shorts
The Present gets our critics vote among the Oscar nominees.
Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts Review: Humour and Heartache
If Anything Happens, I Love You gets this writer's vote among the nominees.
Inside Out 2020: Warm Blood Shorts Review
If anyone knows the power of a monster in the closet, it’s the gays.
Homemade Trailer: Netflix’s Coronavirus-era Short Film Anthology Drops next Week
Netflix’s coronavirus-era anthology film Homemade features shorts by Pablo Larraín, Gurinder Chadha, and Kristen Stewart.
Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Films Review
We take a look at this year's Oscar-nominated Live Action Short Films. (And dug up links for three of them!)
Watch Oscar Shorts ‘Hair Love’, ‘Kitbull’ and ‘Sister’
Don't let the short films stump you on Oscar night - watch some of them here!
TADFF 2019: International Shorts After Dark
TADFF 2019’s International Shorts After Dark program features an entertaining mix of martial arts beat-downs, time travel, and supernatural encounters.
TADFF 2019: Alaska Review
Social anxiety makes for a macabre and hilarious combo in the TADFF 2019 short Alaska.
TADFF 2019: Best Friends Forever Review
Teenage girls are pretty scary in the TADFF short film Best Friends Forever.
Toronto After Dark 2019: Festival Preview
Toronto After Dark is just days away, and That Shelf is here to give you a rundown of the city’s creepiest festival.
TIFF 2019: 7 Must-See Shorts at the Toronto International Film Festival
Feature films and gala premieres tend to hog the spotlight at film festivals like TIFF, but if you're looking to expand your cinematic horizons here are seven extraordinary short films worth checking out!
TIFF 2017: Dork Shelf’s Festival Guide
The 2017 Toronto International Film Festival is a go – and DorkShelf.com has you covered with reviews, interviews, and more!
HotDocs 2012:
The Shorts
We look at and review some of the unsung heroes of the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival, the shorts.
Worldwide Short Film Fest Reviews Part II
Identical twins have always played a large part in film fantasies both titillating and frightening. It’s no surprise that this genetic and reproductive anomaly is fascinating, and Scooter Corkle takes advantage of this fascination in his film Chloe and Attie. Identical twin sisters Jacqueline and Joyce Robbins play the title characters. Chloe looks after her […]