artshortfilms

HUGH

2012-01-23T16:16:00.000-08:00

This is a very nice short film that takes you into the fascinating world of the ancient Apaches, where an old shaman is telling a story to 3 young children.
Ages ago, the human beings had big troubles because the sky was too low, therefore the birds could not fly , the tree could not grow, and men were bended.One day, a group of small children decided to change things and attempted to raise the sky with stocks......

Based on an Apache Legend Hugh has been done by 4 students from french school ESMA (ESMA École Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques)

Official Website : hugh-lefilm.com

My website : sylvain-nouveau.com
credit :
MATHIEU NAVARRO
SYLVAIN NOUVEAU
AURORE TURBE
FRANCOIS POMMIEZ

Mount Head - Atama Yama (2002)

2011-12-18T14:43:00.000-08:00

A miserly man eats the pits of some cherries he can't stand throwing out. A tree starts growing from the top of his head. He cuts it off; it grows back. After a while, he gives up and lets it grow, but the crowds that gather on top of his head to enjoy the tree (and leave huge mounds of trash) eventually drive him to uproot the tree. This leaves a crater on top of his head, which fills with water, which becomes a popular lake.

"Mount Head" was nominated for the Oscar Award in 2003 (Best short film section), won the Annecy Cristal (2003), the Grand Prix at Hiroshima International Animation Festival (2004) and the Grand Prize at Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films.

Directed by Koji Yamamura.
Narration, Shamisen play - Takeharu Kunimoto.

The Man Without a Head (2003)

2011-12-15T15:20:00.000-08:00

An ordinary room overlooking a vast industrial landscape. In the distance, the ocean as far as the eye can see. With a nostalgic air, the man without a head dances with lively steps. A bow tie is tied. A photograph, with a dazzling look from the one he loves. He prepares himself for the romantic rendezvous. Tonight, he will declare his love. For such an occasion, he shall buy a head.

Made over 4 years by Juan Solanas, who previously worked as a cinematographer, it's not only visually and technically accomplished, but also sensitively drawn - a great example of how a short can be every bit as entertaining and moving as a feature. The film won a raft of awards around the world including the Jury Prize at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and France's leading award, the Cesar.

"We're living in a period where cinema is a product; movies are becoming more and more commercialized. Short films are one of the last real places for artistic freedom - they're important to celebrate just for that." Juan Solanas

Directed by: Juan Solanas

The Man Without a Head on Vimeo.

Banana (Despicable Me)

2011-11-28T14:33:00.000-08:00

Following in the footsteps of Pixar. Illumination Entertainment has released Despicable Meand they’ve included three new short films: “Banana”, “Home Makeover” and “Orientation Day”, the mini movies all feature the cute lovable yellow minion creatures.

Banana. Banana? Banana! The adorable yellow minions of Despicable Me return, and this time, it’s not to carry out evil schemes of super villain Gru (Steve Carell), but to advise on the importance of a well-balanced diet. Despite slightly resembling bananas themselves, these tiny capsules are simply bananasover the fruit (which means they want to eat themselves?

sample

Don't swim after lunch

2011-10-28T15:24:00.000-07:00

This is a surprising movie...as someone says on Vimeo: "amazing how you are able to combine this real table world with your graphic world and still dont break the suspention of disbelieve"
Great work.The underwater part blow my mind :))

Don't swim after lunch from Jens Blank on Vimeo.

Direction & Design /// Jens Blank

Prod. Company /// MCQ Films
DOP /// David Liddell
Sound /// Jussi Honka
Music /// Paul Pringle
additional animation /// Bence Varga & Balogh Zsolt

Parigot

2011-10-21T02:50:00.000-07:00

You're hungry? Whatch this..:))
Nice animation.... impressive backgrounds, music and history complement each other perfectly and the animation is flawless, which makes the whole an exquisite short
Directors: Axel Digoix, Geoffrey Lerus, Mehdi Alavi, Alexandre Wolfromm, Loïc Bramoullé.

parigot-animated short film from liok on Vimeo.

Original music by Arash Safaian

one step forward

2011-09-28T06:26:00.000-07:00

Really clever job, very intriguing and lead to a great ending! This would have been incredible even if it took you months to produce. The fact that he made it in 48 hours is all the more incredible.
directed by ben crowell and joel marsh
written by all
music by luke bradford
cinematography by joel marsh
starring ben crowell and mali macconnell
sound by jake young
production dynamo- andrew wood

one step forward (award winning 48 hour film project) from ben crowell on Vimeo.

award winning 48 hour film project
winner
**best film**
**best directing**
**best cinematography**
**best editing**
**group c audience award**

The Alphabet 2

2011-09-21T14:36:00.000-07:00

The Alphabet 2- a horn book video experiment - is a developmental spelling - video where each character visually represents the meaning of the word itself. Playing with different techniques and materials into little and big spaces, but always focusing on Helvetica font's proportions. A collection of words in a delightful spelling-video.
Direction / Postproduction / Sound Design:Alessandro Novelli
Design / Animation / Set Design: Andrea Gendusa / Alessandro Novelli
Additional Animation and Set Design: Mario Arcadu
DOP: Giulia Arantxa Novelli

The Alphabet 2 from n9ve on Vimeo.

Thanks To: Alina & Michela Dettori, Bianca Novelli, Federica Patitucci, Caterina Pecoraro, Stefano Tore
music track: Fréhel "Tel qu'il est" 1936
n9ve web site n9ve.it

The Joy of Destruction

2011-09-09T13:21:00.000-07:00

THE JOY OF DESTRUCTION: an absurdist review of the gleeful "creativity" of destruction.
Why do human beings enjoy destroying things, and each other so much? It's the opposite of Creativity: it's DESTRUCTIVITY.
If you can't create something new and wonderful from nothing, as with a piece of art, then destroy the creation of others! Or, just admit that you're too stupid or too lazy to create.Here is a wonderfully creative film about the Joy of Destruction. This both funny and disturbing.
Love the style, the music and especially the environmental message inserted in it.

Dir: Xaver Xylophon & Laura Junger
/ Germany / 2010

GULP

2011-09-04T15:58:00.000-07:00

'Gulp' is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. Shot on location at Pendine Beach in South Wales, every frame of this stop-motion animation was shot using a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. The film has broken a world record for the 'largest stop-motion animation set', with the largest scene stretching over 11,000 square feet.

The animators: http://www.aardman.com
The sand artists: http://www.sandinyoureye.co.uk/

Mariza (The Stubborn Donk)

2011-07-26T04:44:00.000-07:00

by Constantine Krystallis
Don't we all know dear sometimes we need to have a good motivation for work?..Greeks have plenty of ideas to think positive with good heart, happy soul and spirit that makes us to have a good life without misery despite the difficulties..
I liked the movie, there was good music, good idea, it was funny. Maybe it has not a deep message and its too long and it can by hardly called a story, but I liked it.

ENJOY IT

La Tangente

2011-07-18T02:48:00.000-07:00

A young man washing his car offers an attractive woman a ride wherever she wants to go. The two set off on a journey with no plans and no direction, but as their relationship grows can they continue living their life of the rock-and-roll aesthetic or will they have to compromise and settle down?

La Tangente - Short Film from Vincent Vesco on Vimeo.

