In a short time, the Collected Voices Film Festival has built up a rep for showcasing films that truly illuminate the human condition. They are thoughtful, provocative, and truly diverse. “I wanted to shine a light on films representative of…
A Filmmaker’s Mission: To Tell Multi-Ethnic Stories that Make You Think and Laugh
As an actor, filmmaker, writer, animator, and comedian, it’s Ian Lassiter’s mission to tell stories that explode misconceptions about what it means to be multi-ethnic in America. Just as important is telling authentic, nuanced stories that chronicle this experience, like…
These Sundance Films Have Our Attention, Plus A COVID-19 Short
Sundance, one of the signature film festivals of the season, is a full go, and here are the raw numbers: 71 features, 50 shorts, four indie series, and 14 “New Frontier” projects for the 2021 event, which goes from January…
Sundance 2020 Short Films Announced
Now if you’ve ever considered submitting your short film to Sundance, here’s a metric to consider: Less than one percent. Those were the odds of getting a short film accepted into one of the world’s most prestigious cinematic showcases. Last…
What’s Up!!? Short Film at Sundance!
Sundance Film festival Kicks off this week! Who is going to Park City? itsashort.com will be there! The shorts programs will be amazing. There are nine separate tracks: tickets are tough to get. Two of the top ten features that…
What’s Up?! itsashort and Sundance
The long awaited list of Shorts for the Sundance Film Festival is released!There are 66 shorts this year and they fall into four distinct categories: US Narrative, International Narrative, Animation and Documentary. The US shorts seem to all deal with…
What’s Up?! Bigger Sundance Short Film Program!
what’s up, good people?! it’s awards season and time to pay attention to short film in the major festivals. The Sundance Institute has announced the complete list of 68, (that’s right, sixty-eight) short film titles for the 2017 showcase. The…
What’s Up?! Palm Springs Shorts Film Fest & Sundance
What’s up, good people?! No fear, this week’s roundup of movie and short film news is here. The Palm Springs International ShortFest, one of the most acclaimed festivals in the world, just wrapped up its biggest event yet. Last month,…
What’s Up?! Happy 2016, Ya’ll
Sundance is Just Around the Corner and Down the Block If you read our blog from two weeks ago, you already know that the granddaddy of all film festivals, the Sundance Film Festival 2016, takes place January 21-31 in Park…