ArtShots: She Just Gotta Dance

The ArtShots competition was conceived to bring audiences a glimpse of the talent that lives within the community’s vibrant art scene. The bonus showed up when the stories told through the ArtShots clips also brought forth the inspiring stories of artists who would not quit. Tony Smith delivered this clip about an artist who is made for [...]

ArtShots: An Invitation to Listen

The hope held by the creators of ArtShots was that filmmakers would find inspiration in their arts partners, and that audiences would be inspired by the collaboration between filmmaker and performer. We have a feeling that audiences will discover that hope having been met by this clip created by Teresa Widdowson and singer/songwriter duo Bev [...]

ArtShots: Featuring Amy Obenski

The concept of ArtShots was born from a desire to interconnect the indie filmmaking community with the richness of the Silicon Valley arts community.  The competition pairs one participant from each community and challenges them to make a 90 second micro-documentary that captures the essence of the artist or arts organization. The finalists from the [...]

It’s Gettin’ Real … Where?!

When you look in the coolerator and see that you’re out of quinoa and mango salsa — there’s only one thing to do. Get yourself to the Whole Foods parking lot! There’s nothing we can add to this. Genius sometimes shows up equipped with its own shopping bags.

Go Green, It Works, Maybe

The folks from Viral Media Networks charmed audiences with a short film for the San Francisco 2011 Go Green competition. They had just one weekend to create this (as is tradition for 48 Hour Film Project events) and they were assigned a character, line of dialog and a prop. This story was a finalist for [...]

Life and The Streets

One thing we love about 48 Hour Film Project films is that they often capture the look and tone of the cities where they are created. We found that this entry from the Tampa/St. Petersburg competition took us back to the seamier side of Ybor City. (Not that we’ve actually been there ourselves, just that [...]

Beneath the Surface

We mostly focus on short film here, but occasionally we are compelled to share work from a different genre. The independent filmmakers who created this music video demonstrate that they are quite serious about their craft. The look and feel of San Francisco are on full display here in this tasty music video. Hopefully it [...]

Can’t Get Enough Motown

We loved this performance of an old Motown standard. Girls, whatever your species, you MUST be able to get all the way through this one, just as a guitarist must learn Johnny B Goode. See what you think of this alien girl’s rendition We thought you might like that.

Just Once in an Eva Moon

Some things are rare, and some things are rare and equally beautiful. Meet Eva Moon and see if you don’t agree with us that she’s definitely both. Keep an eye out for this talented lady because we’re certain she’ll be up to good mischief again soon. Kudos to Ideajuice Studios for a delightfully whimsical visualization.

Inward Journey

We’ve been looking for work by promising Machinima artists lately.  This piece by Iono Allen caught our eye and it may catch yours too. We recommend clicking through to watch it on the native YouTube page, and be sure to run the resolution up to maximum if your network connection will support it. Look for [...]