You’re in luck! Our deadline for submissions has been extended to 1 July.
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What’s your favorite Disney animated short film? Watch some of the best Disney cartoons available online in our latest Screening Room post.
Festival Director Gina Dellabarca presented a collection of New Zealand short films at the 34th Busan International Short Film Festival in South Korea.
We are looking for bright, proactive, conscientious, film-loving individuals who can assist us and learn about how a film festival works.
Writing a solid short film script is easier said than done, especially if you don’t know what a good one looks like yet. In this article, we include five scripts from successful shorts that have made it into the festival and whose creators have been generous enough to share them.
We are pleased to announce, along with our partners at Script to Screen, the names of seven screenwriters who will participate in the 2017 Aotearoa Short Film Lab.
How do you forge a filmmaking dream team? Short film making competitions are a great place to test out your crew under pressure. This month we look at the work of some teams who have successfully used filmmaking competitions and made great short films in the process.
Submissions are now open for the 12th edition of New Zealand’s leading international short film festival.
This month in our Screening Room we invite you to take a look at the early short films of three Academy Award-nominated directors: Damien Chazelle (La La Land), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) and Denis Velleneuve (Arrival).
Congratulations to James Cunningham and Oliver Hilbert who have won the 2016 People’s Choice Award for their 9-minute fantasy film Kitten Witch.
Nothing beats film for a way to escape the real world, and what better way to dodge the family Christmas dramas than fresh and gorgeous fantasy and sci/fi? SMS team member Clayton breaks up your holiday break with striking fresh shorts that span around the world and into new ones.
Getting into the short film industry can be extremely challenging, and so can learning and remembering all of the jargon that filmmakers, film crews and cast use regularly. In this handy guide we have collated a list of important filmmaking terms and definitions to help get you started.
Recently back from Taiwan, Show Me Shorts is headed to China and Belgium to share New Zealand short films with the rest of the world, join a judging panel, and of course… watch lots of shorts for the 2017 festival.
The search for love is sometimes fraught with disaster but being a hopeless romantic – and single – Clayton Barnett from the Show Me Shorts team can’t help but fall in love with shorts on falling in love.
Show Me Shorts is more than a festival, we advocate for the short film art form and the short film community. We are excited to present a selection of top short films from New Zealand at Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Film Festival 2016, which starts next week.