Cast : Aurélien Wiik & Sarah Grappin
Director : Vincent Vesco
Writer : Vincent Vesco & Vlad Sprinceana
Producer : Vlad Sprinceana
Cinematographer : Antoine Monod
Editors : Svetlana Vaynblat & Raphaëlle Urtin
Costumer : Sabrina Riccardi

Urban Abstract

2011-07-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

Urban Abstract is a journey across urban space that unfolds in forty, 5 second parts. The journey, in one, two and three dimensions, is a bit like abstract surfing in which the original destination is only reached after a number of seemingly random yet linked detours occur. Points , lines, planes and other abstract elements create a journey through an Urban Abstract.
The space between things is as important as intended space, perhaps creating a fourth dimension. Meaningful shapes and purposes occur in this dimension's reality as well. The concept of negative space has meaning here.
Nature plays a part as well. To be able to understand and differentiate what is urban one has understand what is nature.
The style of the shorts is fluid and, though seemingly random, stream into a cohesive whole.
Architectural, abstract, someway minimalist and abstract with a touch of humanity.
This feeling is reached through mixing techniques such as vectors , hand drawn lines and painting.
Urban Abstract was realized in Tokyo by a team of artists, designers and animators from Finland and Japan. Urban Abstract was created by Jopsu Ramu from Musuta Ltd, a concept, art & design -studio based in Tokyo and Helsinki

Urban Abstract from Musuta on Vimeo.

Credits:
Creative Director Jopsu Ramu MUSUTA
Art Director Jopsu Ramu MUSUTA, Shun Kawakami (artless Inc.)
Design&Storyboard Jopsu Ramu MUSUTA
Opening scene artwork Shun Kawakami artless Inc.
Calligraphy Gen Miyamura
Sound Chikao Maruyama
Producer Timo Huhtala MUSUTA
Director Mitsutomo Maeda & Masaru Ikeda EDP graphic works
Animation&Production EDP graphic works
Project management Tokyo Masaji Kinoshita / shirofuchi Inc.
Executive Producer MUSUTA Ltd.
Special thanks Taisuke Koyama, Brian Kaszonyi
Created by MUSUTA Ltd. - Jopsu Ramu & Timo Huhtala
urban-abstract.com
musuta.com
nelonen.fi

Pizza Verdi

2011-07-01T12:07:00.000-07:00

A seemingly routine pizza delivery escalates into a tense game of cat-and-mouse. Giuseppe Verdi provides the soundtrack for this quintessential New York tale.
Completely impeccable. From the gorgeous cinematography to set design to pacing and suspense-building to credits and typography.The twist was perfect. I never saw it coming. I could have easily watched another ten minutes w/o realizing the time.
A short film by Gary Nadeau

Featuring MARIE ZAMORA and NORM LEWIS

Pizza Verdi (short film) 2011 from gary nadeau on Vimeo.

Written & Directed by GARY NADEAU
Starring MARIE ZAMORA and NORM LEWIS
Produced by ALAIN BOUBLIL & GARY NADEAU
Director of Photography BEN JACKS
Gaffer/Grip CHRIS CUMMINGS
AC & Additional Photography JASON KOONTZ
Sound Design SEAN GARNHART
Edited by GARY NADEAU
Grading and Titles DELUXE NYC
visit pizzaverdifilm.com or garynadeau.com

Meet Buck

2011-06-15T17:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a fantastically stylized short film from Team Cerf, a group of animation students who recently graduated from the French animation school Supinfocom.
Buck is an ordinary guy. Well, if you accept the "deer head" thing.
Today, Buck is going to spend the afternoon with his girlfriend who's so happy to see him (she's pretty much happy always). But when Buck finds out that her father is not the tolerant and sympathetic guy he expected, the Sunday afternoon turns really bad. Really bad. Like baaaaaaad bad.

Meet Buck from TeamCerf on Vimeo.

Directed By : Denis Bouyer,Yann De Preval,
Vincent E Sousa,Laurent Monneron

Sound Design/Mix : Julien Begault

Music : Yannis Dumoutiers and Mickaël Védrine

A Gentlemen's Duel

2011-06-12T05:35:00.000-07:00

A seemingly innocent tea party is transformed into mega technological mayhem when two imperious aristocrats compete for the affections of a lady.
In a lovely garden on a peaceful afternoon, two frogs vie for same butterfly, a harbinger of what's to come. At a grand manor, a woman in elegant dress with ample décolletage is courted by a two gentlemen, the Marquis de Malstrumpet and Sir Dingleberry. They spar verbally, argue over the food and drink, knock her about without noticing, and then escalate to a full-fledged dual between two gigantic robots that each pilots from inside the helmet. Destruction reigns supreme across manor and garden. Will there be a last man standing? And what about the lady?

Directors: Sean McNally, Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Writers: Sean McNally , Francisco Ruiz Velasco
Stars:Tom Kinney and Chuck Wojthiewicz
created by BLUR
http://www.blur.com/

In the Rough

2011-06-10T15:01:00.000-07:00

Man has evolved throughout the ages… Relationships, unfortunately, have not. After being kicked out of his cave, Brog, the thick-headed Neanderthal in this Blur short discovers that living the bachelor’s life is not all that it’s cracked up to be.

Visual Media created by Blur Studio http://www.blur.com. who created also the movie "Avatar"
Sound design created by Vancouver Film School student Todd LeBlanc

Tigan &Death

2011-06-06T06:35:00.000-07:00

These 3 movies are part of a bigger moldavian animation project called Gipsy

Sinopsis

A band of the gypsies are walking along Basarabia. Unexpectedly the horse of the main character dies, and he has to buckle down to the covered wagon were his family is because he has to follow the entire band. He is carrying the covered wagon all around the hills, it is really hot in spite of all obstacles.
During night’s lodging, after an exhausting day, the tired gypsy is hearing from the oak wood neighing of a horse and decides to steel the horse.
What happened after- we won’t tell you for a while.
Director:Dmitri Voloshin
Project manager Roman Stirbu
Screenplay:Serghei Selianov
Music:Zdob şi Zdub

Tigan&Death from Denis on Vimeo.

Baro&Boy from Denis on Vimeo.

Santa&Death from Denis on Vimeo.

http://simpals.md/
http://tigan.md/

Subsidized Fate

2011-05-22T15:40:00.000-07:00

A man unquestioningly follows bright signs lit up with neon lights, but when they guide him into a strangers bedroom things get out of hand...
Animated short by Lance Myers. Won the Special Jury Award at the South By Southwest Film Festival 2004. Also screened at the Director's Guild Theatre in Los Angeles and the Houston Museum of Fine Art.

Dir: Lance Myers / USA / 2003

KAPITAAL

2011-04-08T07:54:00.000-07:00

Award-winning Typo-Animation that gives you a clear impression of the enormous amount of visual stimuli that plague us every day. Due to the immense scale of the visual bombardment, the commercial effectiveness has become utterly dubious.

KAPITAAL from STUDIO SMACK on Vimeo.

1st prize SAM Awards - Keying into the Brain Festival 2006

Breaking out of the Frame Award - Amsterdam Film Experience 2006

Golden Egg Award - Film Front Festival Gorinchem 2007

Special Jury Mention - Hull International Short Film Festival 2006

Special Jury Mention - Independent Exposure 2008

Nominee Juryprize - Nederlands Online Film Festival 2006

This work was commissioned by the Graphic Design Museum

Charles, Your Hangover

2011-04-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

After a night of excess, Martin discovers the true cause of a hangover. His name is Charles, and he's very pleased to meet you. It looks very popular this guy...:))..don't you think?

