — reviews, ...

Netflix is unveiling “Fresh Perspective: Short Films,” a collection of 12 shorts from up-and-coming filmmakers in the U.S. and Canada who have been supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity.

Sundance on Monday debuted the list of short films to be presented at this year’s festival. 57 were selected, in total, with shorts to screen as part of eight curated programs that will include ...

The 2025 Oscars shortlist was revealed Tuesday, and the Live Action Short Films category aims to pull on Academy voters’ heartstrings and appeal to their humanity. With each showcasing and tackling a ...

As a broad spectrum of short films draw attention at film festivals and screening events, identifying frontrunners becomes increasingly difficult. Listed below are some of the noteworthy films that ...

Snow Bear, Cat and Moth, and Student Accomplice are all among the best, near-perfect animated short films from the last 5 ...

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As the year draws to a close, the urge to compile “best of the year” lists feels both inevitable and deeply complicated. In a world grappling with profound crises—most notably the genocide in ...