I have had my dalliances with great little short films throughout the years, and I'd love to share some of my more memorable and most recent cinematic favorites with the community. I hope it sparks something within you, too, to recall a time when you encountered an especially superb short film, and share it with us as well.
For those are unfamiliar with the term, it is generally regarded as so (via wiki):
Short subject is a technical description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. The description is now used almost interchangeably with short film. Either term is often abbreviated to short (as a noun, e.g. "a short").
Although the North American definition generally refers to films between 20 and 40 minutes, the definition refers to much shorter films in Europe, Latin America and Australasia. In New Zealand, for instance, the description can be used to describe any film that has a duration longer than one minute and shorter than 15 minutes. The North American definition also tends to focus much more on character whereas the European and Australasian forms tend to depend much more on visual drama and plot twists. In this way, the North American form can be understood to be a derivation of the feature film form, usually acting as a platform for aspirant Hollywood directors. Elsewhere, short films tend to work as showcases for cinematographers and commercial directors.
I kinda created this thread as an offshoot discussion of '
The Animated Shorts' thread, but this thread is more opt to be aimed at real-life instances of short films (think live-action or documentary), instead of say, computer-generated flicks, hand-drawn comics, or
traditional cartoons.
So, if you have either of those to share, it perhaps is best served if it were to be posted within the more appropriate venue above. Thank you.