Charles, Your Hangover from Two Trick Pony on Vimeo.

Written & Directed by Two Trick Pony
Cinematography by JK Pincosy
Edited by Zephyr Muntari
Sound by Alex Bello

twotrickponyproductions.com
twitter: @twotrickponySF

Fixed" 2010

2011-03-18T13:17:00.000-07:00

Here's a great animated short (3 minutes) by Jeffrey Thompson (recent graduate of Sheridan College Animation program). It's about a guy with a broken leg trying to get his leg "fixed" by a bunch of creepy doctors, it gets disturbingly funny towards the end. Good work.

"Fixed" 2010 from Jeffrey Thompson on Vimeo.

Special thanks to Louis Norris, Andre Barnwell, Mark Mohamed, Trev Jimenez, Robin Joseph, Alex Donald, Joel Beaudet, Nooree K, and Rachelle Reyes.
jeffreythompson.tumblr.com/

jeffreysfolio.tumblr.com/

Burbuja (Bubble)

2011-03-06T14:10:00.000-08:00

Bubble (Burbuja) is a sexy, wickedly funny short film by the Spanish filmmakers Pedro Casablanc and Gabriel Olivares. The film tells a story of the sexy escapades of Margaret and Pili, two girlfriends living in a sleepy, little town. Margaret dreams of getting her driver’s license, buying a new car and leaving the town forever. But until then, she and Pili have to depend on Pili’s brother, Horten, to pick them up and drive them around on their sexy hijinks. And they certainly take a big advantage of the situation, and as often as they can! However, one day poor Margaret is shocked to learn that she’s pregnant: her old reliable method of bubbly contraception has failed to work. Ooops!!

Burbuja (Bubble) Cortometraje. Shortfilm. Spain 2009 from El Reló Producciones on Vimeo.

Cortometraje Burbuja (Bubble) en VOS dirigido por Gabriel Olivares y Pedro Casablanc con Miren Ibarguren, Inma Cuevas, Vicente Romero y Bart Santana
noticiasplaytime.blogspot.com/search/label/Burbuja

Trompe L'oeil

2011-02-21T15:29:00.000-08:00

A business inspector is sent to inspect an old theatre. When he arrives on location, there's no theatre, only an empty lot with a charismatic mime who is looking to perform for him. The mime now has to perform various theatre positions, in order to convince the inspector that his "theatre" is up to code, and indeed real.
by Tyson James Dale

Trompe L'oeil from Tyson James Dale on Vimeo.

by Tyson James Dale
San Francisco, Ca

AT-AT day afternoon

2011-02-15T07:51:00.000-08:00

This movie is a combination between StarWars and a home made pet movie created by Patrick Boivin - A French Canadian autodidact director
" For most of what you can see on my channel, I did the script, the light, the camera, the directing, the editing, the animation and the special effects... For some of them, I also made the sound and the music.

I started by drawing comic books 15 years ago, and quickly discovered that it was faster to tell a story with video. Then I gradually became a moviemaker...
When I was a kid, there are two things I wanted badly and never got... A real dog and a Kenner AT-AT
Walker." Patrick Boivin

AT-AT day afternoon from Patrick Boivin on Vimeo.

Music by Blithe Field
myspace.com/swallowoceans
Get some images here files.me.com/patrickboivin/wm2aib

Burbulyator ("LT BBR-2010")

2011-02-10T14:49:00.000-08:00

by Lariontsev Nick
These timelapses are works of art. Lariontsev Nick captured so much life. Wonderful!
The "Mould" is a project that gave an impulse to create a device , which was eventually improving and finally got a funny name "Burbulyator" ("LT BBR-2010").

"Burbulyator" ("LT BBR-2010") from Lariontsev Nick on Vimeo.

There are some pictures of the device ( Burbulyator during production).
lariontsev.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48
vimeo.com/9522527

Vicky and Sam

2011-02-07T16:04:00.000-08:00

While working at the local video store, Vicky meets Sam, who quickly becomes a regular costumer. Both fall in love, ignoring the true reason for their rendez-vous.

"Vicky & Sam", a short film by Nuno Rocha receives amazing accolades on the web series "Critics" with Steve Weiss and Philip Bloom, international filmmakers and gear gurus. They dont take film critique lightly, so the compliments for this film are extra amazing.

Here is a link to the full episode.

zacuto.com/critics-season-three

Directed by Nuno Rocha / Portugal / 2010

Vicky and Sam from Nuno Rocha on Vimeo.

Jolyn Janis - jolynjanis.com

Luke Francis - imdb.com/name/nm2436724/

Daniel Moore - eugenechristopher.com/

Jenny Zhang - imdb.com/name/nm2336119/

Andrew Hlinsky - andrewth.com/

Isac Mourana - imdb.com/name/nm3837420/

http://www.filmesdamente.com/

Nuisible(s)

2011-02-03T02:17:00.000-08:00

Make sure that you watch this !! The effects on this are just awesome!
In a dirty flat, a young man live along side a human bug's size society
Nominated at 9-th edition of Festival Visual Effect Society.
created by ARTFX - école 3D effets spéciaux numériques et cinéma d'animation 3D

Nuisible(s) from ArtFx on Vimeo.

Un film de Erick Hupin, Hans Baldzuhn, Pierre Nahoum, Baptiste Ode et Phillipe Puech

December

2011-01-30T01:13:00.000-08:00

Little but very powerful story in one and a half minute by 328 Stories.You have to watch the entire movie to get the Ideea.

December from 328 Stories on Vimeo.

1 of 328stories.com
Director: Andreas Pasvantis
Creatives: Jan-Willem de Man & Frenkel Schonfeld
DOP: Wiro Felix
Editor: Ken Rosenberg
Grade: Barry Clarke @ Condor
Sound: Eelco Bakker @ FC Walvisch

Mitología / Mythology

2011-01-20T02:24:00.000-08:00

In ancient greece, Zeus’ little spoiled girl will show us that the origins of all mythological creatures we know, isn’t the one we usually read in books.An awesome funny animation with wonderful character design created by a bunch of people!

Mitología / Mythology from Mitologia on Vimeo

REALIZADORES/CREDITS

Daniel Jervis - danieljervis.blogspot.com
Javier Inga - javieringa.blogspot.com
Ricardo Jurado - ricardojurado.blogspot.com
Ana Benson - bensonita.blogspot.com
Nerina Taltavull - nerinisima.blogspot.com
Juan Vera - juanveradc.blogspot.com
Agustin Sueiro - sueiroagustin.blogspot.com
Tomás Hadida - dibujostomi.blogspot.com
Federico Bernet - fecheanimado.blogspot.com
MUSICA/MUSIC: Carlos Viteri - viterijervis.artelista.com
SONIDO/SOUND FX : Alejandro Villavicencio - vinproject.com

Lightheaded

2011-01-14T08:10:00.000-08:00

Lightheaded is a journey we take with temperature sensitive candle creatures who sacrifice what they know to become who they are.
This is Mike Dacko first independent film. His advances in 3D allowed him to fully realize a concept he never stopped believing in. A brilliant thanks to Mac Smith of Skywalker Sound for his sound design and Thievery Corporation for the congruous soundtrack.
lightheadedthemovie.com

Lightheaded from Mike Dacko on Vimeo.

