Drew Starkey and Rudy Pankow are great friends in real life, despite their rivalry on the Outer Banks. They also starred in Alyssa Toledo’s short film VIRGO. The actors play two musicians who are apprehended somewhere along the US/Mexico border. Drew, Rudy, and Elaine Siemek perform a song together in the short video.
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Where can I get short films to watch?
This is one of the most popular outlets for short films. As a result, we owe it all a debt of gratitude.
It has reviews for all of the short films it shows, as well as some basic recommendations. This is an excellent site for folks who want to see one of the few films in its library, although it does have some flaws.
Despite the fact that the site is free, it relies on YouTube to host its film collection. As a result, many of the films are only available in 360p or even lower resolution.
The site’s user interface is also antiquated, lacking even a rudimentary search tool. Users must sift through the site’s catalog list to find films.
Which Disney heroine has Virgo as her zodiac sign?
Belle (September 23-September 22). Virgos are people who are compassionate, diligent, and practical. You, like Belle, are selfless, loyal, and kind, and you enjoy reading!
What kind of hero is Virgo?
Virgos, like Diana, princess of the Amazons turned heroine, are known for taking a realistic, no-nonsense attitude to life. Wonder Woman became one of the most powerful characters in the DC Comics universe thanks to her dedication to her trade and continuous training. Wonder Woman is the ideal ruler for the kindest of the earth signs because of her work ethic and desire to serve people around her. Blossom, with her sisters Bubbles and Buttercup, gets an honorable mention for her leadership and peaceful approach to life, which helps her defend the people of Townsville.
Are there any short films on Netflix?
Netflix isn’t known for short films, and they don’t make them easy to find (a search for’short films’ won’t bring up everything), but the quality of their repertoire, which includes some great jewels, shouldn’t be overlooked.
Sure, these aren’t free-to-view movies like our usual selections, but if you’re one of the 213 million people who subscribe to the global service, or one of the untold millions who have access to an account, it sure feels like it.
We’ve compiled a list of our top 10 favorite shorts from around the world. Netflix’s catalog is constantly changing as new titles are added and removed, so if you find something fascinating, you should view it right away: Already notables have left the site, including 2016 Oscar winner Chau’s Beyond the Lines, acclaimed indie animator Don Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow, and S/W 2016 Short of the Year Kung Fury.
We’ll occasionally update this list when titles leave and new ones arrive, so be sure to check back in.
Dir: Dan Ojari & Mickey Please
This Christmas special from S/W alumni tells the delightful story of a robin reared by mice. Mikey Please (The Eagleman Stag, Marilyn Myller) and Dan Ojari (Slow Derek) play her new rodent family as she struggles to establish her value. Robin Robin appears ready to become a new festive tradition in houses worldwide, with its charming needle felt figures, catchy tunes, and the magical stop-motion craft you’d expect from an Aardman production.
Dir: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
This silent film homage, released in 2019 to coincide with Thom Yorke’s album of the same name, sees the Radiohead frontman strut, stutter, and swirl around a well-choreographed universe of drone-like humans. Anima is one of the most thrilling short films in recent years, thanks to its huge production, original idea, and hypnotizing choreography, directed by one of the most well-known names on our list. It’s a peculiar little island in a sea of documentaries, and it’s a true standout in Netflix’s short film collection.
Dir: ORLANDO VON EINSIEDEL
If you’re searching for a quick fix on Netflix, you probably enjoy documentaries. To previously, Netflix’s purchases have been mostly focused on locating Oscar candidates, and with this Syrian War film, the streaming service has finally won.
Von Einsiedel won an Oscar two years after being nominated for the feature picture Virunga, beating out fellow Netflix pick Extremis. We’ve been riveted by media coming out of the Syrian crisis, and this film is a heartbreaking depiction of the bravery of a group of non-aligned people dedicated to extracting survivors from the rubble in the aftermath of bombing raids. Relevant and powerful.
Dir: Travon Free & Martin Desmond Roe
Two Distant Strangers, which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2021, employs the “Groundhog Day” time-loop formula to construct a social advocacy film in which the fantastical plot gimmick becomes important to reinforce its message. After all, don’t these instances of systematic racism and police brutality against Black men and women appear to happen all the time in America? On repeat, a terrifying newsreel. As a result, Two Distant Strangers feels like not simply a parable for this particular moment, but also a summation of all that has come before it, compelling us as viewers to confront our own prejudices and biases, refusing to let us off the hook with a tidy and safe ending.
