‘Re-Entry’ Filmmaker Ariel Mahler On The Importance Of Trans Visibility And Vulnerability In AFI-Backed Short Film

The 15-minute short was an official selection of Out on Film – Atlanta in 2024 and the recipient of the Best LGBTQ+ short award at the Savannah Film Festival . Below, Mahler opens up to Deadline about ...
insider.si.edu

Smithsonian’s Online Native Cinema Showcase Offers a Slate of Free Short Films by Indigenous Filmmakers

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian presents the online Native Cinema Showcase, celebrating short films by Indigenous filmmakers of the Western Hemisphere. The museum’s annual ...
Gizmodo

You Have to Watch This Amazing, All-Practical ‘Godzilla’ Short Film

With Godzilla’s 71st anniversary today, all eyes are on the future as Toho prepares for its next major movie, the Godzilla Minus One sequel Minus Zero. But the day also serves as an opportunity to ...
Backstage

What Is a Short Film, Exactly? A Guide to the Smaller Side of Cinema

The beauty of film as art is that it contains a variety of forms. It can be a fictional, narrative story that springs out of the imagination of a writer, or a documentary that details historical ...
tisch.nyu.edu

Grad Film alum Sofía Camargo receives 2025 Vimeo Short Film Grant

Grad Film alum Sofía Camargo is one of five recipients of the 2025 Vimeo Short Film grant for her film La Selva. Presented by Nikon and RED, the grant awards filmmakers with $30,000 towards the ...
Pratt Institute

Scary-Good Short Films by Pratt Alumni to Stream Now

The air is crisp, the leaves are crunchy—that can mean only one thing: spooky season is upon us! Get in the spirit with six ghostly, goofy, and grim films made by alumni of Pratt’s Film/Video and ...
TV Technology

Vimeo Releases New AI-Powered Creator Tools

NEW YORK—Vimeo said it rolled out new AI-powered features and creative tools that it said will make professional video production faster, smarter and more rewarding. The new features, unveiled Oct. 23 ...
Artnet

Demi Moore, Kendall Jenner, and More Star in Gucci’s Short Film ‘The Tiger’

This week Gucci has opened a new chapter under Demna with a one-two punch: a cinematic premiere and the unveiling of his first collection for the house. The scale is unmistakable—big budgets, marquee ...
Reuters

Italy's Bending Spoons to take Vimeo private in $1.38 billion deal

Sept 10 (Reuters) - Video platform Vimeo, whose popularity surged during the pandemic, said on Wednesday it will be acquired by Italian app developer Bending Spoons for about $1.38 billion, a deal ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Bending Spoons to Buy Vimeo in $1.38 Billion All-Cash Deal

Vimeo, the online video platform that has struggled to compete against the likes of YouTube and TikTok, agreed to a $1.38 billion, all-cash takeover by European mobile app developer Bending Spoons.
The New Yorker

“Cashing Out” Examines an Investment Strategy That Profited from AIDS Deaths

But then a relatively new industry sprang up: viatical settlements. A company or a private investor would pay a percentage of the value of a person’s life-insurance policy (and would continue to pay ...