An Oscar-Nominated Animator on How to Tell Catchy Stories

Three recent design school graduates are sitting in a room somewhere in the Netherlands, listening to an album. The record…

How (and Why) a Documentarian Captured a Prison Bride’s Story

Documentaries excel when they don’t hold back, when they give an “unmitigated” perspective on someone’s life, as director Garrett Bradley…

How to Build a Comedy Around One Strong Idea

Tom Levinge’s comedic short, Mister Biscuits, is silly. It suspends reality by putting humans in the roles of beloved pets.…

How a Filmmaker Explored the Penal System Like Never Before

Sometimes the most compelling way to present a story is to take a step back. A narrative can, and will…

Director Dylan Allen on Building the Perfect Ensemble Cast

Dylan Allen’s The Privates manages to tackle sci-fi, indie-rock, group dynamics, and merge them into one brilliantly thoughtful short film.…

Behind The North Face’s Mind-Blowing ‘Imagination’

There are a lot of action-sports films out there. A lot. Maybe that’s because in extreme sports the drama is…

Eliot Rausch: “Quick and Easy Answers Bother Me Now.”

Eliot Rausch likes parables and has a habit of turning them into beautiful and thought-provoking, albeit highly ambiguous, short films.…

Embrace the Terror: Behind an Oscar-Nominated Short

At just 26 years old, Daisy Jacobs was nominated for an Academy Award for her animated short film, The Bigger…

Laura Merians’ Philosophical Approach to Cinematography

In a film, “Every object, every color, every detail tells a story,” cinematographer Laura Merians told us. “For me, philosophy…