With Christmas round the corner, what better way to get in the festive mood than to watch Bruce Willis running around with a machine gun? That’s right, today I’m bringing to you my five favourite ‘anti-Christmas movie’ Christmas movies. While writing this in the office, Rory intervened and insisted I put two more upbeat, family-friendly […]
Last week I entertained you (I hope) with a list of some of the things I learned watching 891 short films in 43 days. Now I’m back now with part 2. Festival submission fees can add up very fast, so ensure you are maximising your opportunities by keeping the screeners and programmers on your side. […]
Or, what I learnt watching 891 short films in 43 days. My name is Ryushi and I’m the Administrative Assistant here at English Language Film School Japan. I handle a lot of the day-to-day mundanities of running the school; browsing social media, searching for content to recommend, then browsing social media some more… Before this, […]
I recently watched approximately 1000 short films in the space of two months while working at a film festival, an experience I will write a proper blogpost about another time. As a result, I feel well-placed to assemble a list of some of my favourite weird, wonderful, and wild shorts from the past few years […]
For a long time short films played before features in the cinema, and they were often career stepping stones for new filmmakers. But as the cinemas became more and more concerned with finance, and fitting in as many showings of the latest blockbuster as possible, shorts were squeezed out and became seen mainly on the […]