CIFF Shorts: ‘Muse’ Extends a Calming, Healing Hand
Focus on your breathing as you take in the beautiful mountainside. You won't even realize how much you miss talking ...
Tag: Live Action Short
Shorts Exclusive: Tony Winner Annaleigh Ashford Joins ‘After Words’ as Executive Producer
Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford has lent her name and prowess to a short film to keep our eyes on ...
Consider: ‘A Friend of Dorothy’ in Live Action Short
"I should go," says Alistair Nwachukwu's JJ says when he feels uneasy in the opening moments of Lee Knight's Oscar-nominated ...
Shorts Exclusive: ‘A Friend Of Dorothy’ Tops Manhattan Short Audience Poll As Oscar Favorite For Live Action Short
The short has been voted the film most likely to win the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film ...
Daniel Solé & Michael Polk On the Power of Words and How We React to Them for ‘Say As I Say’
One phone call can change everything. As a mother and daughter work to organize a food drive in the kitchen ...
Global Audiences Invited to Virtual Screening of Oscar®-Nominated Short A Friend of Dorothy
Audiences worldwide are invited to a special virtual screening of the Oscar®-nominated live action short A Friend of Dorothy, followed ...
Meyer Levinson-Blount On Capturing Collective Trauma with One Accusation for ‘Butcher’s Stain’
There is a restrictive feeling that comes over you as you watch Meyer Levinson-Blount's Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Film, Butcher's ...
Natalie Musteata & Alexandre Singh On World Building and the Romantic Dance Between Absurdity and Danger for ‘Two People Exchanging Saliva’
Two People Exchanging Saliva draws you into a world where the most dangerous thing you can do is kiss another ...
Julia Aks & Steve Pinder On Injecting the Remarkable Balance of Humor and Education for ‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’
Ahhhh, romance in the Regency Era. The foggy fields, the bonnets, anticipated proposals, a general misunderstanding of how a woman's ...
Lee Knight On Kindness, Pure Love, & Some of the Real-Life Coincidences While Making ‘A Friend of Dorothy’
All throughout this season, Lee Knight's A Friend of Dorothy has stuck with me. The first time that I watched ...
Subscribe Now!
Subscribe here to The Contending's newsletter! We will never spam you. We promise!
Looking To Advertise?
Looking to advertise with The Contending? Contact us for inquiries!
The Latest Stuff
© 2025 The Contending