Given 16 minutes of your life to spend watching a short film, would you click on one described on YouTube as "a homeless 7-year-old who lives on the beach makes and sells 'stick people' to get by"?

There is no one way to break into the movie business. But one of the most dependable routes for decades has been to make a short film, submit it to festivals, and then hope someone with money or power ...

Here's where to watch the nominees for best animated short film, best live-action short film and best documentary short film. By Rudie Obias, Danielle Directo-Meston If you purchase an independently ...

Sundance on Monday debuted the list of short films to be presented at this year’s festival. 57 were selected, in total, with shorts to screen as part of eight curated programs that will include ...