CIFF Shorts Roundup: A Real One, The Miracle & more

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CIFF 2023

CIFF Shorts Roundup: A Real One, The Miracle & more

Local filmmakers, horror & desire are all given the spotlight at the Chicago International Film Festival's shorts program.

CCFF2023

CCFF 2023 Shorts Dispatch: Sèt Lam, Troy, & more

CCFF's second short of shorts explores humanity's need for community.

Features

“For a Free Palestine” shines a light on Palestinian voices

Highlights from the Another Screen series "For a Free Palestine," a free short film series directed by Palestinian women.

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Awards

The 2020 Oscar-Nominated Shorts, Reviewed

From live-action to animated to documentaries, we flip through the Academy Awards' shorts offerings to see what we think should win.

Features

C2E2 2019: Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts Revealed

Twentieth Century Fox aired four of its six upcoming anniversary shorts at C2E2 this weekend, xenomorphs feasting on space truckers and scientists alike.

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