Short Film Fest
Spotlight on Poland 1
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
If this grouping of short films is any indication of the current political and ideological state in Poland, there are some serious economic...
Official Selection 1: Behind Closed Doors
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
The first program of Official Selections pivots on the promise of revealing secret lives not typically seen. And, indeed, this grouping of...
Official Selection 5: Pretty Poison
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
It's interesting that a collection of shorts about superficial beauty and fake appearances would itself be one of the more flippant and bla...
Official Selection 12: Boys Will Be Boys
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
While some would surely be offended that this program of shorts portraying modern day masculinity features a child molester and a dollhouse...
Award Winners from Around the World
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
What I've always found interesting about the Opening Gala at the Worldwide Shorts Festival year in and year out is that the award-winning f...
Spotlight on Poland 2
PUBLISHED May 31, 2010
While not exactly bursting with joie-de-vivre, the second instalment of Polish imports is significantly lighter in tone than the first batc...
Picture is Up!
PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2009
With any serious film festival there comes a degree of self-reflection. After watching roughly 12 hours of films featured at the Worldwide...
Slap N' Tickle
PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2009
What seemed like a disaster from the outset — a series of shorts based around sexuality, coupled with the groan-worthy program title...