Editor’s Introduction

The ‘Editor’s Introduction’ notes the interview, articles and book review published in Issue 14.1. In the interview, Somalian filmmaker Mo Harawe talks about his recent short film, Will My Parents Come to See Me (2023). The articles include those that address the American Film Institute’s long-term and unprecedented project to incorporate short films into its catalogue; the New Zealand anthology television series, Beyond the Veil , which features the work of Māori, Samoan, Filipino and Chinese New Zealand storytellers; Spike Jonze’s ‘screendance’ shorts that combine dance with the format of live music video; renowned filmmaker Charles Burnett’s two short films, Several Friends (1969) and The Horse (1973); the critical and theoretical distinction between the fiction art short and the classical short; the legendary filmmaker Youssef Chahine’s personal portrait of the Egyptian city of Cairo in Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine (1991) and a review of the book, Richard Green in South African Cinema (2023).