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📅 This Week on Short of the Week

🔗 10 Things We’re Paying Attention To

1. A bunch of new members have just been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Congrats! We created a Shortverse collection to highlight folks we know from the world of shorts.

2. Phew! Looks like another work stoppage will be avoided as IATSE, which represents behind-the-scenes craftspeople, reached a tentative agreement with the AMPTP on a new deal.

3. A new Matthew Ball essay is out, bringing his customary analytical rigor to the decline of theatrical moviegoing. He attempts to debunk many of the popular explanations, including the “ticket prices are too high” theory I subscribe to.

4. A lot of people blame Netflix for Theatrical’s tough state of affairs. Still, I found this piece that details the technological progression of Netflix’s video encoding strategies to be fascinating.

5. NeRF volumetric VR video for Quest and Vision Pro has arrived, and it's open source! Thanks to Director’s Library for turning us on this bit of news, and if neither of the first two words made sense to you, here is a decent explainer.

6. The '“AI is a tool, not a replacement” argument took a hit as the first AI-generated advertisement from a major brand is here. It’s objectively bad but has kicked off a fresh round of controversy.

7. A filmmaker we’ve championed for over a decade, Danny Madden, is gearing up for a new feature. A stripped-down story about a street busker trying to piece his life together and shot on handycam(!), the production is crowdfunding on Kickstarter.

8. Screen Daily released their annual “Stars of Tomorrow” feature for UK and Irish talent. Congrats to S/W Alums Abdou Cissé & Thea Gajić for grabbing spots.

9. The alum viewing recommendation for the week? Fresh off her Academy invite, Minhal Baig’s We Grown Now hits digital.

10. What is Netflix House? The streaming giant announces its foray into IRL experiences. This got us thinking—if there was a ShortFilmLand, what experiences would you want to try?

🎊 Festival Updates

• Palm Springs Shortfest Announces Winners

• Asia’s biggest short film festival, Short Shorts, announces its winners

• Short Shorts also operates a Virtual Theater with over 100 shorts. There are two days left to purchase a ticket.

• Next fest up for the S/W Team? Chelsea heads to Fantasia in 3 weeks!

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