London Children's Film Festival 2010-BEST SHORT
Rhode Island International Film Festival 2009-FIRST PLACE
FirstGlance Film Festival Hollywood 2010-BEST DIRECTOR
San Francisco Independent Film Festival 2010-BEST ANIMATION
Reel 2 Real International Film Festival 2010-BEST ANIMATION

Dam Short Film Festival 2010-BEST ANIMATION-BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Miami Short Film Festival 2009-BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Humboldt Film Festival 2010-BEST ANIMATED SHORT
AniMazing Spotlight Festival 2009-BEST 1st ANIMATED SHORT
Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival 2009-BEST SHORT
Rochester International Film Festival 2010-SHOESTRING TROPHY
'2D OR NOT 2D' Animation Festival 2009-GOLDEN PENCIL TROPHY
Red Rock Film Festival 2009-AUDIENCE AWARD
Smogdance Film Festival 2010-AUDIENCE AWARD
Accolade 2009-MERIT AWARD
USA Film Festival 2010 FINALIST

Happy Sushi

2011-01-09T07:49:00.000-08:00

The eternal struggle of man versus a wobbly restaurant table is explored in depth. OK, not in depth, in 2:59.
Great story told with such economy of visuals.Totally surprising and unexpected ending... and when was the last time you could say that about anything?

Directed by Andy Green / USA / 2010

Happy Sushi from Prettiest Pony Productions on Vimeo.

Director: Andy Green

Writer: Tom Coleman

Stars:Kenichi Iwabuchi, Paul Adelstein and Hidetoshi Imura

Change

2010-12-23T13:02:00.000-08:00

Inspired by president Obama's speech, a gluttonous couch potato decides to make a change.
Even if the movie has a strong political background, we should avoid this kind of changes in our own life. I find this movie equisite.

Dir: Gerd Jonas / Austria / 2009

Futureshorts

Small Penis

2010-12-21T16:42:00.000-08:00

directed by Espen Hobbesland

It's the story of Daniel, a man who all of his life has felt insecure because of his penis size. This changes when he joins a support group a little bit out of the ordinary.Be sure to watch all the way to the end ......it is great.
The budget was about 4-500 dollars. Filmed in 5 days in Bergen, Norway.Shot on Sony XDcam, 1920x1080, 25p. Edited in Final Cut. In case you are wondering, the language they are speaking is Norwegian.

Small Penis from Espen Hobbesland on Vimeo.

The Arctic Circle

2010-12-09T22:33:00.000-08:00

A wonderful little animation by Kevin Parry about an arctic inhabitant that is fascinated by the sudden appearance of a mysterious box. "Flawless in my opinion, and quite scary actually. It felt like a blend of Myst, post-apocalyptic, dystopian sci-fi, and horror. The metal bunkers, mechanical trees, exotic nature of the cube, all kind of led to me that. I also really enjoyed how spatial perception is manipulated. Even though its set on this massive arctic plane and there is clearly lots of emptiness, it still feels claustrophobic, owing to the featureless, oppressive character of sky and ground. The score was amazing, eerie and evocative of an arctic, or perhaps desolate, landscape. The timing of Red finishing transformation and blue emerging from his bunker was perfect, managing suspense in such a way that I was actually concerned for Blue! Haha, I know that sounds ridiculous, but disquiet and a sense of lurking danger is clearly felt." Devin Howard

The Arctic Circle from Kevin Parry on Vimeo.

An Arctic inhabitant is fascinated by the sudden appearance of a mysterious box.

Music by Ihor Dawidiuk ihordawidiuk.com
Tim Burton's Reaction vimeo.com/17229245

Nuit Blanche

2010-12-06T16:11:00.000-08:00

Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.It is extraordinary the way this films evokes a wonderful romantic classical Hollywood-era mood, and that the actual story idea is so well executed, that it never gets excessively romantic, obscure or pretentious. Beautifully filmed and so insipiringly fresh. Awesome work!

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

Directed by: Arev Manoukian
Best New International Director Award @ Sharks 2010.
Nominated at Vimeo Awards 2010
WInner of the grand prize of the LG Life’s Good FilmFest
Produced by: Stephanie Swedlove & Arev Manoukian
VFX by: Marc-Andre Gray
Music by: Samuel Bisson
Starring: Michael Coughlan & Megan Lindley
spyfilms.com

Pigeon Pilfer

2010-12-04T10:08:00.000-08:00

Pigeon Pilfer is Michael Stevenson's 2008 senior film from San Francisco State University. It was completed in four months with sixty pounds of clay, a digital SLR camera, and one tiny room. Check out pigeonpilfer.com or follow twitter.com/stopmotioner for more info.
mstevenson.net

Pigeon Pilfer from Michael Stevenson on Vimeo.

Elemental Magic – F.O.T.B. 2010 Titles

2010-12-02T13:22:00.000-08:00

Superfad Creative Director Nando Costa created this year’s Flash On The Beach titles utilizing macro motion photography and magnetic properties. Silver toned and achingly beautiful, the piece and selected materials represent attraction and repulsion.Each year graphic artists attend FOTB because they are inspired and attracted to each other’s work, while simultaneously competing with peers and experiencing opposition or resistance.Directed By Nando Costa
Music by Darrin Wiener & Marcelo Baldin.
Links:
Nando Costa
Süperfad (Production)
F.O.T.B. / Flash On The Beach 2010

FOTB 2010 Titles from Süperfad on Vimeo.

Medium Rare

2010-11-30T12:35:00.000-08:00

Danger, lust and fear combine in an erotic game. Carl (Steve Furst) is on the run from a gang intent on killing him. In desperation, he seeks refuge in a restaurant where a beautiful woman (Sara Stewart) is dining alone. Cornered, he knows one false move from either of them will cost him his life. But desire is about to lay its own subtle trap…
Based on a short story by German cult writer Hans Herbst, 'Medium Rare' also features Derren Brown in his first acting role.
Medium Rare…What’s at steak?
Directed by Stefan Stuckert / UK / 2007
http://www.mediumraretheshortfilm.com/

History of Greed

2010-11-28T09:48:00.000-08:00

A short film made by Mauricio Dal with a totally unexpected and funny ending.This movie teach us a lesson about discovery, analogy and greed..:))

History of Greed from Mauricio Dal on Vimeo.

Lautlos

2010-11-23T14:18:00.000-08:00

An awesome video by Feedmee Design who specializes in broadcast design & motion graphics!
The film got honoured within the category „Audiovisuelle Medien: Design“ at the Art Directors Club Competition 2009.
FEEDMEE DESIGN GmbH is an international creative agency based in Koln, Germany.
Music/Sound : loyproduction.de/

Lautlos from Feedmee Design on Vimeo.

Rent a person

2010-11-20T01:28:00.000-08:00

"Rent-A-Person" is a romantic musical comedy .
A lonely bathroom attendant starts a business renting passengers to freeway commuters who want to utilize the carpool lane.
The scheme works and soon a Rent-A-Person business is created, using homeless people who are cleaned up and recruited to be passengers for hire.
But then film skips into a labor dispute comedy with the workers demanding better pay, better working conditions and new girlfriends. A strike breaks out and the business is forced to close.
Then the film goes back to the washroom, where our now-broke hero is at his old job as an attendant. But love is in the air...
Sadly, the short film format is too small for so much fun.
Starring James Haven, Jennifer Haworth and Manolo Travieso. Writer/Director/Composer -- Kurt Kuenne.

