It is a daily short film discussion, one short per day, of a short suggested by an iCM forum user (or myself, ehem).
WHEN is "Short of the Day"?
Every day at around 8:00 AM GMT.
But WHY?
Most people can find enough time per day to watch a 1-minute short, a 5-minute short, a 15-minute short, or however long the particular short happens to be, and to exchange some words about it. So why don't we just do it? They deserve to be looked at closely just as much as any feature film. It's about calling attention to works from a marginalized format, and to take them seriously.
What constitutes a short?
Short answer: Any optical-accounstic work under 30 or so minutes.
Longer answer: When I say a "short" I mean it in the widest sense of the word. It can be anything from a music video to an ad (commercial) to any random thing on YouTube, and it certainly doesn't need to have an IMDb page to qualify.
There are only two conditions for a short or a video to qualify:
) -It should be short...obviously. 30 minutes already is very long in the context of this project. Preferably I would like to keep them to 20 minutes max. If they are under 10 minutes I would be even happier. And there is no limit to how short it can be. It only runs 30 seconds? Fine!
-) It needs to be readily available to everyone as a video stream. YouTube, vimeo, dailymotion, etc.
What do you want from me?
I want your shorts!!! You heard me. You send me a PM and suggest one or several shorts along with their respective streaming links. I will also post any comment you have on the short in the OP. In fact, since I already want to provide some food for thought in the OP for the other users, it would be very much prefer if I also receive some text from you to accompany it. Think of it as being you who is starting the thread, I really only present the short on your behalf.
Your comment can simply be your personal thoughts about the film, anything that you already know you want to say about it. Or maybe you want to steer the conversation into a particular direction and you want to pose some questions to the other posters. Or maybe you have some information or insights about the short that you think will help others appreciate the film. It doesn't need to be much, but of course the more the better. The less work I have to put into the presentation of your short the more likely I'll select it. All credit for any comments you send me will go to you, of course.
What is the ideal short for the project?
I'll tell you what isn't the ideal short, 'La jetée' and the latest Oscar nominated short films. Be creative. The purpose of "Short of the Day" is to talk about shorts that otherwise aren't enough talked about in a serious way, and to get introduced to interesting stuff that users aren't likely to have already seen. If you suggest the latest Coca Cola commercial with Britney Spears because you want to use it as a platform to advocate ads as an artform you are welcome to do so. Or if you want to introduce people to a favorite obscure short of yours you are also more than welcome to do so provided that you can also write a bit about it in order to hopefully generate a bit of discussion.
Still got questions?
Fire away!
Previous Shorts of the Day:
IMDb list: http://www.imdb.com/list/ls020386940/
iCM list: https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/icm+forums+short+of+the+day/fergenaprido/
letterboxd list: https://letterboxd.com/dqkets/list/icmforums-short-of-the-day/
#1 Hennessy X.O (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2790&
#2 Brain Lapse (Jake Fried, 2014)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2792&
#3 Fokus (Ivan Martinac, 1967)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2796&
#4 Uncanny Valley (Federico Heller, 2015)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2797&
#5 Elu Herman H. Rottiga / Life with Herman H. Rott (Chintis Lundgren, 2015)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2798&
#6 Predvečerje / Evening (Eduard Galic, 1966)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2802&
#7 Seeking Refuge: Drawing for Memory (Andy Glynne, 2012)

http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2804&
#8 Colloque de chiens / Dog's Dialogue (Raoul Ruiz (Raúl Ruiz), 1977)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2808&
#9 Affaires de cœur / Affairs of Hearts (Émile Cohl, 1909)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2812&
#10 Voda a práca / Water and Labor (Martin Slivka, 1964)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2815&
#11 High-Tech Exploration par Johanna Vaude (Johanna Vaude, 2016)
http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2818&
#12 Evil Mexican Child (Michael Noonan, 2014)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2820&
#13 有棵树 / A Tree in Tanjung Malim (Tan Chui Mui, 2004)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2822&
#14 Ninja & Soldier (Isamu Hirabayashi, 2013)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2825&
#15 The Emperor of Time (Drew Christie, 2016)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2827&
#16 Yearbook (Bernardo Britto, 2014)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2828&
#17 Judgement Day / Massive Annihilation of Fetuses / Micro Drama (Manuel De Landa, 1983)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2830&
#18 Mlad i radostan / Young and Joyful (Mario Gaborović, 2017)
http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2834&
#19 Beauty (Rino Stefano Tagliafierro, 2014)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2838&
#20 Bobby Yeah (Robert Morgan, 2011)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2839&
#21 Interstice (Andrew Thomas Huang, 2016)
http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2843&
#22 Gravity (Nicolas Provost, 2006)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2847&
#23 Перевал / Pereval / The Pass (Vladimir Tarasov, 1988)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2849&
#24 Sphinx on the Seine (Paul Clipson, 2009)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2850&
#25 Terarij / Terrarium (Hana Jušić, 2012)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2855&
#26 Provincial School (Ivan Maximov/Maksimov, 1992)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2860&
#27 Marilyn Manson - I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) (Paul Hunter, 1998)

http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2862&
#28 Couch Gag for The Sampsans Epasode Numbar 553 "Clown in the Dumps" (Don Hertzfeldt, 2014)
http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2867&
#29 Breath Death (Stan VanDerBeek, 1964)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2871&
#30 Papá Wrestling (Fernando Alle, 2009)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2873&
#31 Arca - Now You Know (Jesse Kanda, 2014)
http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2876&
#32 Kad te moja čakija ubode / When My Knife Strikes You (Krsto Papić, 1968)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2882&
#33 H Is for House (Peter Greenaway, 1973)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2884&
#34 车四十四 / Bus 44 (Dayyan Eng, 2001)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2886&
#35 Vibraciones (Guis brothers, 2014)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2889&
#36 Die Nashörner / Rhinoceros (Jan Lenica, 1964)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2891&
#37 The News Hasn't Happened Yet #1 (David Firth, 2017)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2892&
#38 Raging Balls of Steel Justice (Michael Mort, 2013)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2895&
#39 1923 aka Heaven (Max Hattler, 2010)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2897&
#40 Světlonoš / The Torchbearer (Václav Švankmajer, 2005)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2898&
#41 Sshtoorrty (Michael Snow, 2005)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2902&
#42 White Hole (Toshio Matsumoto, 1979)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2910&
#43 Holy Smoke - Fake DMT Commercial (Danny Merk, 2015)
http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2912&
#44 Diskžokej / Disc Jockey (Jiří Barta, 1980)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2914&
#45 Loom (Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay, 2010)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2916&
#46 Energie! (Thorsten Fleisch, 2007)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2919&
#47 Feeling My Way (Jonathan Hodgson, 1997)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2922&
#48 The Pharmacist (Arthur Ripley, 1933)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2929&
#49 Habit Patterns (riffed by Josh Way) (Knickerbocker Productions, 1954)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2933&
#50 Bad Burns (Paul Sharits, 1982)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2935&
#51 Elephants Dream (Bassam Kurdali, 2006)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2937&
#52 Lykantropia (Piotr Dumała, 1981)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2941&
#53 La femme-squelette / The Skeleton Woman (Sarah Van den Boom, 2009)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2943&
#54 Love's Refrain (Paul Clipson, 2016)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2944&
#55 Daft Punk - Prime Time of Your Life (Tony Gardner, 2006)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2946&
#56 Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns (Pardis Parker, 2009)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2949&
#57 The Fountain of Youth (Orson Welles, 1958)


http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2951&
#58 Inhale Atlanta - Atlanta Season 1 Promo (Rebecca Joelson, 2016)
http://forum.icmforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=2952&
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