Shorts Exclusive: Two-Time Academy Award Winner Paul Franklin Praises Ali Cook’s ‘The Pearl Comb’
Ali Cook’s gothic period short The Pearl Comb has officially secured a coveted place on the Academy Awards shortlist for ...
Ali Cook’s gothic period short The Pearl Comb has officially secured a coveted place on the Academy Awards shortlist for ...
The sound of a shovel rings through your ears in certain points of Elham Ehsas' powerful, go-for-broke short film, There ...
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Family is everything, but sometimes that love can be tested. Idris Elba's Oscar-qualified short, Dust to Dreams, centers on Millicent, ...
Set against the backdrop of Toronto’s vibrant and urban landscape, Butterfly on a Wheel shares a poignant story of a ...
Queer people often think about the separation between adulthood and childhood. A lot of us had to hide ourselves and ...
A precocious young girl sets out in the morning light to sell some wooden carvings that her father made, but ...
TJ O'Grady-Peyton's shortlisted Room Taken is an ode to empathy and generosity. No one knows that more than Academy Award ...
Despite us being familiar with stories revolving around sickness and dying, each story has a unique angle. Depending on the ...
The immigration process comes center stage in Sam and David Cutler-Kreutz's thrilling and frutratingly real Live Action Short Film contender, ...
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