Winner of Audience Awards at 2004 Cinequest, MethodFest, Marco Island Film Festival and Dam Short Film Festival.
Winner - Best Narrative Short, Atlanta Film Festival.
Winner - Visual Excellence Award, Cleveland Film Festival.
Winner - Best Score, 1 Reel Film Festival.
Winner - Gold Special Jury Award, Houston Worldfest.
Winner - Best of Fest Comedy, Breckenridge Festival of Film

Le Royaume

2010-11-16T10:18:00.000-08:00

"Le Royaume" (The king and the Beaver), Student graduating film 2010 at Gobelins, L'école de l'image.

Written, directed and animated by Nuno Alves Rodrigues, Oussama Bouachéria, Julien Chheng, Sébastien Hary, Aymeric Kevin, Ulysse Malassagne & Franck Monier.
Music by Mathieu Alvado.

Le Royaume from Sébastien Hary on Vimeo.

Bottle

2010-11-14T01:44:00.000-08:00

Animated on location at a beach, in snow, and underwater, this stop-motion short details a transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.Is like nature's version of virtual friends and then when they decide to meet up the illusion fades away. Beautiful ending.
dir.Kirsten Lepore
Best Student Film Award at Anim'est Bucharest 2010

Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Pixels

2010-11-10T15:22:00.000-08:00

Beautiful work.
In this short film made by Patrick Jean, Nostalgia meets modernity , in scenes where 8Bit creatures are invading New York City !
Using many classic references (games) beautifully integrated in the present world, the director creates a different version of the Apocalypse, one of the strangest ever saw . LOVE IT
Written, directed by : Patrick Jean
Director of Photograhy : Matias Boucard

Pixels from Patrick JEAN on Vimeo.

Locus

2010-11-07T04:26:00.000-08:00

“Locus” is an short experimental animated film that reflects the way that I see things. I have always perceived the world not as a photographic reality, but rather as lines that outline physical shapes. Because of this, as a designer, I am fascinated with how a single simple element like a line can express so many different things, and how collections of lines can create shapes, forms and beautiful motions. Locus shows moments of motion that convey this vision.Masaki Yokochi

From concept to finish, created by Masaki Yokochi.

Locus from Masaki Yokochi on Vimeo.

Motion Graphics - The use of the principles of graphic design to create a film/video using animation or filmic techniques.

Thrush

2010-11-04T00:42:00.000-07:00

An entire relationship told through photos in four minutes.
Directed by Gabriel Bisset-Smith and Graham Turner.
Written by Gabriel Bisset-Smith
Music by Golden Silvers
Gabriel Bisset-Smith is a writer/actor/director from London. He's had plays produced at the Hampstead Theatre, York Theatre Royal and for BBC Radio Four.
His short film "Thrush" won the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival Tenderpixel audience choice award and the 2010 Vimeo Best Narrative award.

Thrush from Gabriel Bisset-Smith on Vimeo.

Words

2010-11-01T15:05:00.000-07:00

A calculated study of everyday life sequences.
Words can have different meanings...

Director: Everynone
www.everynone.com

Sorry I'm Late

2010-10-29T11:47:00.000-07:00

A young man misses his bus, and goes on an incredible journey to reach his destination.
The director has created a film that uses life-scale stop-motion (or pixelation) using found objects all shot against a gym floor. It builds from the thread of Pes and his stop-motion films that repurpose found objects in meaningful ways.
The big difference here is scale—a property that Tomas utilizes in his effects by holding up objects in front of the camera at a closer, foreshortened distance. This LoFi effect works surprisingly well and helps to solidify the notion that no CG was involved here. The LoFi effects + stop-motion + flat perspective create an amusing reference to the 2D adventure worlds of yesteryear’s video games.

Crew
Director:Tomas Mankovsky
Producer:Rhun Francis
Director Of Photography:Trevor Forrest
Production Assistant:Sam Ludgate
Composer:Keith Kenniff
Cast
Late guy:Simon Carroll Jones
Girl on swing:Jessica Barnett
Panto-horse front:Sam Ludgate
Panto-horse back:George Noble
Female voice:Nicolette Mankovsky
Produced by Blink (www.blinkprods.com)

Father and Daughter

2010-10-26T12:41:00.000-07:00

A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons so the girl lives through hers. She becomes a young woman, has a family and in time she becomes old, yet within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
The story can be seen as a metaphor. The father leaving on a boat signifies his death and the images of the daughter watching for him to come back is signifying her always thinking about him throughout her life. Towards the end when the now elderly daughter begins to travel through the overgrown, dried up riverbed is supposed to explain that she has died and is now travelling in the afterlife to see her father once again

Won Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.
Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit / Belgium, UK, Netherlands / 2000

Fluent Dysphasia

2010-10-23T03:52:00.000-07:00

After a hard night of drinking a man wakes to find that he's fluent in Gaelic… but can no longer speak English. Interview with the Vampire's Stephen Rea stars as a man facing a Celtic conundrum in this tongue-twisted comedy.
Cast: Stephen Rea
Cast: Jayne Synes
Cast: Paddy C
Producer: Grainne O
Writer: Daniel O
CREATED BY:Daniel O'Hara

REACH

2010-10-21T22:58:00.000-07:00

A tiny robot is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable. When a curious bird appears at the workshop window, the robot feels a lust to live outside of his reach that may be his demise.
Directed by Luke Randall / Australia / 2009

VIDEOGIOCO

2010-10-08T15:58:00.000-07:00

VIDEOGIOCO - This one’s got a bit of the old ultra-violence, so be fore-warned. It’s all in a good bit of fun, though. No-one truly gets hurt. Videogioco, which means videogame in Italian, combines 2D drawings and flipbook-style action with a stop-motion filming process for a really unique, new take on a cartoon, action fighting sequence. The character (well, really just a part of him) moves across the paper getting stabbed, cut, hit, swallowed and kicked through the air only to be finally re-united with his body for a closing punch. The ending loops back to the beginning scene, starting the whole process, and cycle of violence, over again. Brilliant! Kudos to the makers of this amazing short.

animation and concept by Donato Sansone myspace.com/milkyeyes
sound design by Enrico Ascoli enricoascoli.com

VIDEOGIOCO by Donato Sansone from Enrico Ascoli - Sound Design on Vimeo.

Lampa cu caciula - Tube with a Hat

2010-10-04T10:20:00.000-07:00

On a rainy Sunday morning 7-year-old Marian and his father takes off to the city to repair their TV set. Living far out in the countryside they have to walk through the terrain carrying the heavy TV set all the way to the closest road to catch the bus. They have a long journey a head of them and they bump into many problems on the way. The chances to be home in time for the Bruce Lee film in the evening seem smaller and smaller for every step.

