Features might get all the glitzy attention, but short films are the backbone of the cinematic world. From Martin Scorsese (“The Big Shave,” 1967) to Wes Anderson (“Bottle Rocket,” 1994) to ...

The prevailing wisdom is this: don’t do it. “It’s insane,” they’ll say. “A waste of money and time and resources,” they’ll whisper. Don’t make that short film. Don’t go to film festivals. Don’t pour ...

Short films are transforming the world of modern visual storytelling. They offer creativity without limits, emotional impact ...

The beauty of film as art is that it contains a variety of forms. It can be a fictional, narrative story that springs out of the imagination of a writer, or a documentary that details historical ...

Gregory Kasunich is the director of the short film "The Heart of Texas," which he co-wrote with the film's star, Lauren Noll. The film plays this week at the Coronado Island Film Festival. In the ...