short fORMS resources

 SHORT FILMS

• "A Teachable Moment" by Jason Jeffrey (7 minutes)
• "Balance" by Mark Ram (10 minutes)
• "Best" by William Oldroyd (3 minutes)
• "Dig" by Toby Halbrooks (9 minutes)
• "Doh" by Andrew Ahn (10 minutes)
• "Ella" by Dan Chen (15 minutes)
• "Hala" by Minhal Baig (13 minutes)
• "H.B." by Gaspar Palacio (1 minute)
• "High Hoops" by Tanner Jarman (13 minutes)
• "I Feel Stupid" by Milena Pastreich (15 minutes) 
• "I'm Not the Indian You Had in Mind," Thomas King (5 minutes)
• Indigenous Films You Should Be Watching
• "Nine Behind" by Sophy Romvari (11 minutes)
• "Partners" by Joey Ally (6 minutes)
• "Places, Thank You, Places" written (and starring) ​Gary Richardson and directed by J.J. Adler (22 minutes)
• "The Baby" by Ali Asgari (18 minutes)
• "The Stutterer" by Benjamin Cleary (13 minutes)
• "We are in this Apart" by Yung Chang (4:48 minutes)

​SHORT FILM SITES

• Canadian Reflections
• Films Short
• Film Shortage
• ​No Budge Film
• National Screen Institute (NSI)
• Indigenous Cinema (National Film Board)
• Short of the Week
• Story Hive
• Video Bank (art films and videos)

SHORT FILM FESTIVALS

• Film Freeway (submission platform site)

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WEB SERIES

• Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog (2008)
• Lonelygirl15 (2006) - About Lonelygirl15
• The Guild (2007)
• The Mis-adaventures of an Awkward Black Girl (2011)

​WEB SERIES FESTIVALS ~ AWARDS ~ PLATFORMS

• Channel 101
• DC Web Fest
• Hollyweb Festival
• Indie Series Awards
• Itvfest
• NYTVF - New York TV Festival
• Raindance Web Fest & The British Independent Series Awards  
• The Streamy Awards
• TO Webfest  
• Vancouver Web Fest

RECOMMENDED READING
Scriptwriting for Web Series: Writing for the Digital Age by Marie Drennan, Yuri Baranovsky, and Vlad Baranovsky

VIDEO POETRY

• ​Ego of a Nation Video Poem - by Janet Rogers (3:17 minutes)