Dir: Larissa Sansour & Sren Lind
This black and white speculative sci-fi short, set decades after an ecological calamity has enveloped the biblical city of Bethlehem, combines magnificent graphics with a lot of difficult concepts to create an innovative and engrossing viewing. This slow-paced, dialogue-driven approach to science-fiction, co-directed by Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour and Danish novelist Sren Lind and screened at the BFI London and Locarno film festivals in 2019, is one of the most memorable and distinct genre shorts we’ve seen in a long time.
Dir: FLOYD RUSS
Zion, the film that inspired this list, was one of our favorites at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival before it was released on Netflix later that year. The video is a visually dramatic, high-energy, high-inspiration affairpractically the platonic ideal of an online profile docabout Zion Clark, a teen born without legs and reared in foster care who discovers confidence through competitive wrestling. Yes, the arc is a little repetitive, and the video can be accused of being more flash than content, but if you like these kinds of pop documentaries (like I do), you’ll be hookedand at only 11 minutes, it’s a refreshing break from the normal Oscar short subject fare of 40-minute docs.
Dir: BASSIM TARIQ
Tariq’s Sundance-winning documentary welcomes you inside the life of a group of young Muslims as they try to explain the disappearance of a dear friend. Ghosts of Sugar Land strikes the perfect combination between entertainment and information, with the interviewees trying to figure out whether their friend was an extremist or an informant, making it one of Netflix’s most accessible short documentaries (the 21-minute timeframe, by Netflix standards, helps).
Tariq’s documentary was nominated for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and won honors at SXSW and Sheff DocFest in the same year, in addition to winning the Short Film Jury Award: Non-fiction. Tariq’s filmmaking stock is rapidly growing, with his debut movie Mogul Mowgli making a stir on the festival circuit in 2020.
Dir: Sophia Nahli Allison
When we covered Allison’s 20-minute documentary as part of our Oscar coverage in March 2021, we called it “most deserved” of an Oscar nomination, and we were thrilled to see it make the cut, from the 10-film shortlist to the five final nominations for the Documentary Short Subject Academy Award. It’s a remarkably dreamy portrayal of 1990s Los Angeles, mediated through outdated video technologies and interwoven at times with abstract animation, that examines the injustice surrounding the shooting of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins in 1991. It’s amazing to have something that exists outside of these domains in the running for one of the largest documentary prizes imaginable, especially because the short doc Oscar nominees are normally inundated with sleek films firmly entrenched within mainstream genres.
Dir: DAVID LYNCH
Another prestige director with a Netflix short film, but although PTA felt like he was creating new territory with Anima, Lynch goes full Lynchian in this 17-minute short that debuted on Netflix earlier in 2020 as a surprise. What Did Jack Do? is filled with Lynch’s signature non-sequiturs and surreal sense of humor, with the director playing a leading part in the film alongside a monkey in a suit whom he interrogates about a murder. This, like most of the director’s work, isn’t for everyone, and you’ll only get out of it what you’re willing to put in.
Dir: ZACKARY CANEPARI and DREA COOPER
Canepari and Cooper, documentary filmmakers, created a name for themselves with their series California is a place, a collection of short films praising the Golden State (of which we included Aquadettes and Uppercut). While their Netflix documentary Fire in Paradise takes place in a familiar setting, the tone of their latest short couldn’t be more different.
A heartbreaking and frequently terrifying tale of how California’s deadliest wildfire in over a century raged through the namesake town of Paradise, leaving death and damage in its wake. This 40-minute short is an emotional and compelling viewing, made up of harrowing first-hand footage from those trying to escape the fire, as well as talking-head interviews with survivors and responders. It’s the kind of scenario you’d see in a feature-length disaster movie and find hard to believe, but the dangers and anxiety are real.
What are the best places to view indie short films?
NoBudge was formed with the intention of supporting the work of young and upcoming filmmakers. The streaming portal claims to hand-pick films in a variety of genres, including drama, comedy, experimental film, animation, documentary, sketch, web series, and dance/music video.
What makes NoBudge even more intriguing is the inclusion of director interviews in the films it shows. It gives us a look into the filmmakers’ minds and the creative process behind their short films.
What is the shortest Netflix film?
World of Tomorrow presents a richer, more creative, and emotionally compelling story than most full-length films in just 16 minutes. Don Hertzfeldt’s Oscar-nominated animated short follows an adult clone on a whirlwind voyage through space and time to interact with the young girl who served as the foundation for her entire existence. World of Tomorrow is the shortest movie on Netflixand a masterpiece of the medium. It’s beautifully animated and astonishing in its span of ideas and goals.