What’s Up?! Alejandro Iñárritu Directs Short Film

What’s up, good people?! Ready to raise the curtain on short film news this week? let’s do It. Director Alejandro Iñárritu gets the band back together with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki for a new  experimental project. The Oscar-winning duo who worked…

What’s Up?! Eddie Murphy Returns, Short Film Contest

What’s up, good people?! The summer is almost done, but the short film and movie news You Need is heating up. The most prolific yet enigmatic actor of our generation has returned. Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live’s most famous alum,…

What’s Up?! Muhammad Ali Films, GIFF Short Film Program

What’s up, good people. Before we get into the movie and short film news of the week, ITSASHORT.COM would like to acknowledge the passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Ali towered over his sport, but his influence was so vast…

What’s Up?! #ChewbaccaMom, Top Cannes Movie And Short Film

What’s up good people?! Memorial Day is near and WE’RE HERE with the movie and short film news of the week. The power of short film was on full display as a 4-minute Facebook video turned Texas mother Candace Payne…

What’s Up?! Taylor Swift, “Hardcore Henry” and Short Film News

What’s up good people?! ITSASHORT.COM is back with your weekly short film and movie roundup. Before we get into some movie news, we have to give a shoutout to Taylor Swift. In case you haven’t noticed, it’s Taylor’s world and…

What’s Up?! J.J. Abrams, Don Cheadle at SXSW and Short Film News

What’s up good people?! It’s your weekly roundup of all the short film and movie news you desire. It has been a whirlwind week for itsashort.com after the SXSW Film Festival in Austin. It was an amazing Stretch of talks,…

What’s Up?! Sundance, “FirstGlance” Short Film Winner

What’s up, ya’ll? Welcome to a new week, and here’s the good word. Itsashort is hosting a live Google hangout with the winner of the prestigious FirstGlance Fall 2015 Short Online Contest! That’s right, this Thursday you will get the…

What’s Up: PSI Shortfest and Alan Becker and Animation!

The festival was amazing! The short film winners, wow. The Palm Springs International Shortfest has just concluded it’s 21st year. It is the largest short film festival  and short film marketplace in the United States. Actually Palm Springs does two…

What’s Up: The Northwest Film Festival?

Asian gangs in Vancouver, BC? Seems like an odd idea, but what do we know about Vancouver, BC? Lewis Bennet, a Canadian ‘shorts’ filmmaker and featured artist this year at the Northwest Film Festival, made a documentary about his personal…

Woman’s Independent Filmmaker Project

Woman’s Independent Filmmaker Project A Maasai Woman’s Journey from the Village to an Urban Center Alison Duke is an amazing filmmaker based in Toronto, Canada. She has had an unabiding interest in learning more about African women and particularly the…