DIRECTOR: Radu Jude
Producer: Ada Solomon
Editor: Catalin Cristutiu
Screenwriter: Florin Lazarescu
Principal Cast: Gabriel Spahiu, Marian Bratu
Awards won

Mei Ling

2010-09-28T01:11:00.000-07:00

Mei Ling, an idle young Chinese girl, lives alone in her apartment waiting for her lover. One day she discovers a tiny octopus hidden in the kitchen sink and decides to adopt it to escape from her boredom... but the octopus grows.
Dir: Stéphanie Lansaque and François Leroy / France / 2009

The Snap

2010-09-06T11:43:00.000-07:00

A feature film screenplay inspired by this short is currently being developed. In the feature the photographer (Roberto Lequeux) makes his way through a swarm of unexpected twists and turns, living out a life altering rollercoaster ride. Unavoidable circumstances force him into alliances with unexpected characters who help him through a most stunningly unpredictable sequence of events, only to finally land with him on a far more capricious and unforeseeable conclusion. Serious funding inquiries accepted.

The short film "Snap" is an exhilarating and entertaining short film conceived for the contest "The Florida Industry Incubator". The competition gives teams only 30 days from when the theme to follow is revealed. In this short time they must write, shoot, edit and deliver a 5 min. short film... all while spending no more than $500!

Signs

2010-08-27T03:12:00.000-07:00

A simple and yet powerful short film about communication. One of the 2009 Cannes Lions winners! Created by Publicis Mojo and @RadicalMedia for the Schweppes online film festival
http://www.patrickhughes.com.au

Directed by Patrick Hughes

Charlie Chaplin - Making a living (1914)

2010-08-14T02:02:00.000-07:00

"Making a Living" is Charlie Chaplin's very first movie shot in 1914 and it is said that the studio owner (Mack Sennet) felt he had made a costly mistake with this new young English actor. However, Chaplin's pictures were soon a success, and he became one of the biggest cinema stars.

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 - 25 December 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning English comedic actor. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era. Chaplin acted in, directed, scripted, produced, and eventually scored his own films as one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. His working life in entertainment spanned over 65 years, from the Victorian stage and the Music Hall in the United Kingdom as a child performer almost until his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life encompassed both adulation and controversy. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith Chaplin co-founded United Artists in 1919.

Visitas

2010-08-08T01:26:00.000-07:00

A pair of young religious are walking through the streets preaching the word of Jehovah and seeking for supporters. Their routine consists of going from house to house receiving negative subtle or clear door slamming in the face.
This time is different: they are glad finding a housewife willing to listen to them but instead of convincing her, they end up buying cosmetics and receiving the proposal to working for her instead.
Tamango Film's "Todo en el toor script contest" award-winner.

Directed by Juan Schnitman

New boy

2010-08-03T12:44:00.000-07:00

A young African boy with a haunting back story starts school in Ireland, and finds out quickly exactly what it means to be the new kid.
Winner of Best Narrative Short at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an Oscar.

Written and directed by Steph Green

The technician

2010-07-30T02:55:00.000-07:00

A cable guy is called in to repair an old mans TV set. Once inside the clients home, the repairman realizes theres nothing wrong with the TV. Rather its the images broadcasted on the screen: wars, famine, illness and kidnappings, that are broken. Moved by the clients naive request, and against his better judgment, the cable guy will attempt to fix the problem.
Simon Olivier Fecteau has started his career at Radio-Canada, in 1999, with the group Chick'n Swell and its eponym TV show that was awarded best comic TV show in 2004 (Gemeaux Awards). Then, he directed two shorts: Les derniers jours and Le pouce vert.
He co-directed the Radio-Canada's Bye Bye in 2006 and 2007. The same year, he is co-directing with Marc-André Lavoie his first feature film, Bluff. He is actually working on his next feature script but he still had the time to make the short film The Technician.
Directed by Simon Olivier Fecteau / Canada / 2009

Inspiration

2010-07-29T07:27:00.000-07:00

A painter tries to capture the landscape of the county side and he is not much satisfied with his work, when some beautiful girl passes by on a bike. She is kind of eccentric and plays a joke to the painter which takes him on a conflict with her boyfriend; in this way the monotony is broken and the painter gets acquainted with INSPIRATION.
Directed by Kuxin Lu

The Ice Man

2010-07-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

A short film comedy with an unusual hero: a block of ice with an ever-diminishing presence. The other main character, Chentra, is the type of husband that every woman in the world hate: slovenly, lazy, drunk most of the time, and good for nothing... not even good for collecting the household's daily ice - a simple task, but not with Chentra's disposition and not with Cambodia's climate!
Directed by Bill Broomfield & Tom Som
Written and produced by Chris Moss

http://www.cambodiafilms.com

Expelho (The Mirror)

2010-07-24T09:04:00.000-07:00

In a festival screening, a movie audience is surprised to find itself before a film that shows precisely... a static movie audience! How long will these people put up with the Mirror? This is an experimental movie that speaks about the concept of art nowadays... and is much funnier if you watch it inside a movie theater!
SERTÃO Filmes (http://sertaofilmes.com)
AWARDS: Best direction in Short Film, (FestCine Goiania 2007 - Brazil).

Written by Yuri Vieira
Directed by Yuri Vieira and Cassia Queiroz

The Yellow Smiley Face

2010-07-21T10:52:00.000-07:00

A heartwarming comedy about parents using the computer for the first time to communicate with their son in America. Family separation is a real problem that Romania is facing today, especially due to better paid jobs from abroad. The most convenient way of communication between individuals from different countries remains the internet, but in this case the parents are not familiar with advanced technology and try their best to adapt in order to get in touch with their son!

Director: Constantin Popescu

My name is Yu Ming

2010-07-20T17:18:00.000-07:00

Yu Ming is Ainm Dom (My Name is Yu Ming)
Directed by Daniel O'Hara, Ireland, 2003, 13 minutes.
I'm choosing My Name is Yu Ming because of its length (a succinct 13 minutes), its intelligence and great sense of story (a bored Chinese student who dreams of a life elsewhere, chooses Ireland after a spin of the globe, and travels to his fate), its poignant music and extremes of color and light , its twisty ending, and even for the possibilities it represents within the world of short film (an Irish production, mixing with Chinese language, focused on the promotion of Gaelic-toned art).
Dough Productions, based in Dublin, won 18 awards with My Name is Yu Ming and now specializes in Gaelic-themed stories.

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Shaking Tokyo

2010-07-18T01:46:00.000-07:00

He is a hikikomori(agoraphobic man) - like many others in Japan, he has withdrawn from all contact with the outside world. When the pizza delivery girl faints during an earthquake, the unthinkable happens - the man falls in love. Will he take the unimaginable step : leaving the dead security of his apartment for the streets of Tokyo?
Directed by Joon-ho Bong

Shaking Tokyo from Ramen Factory on Vimeo.

Leave me

2010-07-15T13:47:00.000-07:00

I fell immediately in love with in after watching it, and up till now , I'm still getting the chills down my spine everytime I reach the ending - so sad and yet so soulful.
I'm glad that Jack finally met his wife. *wipes misty eyes*
And I love the sub-message that this video conveys - usually the photographers who take photos don't have much having themselves in it, do they?This is one fine short, brilliant work!

*WINNER of the 2009 36-Hour ChristianFilmmakers.org Contest
*Honorable Mention for Drama at the indieProducer Film Fest-2009
*WINNER of the Best Short Film category at the 2009 Script2Screen Film Fest in Tulsa, OK!
*Official Selection of the Mammoth Film Festival
*WINNER of the Best Narrative Short for the Trail Dance Film Festival 2010
*WINNER of the Best Short Film Award by HOSFU at the Gideon Media Arts Conference & Film Festival-2010

Leave Me from Daros Films on Vimeo.

