Oscilloscope Laboratories will be partnering with Mailchimp again this year for the free streaming event #SupportTheShorts, which features a variety of SXSW Film Festival shorts on the Mailchimp Presents streaming platform. The Support the Shorts initiative was launched last year when SXSW was canceled due to the pandemic, causing short filmmakers to miss out on having their work seen by such a large audience.
While SXSW returned this year with an online event, the decision was made to continue Support the Shorts to keep many of the event’s shorts in the spotlight. The short film event will also come with a new set of awards to recognize titles that will be played for free for people around the world to view.
“We are very proud to bring back Support the Shorts, a collection of short films from SXSW, for the second year!” Sarita Alami, head of programming at Mailchimp Studios, said in a statement. “Although the festival has returned to its online format, we wanted to continue to find ways to support the SXSW filmmaker community and shed light on their work. We are particularly delighted to present a new set of awards to honor the filmmakers who are bringing works of art to our screens in unprecedented times. “
Dan Berger, President of Oscilloscope Laboratories, added: “It is always exciting to feel emboldened and empowered to do a good job and we are so grateful that Mailchimp and SXSW gave us that opportunity. There are so many new voices on display at SXSW and we appreciate that Mailchimp has taken steps to allow those voices to be heard by the widest audience possible. We are just pawns in this game, so thank you for inviting us to the board! “
“We are delighted that Mailchimp Presents has returned for a second year to celebrate and support SXSW’s short film programming by featuring a collection of short films from SXSW Online this year,” said Janet Pierson, SXSW Film Festival Film Director. “It’s great that creators are able to share their work more and it’s gratifying for all of us that we have more time to enjoy this fantastic new work.” You can see the full list of shorts below.
- Narrative shorts
- You still there? (Directors / Writers: Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis)
- Chuj Boys of Summer (director: Max Walker-Silverman; screenwriters: Marcos Ordoñez Ixwalanhkej Mendoza and Max Walker-Silverman)
- Trip (director / screenwriter: Ève Saint-Louis)
- Marvin had never had coffee before (director: Andrew Carter; screenwriters: Andrew Carter and Kahlil Maskati)
- The nipple whisperer (director / writer: Jan Van Dyck)
- The other morgan (director / writer: Alison Rich)
- Pleasure (director / writer: Molly Gillis)
- Hourly sales (directors: Michelle Uranowitz and Daniel Jaffe; screenwriter: Michelle Uranowitz) Sisters (director / screenwriter: Jess Brunetto)
- Squeegee (director / writer: Morgan Krantz)
- Documentary short films
- Plant robbery (Directors: Chelsi de Cuba & Gabriel de Cuba)
- Ten dilated blades (directors: Kate E. Hinshaw and Ebony Blanding)
- Trade Center (director: Adam Baran)
- Animated shorts
- Our bed is green (director / writer: Maggie Brennan)
- Midnight shorts
- Film (director / screenwriter: Ariel Zengotita)
- Joanne is dead (director / writer: Brian Sacca)
- Expensive (director / writer: Leah Shore)
- Reklaw (director / writer: Polaris Banks)
- Run that shit! (Director: Tristan Kim; Writers: Tristan Kim and Will Allyn Robinson) Significant Other (Director / Writer: Quinn George)
- Stuffed (Director: Theo Rhys; Writers: Theo Rhys and Joss Holden-Rea)
- A better forgotten tale (director / writer: Tomas Stark)
- Texas Shorts
- Evil one (directors: Morgan Bond and Nickolas Grisham; writers: Nickolas Grisham and Curtis McOsker)
- The unlikely fan (directors: Sai Selvarajan and Jeff Bednarz; screenwriter: Sai Selvarajan)
- Texas High School Shorts
- Beyond the model (director: Jessica Lin)
- Holographic dreams (director: Satvik Shankar; screenwriter: Jackson Coates)
- Episodic pilots
- Dale’s House (Showrunner: Julie Lake; Director: Kat Whalen; Writers: Matt Kirsch & Julie Lake; Producers: Matt Kirsch, Julie Lake & Dana Fares)
- For the record (showrunner: Julian De Zotti; directors: Lisa Baylin and Julian De Zotti; screenwriter: Julian De Zotti; producer: Lisa Baylin)
All these shorts are now streamed free on Mailchimp. Selections from last year’s Support the Shorts are also available to view on the site.
Reference-movieweb.com
