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    A FIVE POUND SHORT
    Michael Tracy
    • Apr 26, 2016
    • 3 min

    A FIVE POUND SHORT

    How do you keep going when you have a day job, busy family schedule and financial commitments that just can’t be put off? I came into...
    RANDOM THOUGHTS
    Cindy Maples, Director of RANDOM
    • Apr 22, 2016
    • 2 min

    RANDOM THOUGHTS

    For me, writing, directing, producing and starring in a short film was kind of “sure let’s do that and see how it goes” kind of thing. It...
    "WE NEED TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN FILMMAKING"
    An Interview With Top Shorts Director, Roy Zafrani
    • Oct 1, 2015
    • 1 min

    "WE NEED TO EMPOWER WOMEN IN FILMMAKING"

    "I’ve come across Roy’s works while working for an NGO. And I couldn’t resist not to contact him. As we started to talk I began to feel a...
    TWO DETERMINED INDIVIDUALS | Alex Bains
    Top Shorts Team
    • Jul 10, 2015
    • 3 min

    TWO DETERMINED INDIVIDUALS | Alex Bains

    Creating a movie is a fragile process which requires dedication and the endless refinement of your work. Like Michelangelo sculpting the...
    VOYAGE OF PERSONAL GROWTH | Adam Nelson
    Top Shorts Team
    • Jul 1, 2015
    • 3 min

    VOYAGE OF PERSONAL GROWTH | Adam Nelson

    As a young filmmaker, I constantly try to make a point of evaluating the personal growth that I gain as a result of making a film: I ask...
    GUESS WHO RULES THE WORLD | Thomas Kaufmann, Michael Mehring
    Top Shorts Team
    • Jun 30, 2015
    • 2 min

    GUESS WHO RULES THE WORLD | Thomas Kaufmann, Michael Mehring

    Alekto is a science fiction short film which invokes questions about conspiracy theories and the entire evolution of man. An earthling is...
    THE ABSENCE OF PRESENCE | Justin Suttles
    Top Shorts Team
    • Jun 28, 2015
    • 2 min

    THE ABSENCE OF PRESENCE | Justin Suttles

    Making Hominid was an absolute joy. In fact, it might have been the best filmmaking experience of my life thus far. It's amazing what you...
    LIVE OR DIE! | Michael McCallum
    Top Shorts Team
    • Jun 8, 2015
    • 1 min

    LIVE OR DIE! | Michael McCallum

    TAKE A PENNY came about from a few tough years that I faced. I lost three close friends one after the other. Two to cancer and one to a...
    BEING A KID AGAIN | Gabe Rodriguez
    Top Shorts Team
    • Jun 7, 2015
    • 4 min

    BEING A KID AGAIN | Gabe Rodriguez

    The story behind SF OLYMPICS probably says more about me than the filming process. For years now, I’ve been an indie filmmaker in NYC,...
    THE DELICIOUS AGONY OF WRITING | Mark Renshaw
    Top Shorts Team
    • Jun 4, 2015
    • 2 min

    THE DELICIOUS AGONY OF WRITING | Mark Renshaw

    What if you were talking to a charming stranger, while the rest of your family were being murdered close by? What if you were so wrapped...
    BOMBS IN BOURNEMOUTH | Toryn Westcott
    Top Shorts Team
    • Jun 1, 2015
    • 4 min

    BOMBS IN BOURNEMOUTH | Toryn Westcott

    In 2012 I was working in Philadelphia, and one evening I was lying in my hotel bed trying to get to sleep. I was drifting off nicely,...
    TIMEZONE TBD | Gabriel Galand
    Top Shorts Team
    • May 21, 2015
    • 3 min

    TIMEZONE TBD | Gabriel Galand

    A filmmaking story - On shooting at night and working with different timezones. Hi! I'm Gabriel, I'm a 23 years old director from France...
    GOING THE EXTRA MILE WITH YOUR FILM | Ruben Navarro
    Top Shorts Team
    • Apr 26, 2015
    • 3 min

    GOING THE EXTRA MILE WITH YOUR FILM | Ruben Navarro

    When I decided to make a short film, I had some ideas to take into consideration. The tricky part was to find the right story, something...
    THE ETERNAL DANCE OF FILM | Emmet O'Brien
    Top Shorts Team
    • Apr 11, 2015
    • 2 min

    THE ETERNAL DANCE OF FILM | Emmet O'Brien

    Animation has always been a huge passion of mine. Ever since I was a child I thrilled to the world of ink and motion and have wanted to...
    RAMBLINGS ON WRITING FROM A RANDOM DUDE | Rob Carpenter
    Top Shorts Team
    • Mar 23, 2015
    • 4 min

    RAMBLINGS ON WRITING FROM A RANDOM DUDE | Rob Carpenter

    So it's 2015. I seem to find myself awe struck at those numbers. Of course, It's really about the amount of time that has passed since I...
    YOUR CREW COULD MAKE OR BREAK YOUR FILM | James Peaty
    Top Shorts Team
    • Mar 8, 2015
    • 4 min

    YOUR CREW COULD MAKE OR BREAK YOUR FILM | James Peaty

    There’s an old saying that goes: you’re only ever as good as the people you work with. That’s certainly true, but in my experience those...
    WHY I’M ADDICTED TO FILMMAKING | Daniel Webb
    Top Shorts Team
    • Mar 5, 2015
    • 6 min

    WHY I’M ADDICTED TO FILMMAKING | Daniel Webb

    I often believe that filmmaking is an addiction. Most people that you talk to, after they have poured their heart and soul into a single...
    MAKING A FILM WITH FEMALE CHARACTERS ONLY | Karlos Alastruey
    Top Shorts Team
    • Feb 23, 2015
    • 2 min

    MAKING A FILM WITH FEMALE CHARACTERS ONLY | Karlos Alastruey

    Along my filmography I have been finding certain details that define a way of understanding film creation on my own terms. One of them...
    THE FLAME BURNS BRIGHTLY | Mike Messier
    Top Shorts Team
    • Feb 22, 2015
    • 2 min

    THE FLAME BURNS BRIGHTLY | Mike Messier

    It was an easy shoot. We captured a feeling, an transcendent nature of time and space, in a relatively short period of time. I was a...
    WE LOVE FILMS. WHO DOESN'T? | Roy Zafrani, Top Shorts' Director and Founder
    Top Shorts Team
    • Feb 21, 2015
    • 2 min

    WE LOVE FILMS. WHO DOESN'T? | Roy Zafrani, Top Shorts' Director and Founder

    Introducing Top Shorts Online Film Festival When I was younger, starting my career in the film industry, I found out that there were so...
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