Gridlock "Fait d'Hiver"

2010-07-12T05:44:00.000-07:00

On a cold winter evening a young manager gets stuck in traffic on his way home from work. He takes his brand new mobile to call his wife, not knowing that by doing so he is about to cause irreparable damage.

Directed by Dirk Beliën / Belgium / 2001
Cast: Tom van Dyck as Tim
Ellen van Cutsem as Little Girl

Nominated for Oscar, Best Short Film - Live Action 2003
Won 6 Awards, including:
- Flanders International Film Festival 2001 _ Best Belgium Short Film - Special Mention
- Aspen ShortFest 2002 _ Jury Award (Short Short - Live Action - Best of Category)
- Sweden Fantastic Film Festival 2002 _ Audience Award (Best Short - Live-Action)
- Woodstock Film Festival 2002 _ Honorable Mention (Best Short Film - Cinematography Philippe Van Volsem)

Logorama

2010-07-08T19:04:00.000-07:00

The film depicts events in a stylized Los Angeles, and is told entirely through the use of more than 2,500 contemporary and historical logos and mascots....the use of brand names and logos made it a must see.
It is an artistic vision of the american consumption society....If you have 10-minutes to waste, this is certainly an entertaining way to do so

Directed by François Alaux, Herve de Crecy and Ludovic Houplain / France / 2009
Logorama has received the following nominations and awards:
Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film (the Kodak Prix)- Critics' Week, Cannes Film Festival 2009
Audience Award - Festival International de Curtas Metragans 2009
Audience Award - Lille International Short Film Festival 2009
Jury's Special Prize, Audience Prize, Fuji Prize for Best Directors - Cinanima International Animated Film Festival 2009
Best Short Film - Stockholm International Film Festival 2009
Best Direction, Audience Award - Vendôme Film Festival 2009
Gold Medal for Animation - Zinebi, Bilbao International Film Festival 2009
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film - 82nd Academy Awards 2010

Logorama from Marc Altshuler - Human Music on Vimeo.

Surprise by Veit Helmer

2010-07-01T16:25:00.000-07:00

I like very much this movie, it blows your mind.
A man gathers together an arsenal of lethal weapons around his lover’s bed like Rube Goldberg machine. It looks as if he wants to kill her, while she is fast asleep! Then he leaves and lights the fuse…
Directed by Veit Helmer / Germany / 1995

Pencil face

2010-06-28T16:08:00.000-07:00

This short is a work of art. It has a very big moral in itself, it teaches us the important lesson: getting what you want but don't deserve will end up getting you what you didn't want but deserved.
A poor girl wanting simple pleasures is lured by a stranger she doesn't know but offers her these pleasures. This stranger uses that friendship to get what was truly it's intention, which does not match with hers.
As said, this is a work of art and while it is strange, it has a powerful message.
director:Christian Simmons
runtime:3 min 28 sec
synopsis:He’ll help you draw, he’ll help you erase; waste not want not… he’s Pencil Face.
*Official Selection:
2009 Sundance Film Festival

http://www.youtube.com/user/SCADshorts

One Fine Day

2010-06-25T16:13:00.000-07:00

This film is basically about a farmer who travels a few miles to a dingy, remote country cinema to watch Kitano’s Kids Return, only for the showing to constantly break down because of an inept projectionist (played by Kitano).Segment from “Chacun Son Cinéma” (To Each His Own Cinema) collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feeling about Cinema.

Directed by Takeshi Kitano / Japan / 2007

Takeshi Kitano - "One Fine Day"
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Chosen

2010-06-22T13:03:00.000-07:00

The Driver is carrying an Asian child who has been chosen for a strange ritual. He must drive him through a dark night in the city to get to a monk’s house, while eluding several American cars out to get the child.
A part of BMW “The Hire” film series.
Directed by Ang Lee / USA / 2001

Buongiorno

2010-06-21T18:16:00.000-07:00

The morning ritual of just brushing your teeth takes on a new dimension for one startled man in this inventive tale.
This Italian comedic short film is so simple and yet so amazing. The idea isn’t revolting (though you can understand, that I can’t talk about it here), but it’s plain and even if you know where this is going, you can just enjoy it. The trick here being, that the movies idea is based on a simple premise and something many people might have been wondering while looking into the mirror … but that’s all I’m going to say.
Directed by Melo Prino / Italy / 2005

SASHA, GRISHA & ION

2010-06-20T14:34:00.000-07:00

Although this movie it's not a new one, i had to post it becoause is one of the best short film made by the best Moldavian director - Igor Cobileanski. The story is about three workers that have to repair a cable in the midle of the winter...if you mix these with a lot of Vodka, humor an misoginism...you get this.
Screeplay/director: Igor Cobileanski
Image: Sergiu Babara
2006

Amateur

2010-06-16T02:06:00.000-07:00

Written by Gabriel Andronache and directed by Marian Crisan

Damian works in a supermarket. In underground he has a different job ...a strange one ...
The film is a co-production of Rova Film and TVR2 and it is based on a screenplay finalist of the 2006 HBO contest. The film captures in an original manner the human frustrations. Characters that appear in this movie make us believe that we are watchig the film every day in the real life.These are: a supermarket manager , a stylish lady who said "I'm a lady WTF", an old man who believes to be smart, a neighborhood boy who became a father and meanwhile teaches children how to be gangsta and not least the main character played by Erwin Simsensohn ready to do everything to earn money. At first glance one might say that the main character is one of the most unfortunate people in the world, maybe is happier than many of us swear we're in traffic, at work, at school, etc. without paying us anyone. One of the subthemes pure film emphasizes the idea that people remain pure despite other shit thrown at them.

Amatorul from amdraci on Vimeo.

Awards and selections:
Best Screenplay Award conferred to DaKINO 2007
Select at the Milan Film Festival
Uppsala Short Film Festival
Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF)

Georgian Summer

2010-06-15T15:32:00.000-07:00

Georgian Summer
A weary donkey causes a huge traffic jam on a busy road in Tbilisi. The donkey refuses to budge. Outside the city, a bull is attracted by the red dress of a pretty girl and chases her.
A boy who is deeply in love with her, saves her life. But in return all she gives him is a red flower. But it is this flower that leads the donkey away from the road. The traffic jam clears and the boy finds the love of his life.
Country, year: Germany / Georgia 2004
Format: 8 min, 35 mm, 1:1,66, Colour, Dolby Digital, No dialogue
Cast: Ani Amiridze, Gaga Chikhradze
Director: Veit Helmer and students of Tbilisi film school
Cinematographer: Keti Nozadse
Editing: Paul Murray

La Maison en Petits Cubes

2010-06-10T14:46:00.000-07:00

As his town is flooded by water, an old man is forced to add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay dry…

Won Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2009.

Until this day I’ve never wanted to post a comment even on my favorite movies, but I could not help saying a word about this loveliest, brilliant little animation. When I watched it for the first time I had a feeling of warmth, serenity and happiness. I was happy that human beings can still create such beautiful things in this world. by Mary Jay
Kunio Katô 2008

Link:

Heavenly Appeals

2010-06-07T16:02:00.000-07:00

Don't eat too much if you plan to be evil:))
After many millennia of being tortured in Hell, Raymond K. Hessle has finally earned a chance to appeal his sentence of Eternal Damnation. Upon arriving at the "appeals" gate of Heaven he is greeted by the angel who will preside over his case. As Raymond waits at the edge of paradise, he will finally have a chance to prove just how worthy he is.

a short film by David Lisbe

Between

2010-06-05T16:38:00.000-07:00

Awesome Video! Simply great! I couldn't get off the screen, and I was fascinated how well he managed to capture my attention, thrilling me and frightening me without the associations to a character or stroy related to classic shock/horror.......excellent, great atmosphere, great motion fx, great screenwrite.

this movie is : Shocking, stunning, imaginative, surreal and brilliant.

