20 Shorts with Elysia Rotaru
1. My all-time favorite movie: The Professional but I also love the VHS version of Alice in Wonderland. 2. A film that inspired me to...
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20 Short questions with Top Shorts Premier Judge
- May 27, 2019
- 3 min
20 Shorts with Ronn Kilby
1. My all-time favorite movie: Casablanca, followed by A Few Good Men - for different reasons. 2. A film that inspired me to become a...
20 Short questions with Top Shorts Director and
- May 23, 2019
- 6 min
20 Shorts with Roy Zafrani
1. My all-time favorite movie: A Walk to Remember (dir. Adam Shankman). I watched it about 10 times, and it's still heartbreaking. I also...
Top Shorts Team
- Apr 18, 2019
- 8 min
Top Shorts 2019: The Annual Nominees
The 5th annual Top Shorts nominations have just been announced, and over 200 films and screenplays are in the run for an annual award, in...
An Interview with Brian McWha - Co-Writer and
- Oct 25, 2018
- 5 min
"Knowing that we created a positive environment on set is really important to me"
Brian McWha is a Vancouver based filmmaker who has started his filmmaking journey three years ago. Working his way up from production...
An interview with Yulia Romanova
- Sep 20, 2018
- 9 min
"Don’t wait for the right time, make it the right time yourself!"
Yulia Romanova is a UK based film producer and actress of Russian origin. She started her acting career at Pinewood Studios, UK, after...
An interview with Paul Bestolarides
- Jul 26, 2018
- 6 min
"I hope that this short film makes people think about the current issues involving immigration&
Paul D. Bestolarides is an independent filmmaker/freelance videographer currently teaching at San Joaquin Delta College. Michael Thygesen...
An Interview with Kelly Sarri
- Jul 4, 2018
- 7 min
"I feel that cultural behavior is a very interesting thing to observe and interpret"
Originally from Greece, Kelly Sarri is a Los Angeles based filmmaker. Kelly decided to shoot a documentary about the Tax Evasion in...
An Interview with Juan Felipe Restrepo
- Jun 13, 2018
- 25 min
"I wasn’t mentally prepared to have a love scene with another guy"
Juan Felipe Restrepo has been playing in theatre and movies since he was 14-years-old. Recently, Juan won Best Actor award at several...
Interview with Ann Huang
- Feb 4, 2018
- 10 min
The Making of Palpitations of Dust
Ann Huang is a creative story teller and a filmmaker based in Southern California. After writing several successful poems, Huang wrote...
Top Shorts Team
- Jan 23, 2018
- 10 min
Filmmaker in the Spotlight: An Interview with Derek Frey
Derek Frey is an exceptional filmmaker. With credits like The Killers' Here With Me, Alice in Wonderland, Kill the Engine and Disney's...
Interview with Jhosimar Vasquez
- Dec 8, 2017
- 8 min
"I really want to take my mom to the Oscars"
Jhosimar Vasquez is a Los Angeles based film director, originally from Peru. His recent film, The Scorpion's Tale, won the Top Shorts...
Pierre Van de Kerckhove, Director of ALZHAÏMOUR
- Aug 28, 2017
- 4 min
The Making Of ALZHAÏMOUR
I made and produced documentary films for over twenty years without ever thinking about making a Fiction Film until the day I had to deal...
Lee O'Connor, Director of Solo
- May 31, 2017
- 5 min
The journey of my film ‘Solo’
The creation of ‘Solo’ I have always been fascinated by the vast ocean of space and what we as a human race have explored. After the...
Liam Newton, Director of Star Light, Star Bright
- May 9, 2017
- 5 min
Natural Selection – Adapting to your limits
Thanks to availability of comparatively cheap, easy-to-use graphics software, it's easy to think that all things are now possible when it...
Written by Katie Garibaldi
- May 6, 2017
- 5 min
How I Finally Learned Things Go Wrong For a Reason (So Why Worry?)
Being an independent singer/songwriter, I wear many hats and juggle lots of responsibilities and duties. So as you can imagine, with all...
Written by Samuel E. Mac
- Apr 28, 2017
- 5 min
Less is More – A Minimalist Approach to a Short Genre Film
I’m a daydreamer. Always have been. It’s gotten me into trouble a few times and I’ve been told to ‘get my head out the clouds’ more times...
Mark Renshaw, Writer of "Surrender"
- Mar 1, 2017
- 4 min
Changing the Narrative around Addiction in Film
My first experience with addiction on film was by far the most memorable and realistic. Back in 1986 a children’s TV program about a...
Written by Dennis Cahlo, Director of The Weekend
- Oct 26, 2016
- 4 min
"Beyond all those lessons, I learned never to give up"
2001: A Space Odyssey was the first film I can ever remember seeing. Not watching. Seeing. As a whole. As a piece. I happened upon it...
Interview with Danna Wallace
- Sep 26, 2016
- 4 min
"As a Director, You Really Have to Learn to Not Doubt Yourself"
Danna Wallace is an up-and-coming filmmaker whose work we value. We had the pleasure to chat with Danna about some of the challenges she...
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