We’ve all felt this making short films.
You know what you want it to be
but not always how to get there.
So we built Rover.
🎞️ Watch festival-winning shorts
📄 Read the scripts
🎙️ Director commentary (on the process)
🧬 Study the tech DNA
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Filmed on a real deer farm with non-actors, a ritual passed down from father to son culminates in a Sundance-winning revelation.
📼 Watch The Stag
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only on Rover · rover.stream
Written and directed by An Chu
@chu_chien_an@canada30413@yaaanrong
Salomé Villeneuve on having fun, staying present, and learning to let go of control while making III.
III is now streaming on Rover, alongside the full director’s commentary on the process ✨
Inspired by Salomé Villeneuve’s own childhood memories with her brothers, III turns siblinghood into something intimate, feral and quietly haunting in this Venice-selected short.
🎞️ Watch III
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🎙️ Director’s commentary on the process
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only on Rover · rover.stream
Written and directed by Salomé Villeneuve
For this week’s Playbook Interview, internationally acclaimed filmmaker David Michôd on the leap from short films to features.
Animal Kingdom and The King director breaks down the fundamental differences between making a short and a feature, how his early shorts opened doors, what makes a short film actually stand out and the challenges of transitioning from festival recognition to a sustainable directing career.
Watch now in the Playbook section, exclusively for Rover subscribers.
Winner of Sundance’s Short Film Grand Jury Prize, Kayla Abuda Galang’s coming-of-age stoner comedy is funny, hazy and deeply felt.
🎞️ Watch When You Left Me on That Boulevard
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🎙️ Director’s commentary on the process
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Written and directed by Kayla Abuda Galang
@nannerisms@aleafeon_a@davedawave@udoyrahim@sammyrenshi@andrajinee@krillpish@melissify@whitney.agustin
Kayla Abuda Galang on editing the film before shooting.
When You Left Me on That Boulevard is now streaming on Rover, alongside the full director’s commentary on the process 🍃