Director/Screenwriter/Producer/Editor: Tim Bollinger
Cinematographer: Daniel Meinl
Sounddesign: Michael Fakesch designingsounds.com

Between from Via Grafik on Vimeo.

Sweet Dreams

2010-05-26T15:26:00.000-07:00

The 10-minute animated film "Sweet Dreams" by Kirsten Lepore
That is very very awesome! I love the light and the colors and everything. The cupcake is alive!
There are a million incredible things about this....the sets and characters...but the sound design...wow.
Written, Directed, and Animated by Kirsten Lepore
Music by Kirsten, Chelsea, and Megan Lepore

Sweet Dreams from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Noodles

2010-05-16T12:46:00.000-07:00

For those who love the Ramen .... A light snack of a film that makes you want to learn how to use chopsticks.
Dir: Jordan Feldman / France / 2003

The sick boy and the tree

2010-05-07T12:56:00.000-07:00

The story is about a sick boy who decides to hold on to his life just as long as the leaves on the tree outside his hospital window. This charming story was made by the father of Paul Jaeger, the director of this stop-motion animation.

Directed by: Paul Jaeger

Blood and Chips

2010-04-28T07:02:00.000-07:00

A heat wave is bringing racial tensions to boiling point in a London chip shop.
Dir: Ryan Phillips

Ester

2010-04-27T02:16:00.000-07:00

Dir: Pernilla Johansson/3:15/2005
Ester's going swimming! The outside grey world magically transforms into a weightless paradise once she dives in. What you see is what you get. :))

This is Me

2010-04-22T07:38:00.000-07:00

By Sam Arthur - 2006

Bertie is in a coma whilst his wife enjoys the high life. Witness the rise and fall of this couple living under the Heathrow airport flight path. Based on a real phenomenon airlines would rather we didn't know about, this film is a little thing with a lot of impact.

Festivals
RESFEST 10
Soho Rushes Short Film Festival 2006
Leeds International Film Festival 2006
Halloween Film Festival 2007
Winner Eurostar 'London Coming'competition

http://www.samarthur.com/

La gallina ciega

2010-04-20T05:46:00.000-07:00

A blind man accidentally loses his guide-dog. Alone in the dark in a big city, he discovers that his strength lies in recognising his own vulnerability.
Isabel Herguera - (2005)

Ikarosz AKA Ikaros

2010-04-16T04:49:00.000-07:00

Graduation work of Oscar nominated M. Tóth Géza, from 1996.
An interesting sand/stone animation.
Nominations:Golden Bear, 1997, Berlin

SEED

2010-03-15T14:53:00.000-07:00

Bulgarian freelance artist/animator Asparuh Petrov produced this thoughtful short in 2009. This short sequence of pictures shows the progress of a seed developing within the imagination of its owner and the potential consequences of this action. The short film is nominated for the Go Short Online Award in Netherlands.

Directed by Asparuh Petrov

Please say something

2010-03-06T22:14:00.000-08:00

Set in the distant future, this is the story of a troubled relationship between an abusive Mouse and his wife, an intensely emotional cat. Winner of the Golden Bear for best short film at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
Directed by: David O'Reilly
See more from the director:http://www.davidoreilly.com/

Al Dente

2010-02-07T03:21:00.000-08:00

Taking place in a colorful and musical universe, "Al Dente" is a short film which tells us the story of a little street girl discovering the magic and the dangers of an ogre's kitchen
Al Dente was a student graduation project for Supinfocom, France, and was directed by Jean-François Barthelemy, Maël François et Carlos Felipe Leon Ortiz. You can learn a bit more about us and our work on this project here.
Through this website you will be able to watch the movie and its making-of, and check the gallery which contains some artworks and production material.
We hope that you will enjoy it as much as we loved making it and please feel free to send us your feedback on this project.

http://www.aldente-themovie.com/

Cubic Tragedy

2010-02-02T04:37:00.000-08:00

"Cubic Tragedy" is a funny, smart, well done short animation, with hilarious references to CG software.
I just love this short film about the pursuit of perfection and its consequences.
Authors Ming-Yuan Chuan,Chun-Wang Sun

Alma

2010-01-29T02:55:00.000-08:00

Creepy but, amazing.
Alma is Rodrigo Blaas’ first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Rodrigo Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years, in Spain and in the United States.

Seizing the possibility of directing his first independent short film, Rodrigo Blaas asked some of the best artists in their field to take part in this independent project: French animator Bolhem Bouchiba, character designer Carlos Grangel and Sergio Pablos, ArtDirector Alfonso Blaas, music composer Mastretta and sound designer Tom Myers.

I love the shot from inside the doll's eye. Beautifully done!
more information here almashortfilm.com

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

French roast

2010-01-25T13:28:00.000-08:00

In filmmaker Fabrice O. Jouberts animated short, French Roast, a situational sketch explores the many layers of human nature.

The Third & The Seventh

2010-01-21T06:39:00.000-08:00

A FULL-CG animated piece that tries to illustrate architecture art across a photographic point of view where main subjects are already-built spaces. Sometimes in an abstract way. Sometimes surreal.

Credits:
Modelling - Texturing - Illumination - Rendering| Alex Roman
Postproduction & Editing| Alex Roman
Sequenced, Orchestrated & Mixed by Alex Roman (Sonar & EWQLSO Gold Pro XP)
Sound Design by Alex Roman
Based on original scores by:
Michael Laurence Edward Nyman. (The Departure)
Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns. (Le Carnaval des animaux)
Directed by Alex Roman

Done with 3dsmax, Vray, AfterEffects and Premiere.

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

MEAT

2010-01-19T15:40:00.000-08:00

Times are hard for single mothers. But there are things young boys don't want to know. A tremendously touching drama about growing up in 20th century Russia.
“Meat” (2002) has won over 26 international awards, including severals Grand Prixes.

Directed by Slava Ross

ALARM

2010-01-09T07:43:00.000-08:00

You can find your early morning atitude here.
a film presented by Moohyun Jang, a director of independent Animation team, MESAI

more information here:
http://www.mesai.co.kr

FINITE

2009-12-01T17:17:00.000-08:00

When a relationship is forced to change, how does one come to terms with the past and reconcile? Ultimately, relationships like life simply exist, persist, and endure for a limited period of time.
Nothing lasts forever. Or... does it?

Directed by: Dusty Culbertson and Eric Hyland

Bus 44 ( 车四十四 )

2009-11-03T09:00:00.000-08:00

Based on a true story, Bus 44 takes place on the outskirts of a small town, where a bus driver (Gong) and her passengers encounter highway robbers. "Bus 44" carries a universal theme that travels across all boundaries and societies, trespassing the dark side and bright side of human behavior.
The film won awards at Venice Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and was invited to Cannes Film Festival; the first time a Chinese short film won in all three festivals' history.

Directed by: Dayyan Eng