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EXCLUSIVE: Google's dogfight with TikTok for dominance in the shortform video space has a new combat zone – the courts. The UK's Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, to be precise, and a potential David in Shorts International Ltd trying to tackle the tech goliath. In what could shape up to be a long-term dust-up…

ShortsTV is presenting The Game Changers: Oscar Winning Shorts That Shaped Hollywood, a virtual theatrical event spotlighting four Oscar-winning short films selected for their roles in “changing storytelling expectations in Hollywood.” The pics selected are Bear Story (Best Animation 2016), God of Love (Best Live…

Every year, ShortsTV brings the best in short film to the big screen, with a presentation of Oscar nominated shorts in the Animated, Live-Action and Documentary arenas. While movie theaters only recently reopened in Los Angeles and Orange County—with Covid cases, hospitalizations and fatalities on the descent—the…

ShortsTV has partnered with over 60 indie theaters in the U.S. and Asia to launch an initiative that will support independent theaters impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The cable TV channel dedicated to short films has created an online cinema release series that will be made available to viewers starting June…

EXCLUSIVE: TVCortos, which programs short-form Spanish entertainment, has launched in Mexico via a deal with a top pay-TV provider, Megacable. ShortsTV, a channel dedicated to short movies that is known in the U.S. for, among other things, backing theatrical programs of Oscar-nominated shorts, is the curator of…

We won’t know the Oscar nominees for another three weeks, but ShortsTV and Magnolia Pictures said today that they are teaming again to release The 2020 Oscar Nominated Short Films in theaters next month. Starting January 31, the 15th annual program — which will includes all 15 live-action, animated and documentary…

EXCLUSIVE: Live-action short film Skin, which won an Oscar earlier this year is set to air on ShortsTV along with a slew of other Oscar-nominated shorts. The film, which is directed by Guy Nattiv, tells the story of a young boy who has an innocent encounter with a black man at a supermarket and his parents react to…

Three days after the 90th Academy Award nominees were announced, we have theatrical playdates for the short films that made the cut. ShortsHD, a cable channel dedicated to short films, and Magnolia Pictures are teaming to put The 2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films in moviehouses on five continents February 9. The 13th…

The newly rebranded short film channel ShortsTV – formerly ShortsHD – this weekend will launch Shorts to Features, a new programming series that pairs films from the Lionsgate library with actor-related short films. Shorts to Features couples the Lionsgate library movies with shorts starring actors before they landed…