Your Lucky Day
Tragedy
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Greed
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Live-Action
August 24, 2010
A $156 million winning lotto ticket turns a convenience store upside-down.
SOTW | July 28, 2010
Philips & Ridley Scott Team Up for 3D Short
Philips and RSA are at it again for the 6th film in their Parallel Lines series. This one is set to be shot and screened in 3D and released this…
Filmmaker Update | July 27, 2010 | 2 Comments
Dancing Pigeons, Ritalin
Latest work from Tomas Mankovsky who previously directed Sorry I’m Late.
Announcement | July 24, 2010
Vimeo Festival + Awards
From the video site we believe hosts some of the most impressive short films around, comes a much overdue official festival. And they’re going big. Open to all online videos…
Filmmaker Update | July 15, 2010
Big Bang Big Boom by Blu
Blu is back with another monumental graffiti animation. They seem to grow larger in scale each time (duration too, Big Bang Big Boom is nearly 15 minutes of hand-painted stop motion!).…
Q&A | June 15, 2010 | 1 Comment
Q&A With Simon Bovey (The Un-Gone)
Yesterday Sondhi posted his featured review of The Un-Gone. Earlier this week I got in touch with director Simon Bovey to dive a little deeper into the creative process behind…
Short of the Moment | June 10, 2010
Mars!
MARS! from Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham on Vimeo.
This stylized, short animation by Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham tells the painfully familiar tale of one species colonizing another and sucking its…
Kseniya Simonova
Drama
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Loss
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Performance
June 1, 2010
A beautiful performance in sand animation depicting the German invasion of Ukraine in WWII.
Filmmaker Update | May 21, 2010
Atomic Hubbub
Animator Stephen Irwin, known for creating one of our favorite films of 2009, The Black Dog’s Progress, has just posted a newer piece titled Atomic Hubbub courtesy of Future Shorts.
Stephen…
Tarboy
Musical
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Revenge
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Flash Animation
April 18, 2010
An action-packed musical, flash animation about robots seeking revenge—prepare to be entertained.
Announcement | March 7, 2010 | 2 Comments
Oscar 2010 Short Film Winners Announced
This was a strong year for short films. I can tell by the divided results from our Oscar poll that had close battles in both the animated and live action categories.…
Please Say Something
Drama
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Love
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3D Animation
February 21, 2010
Simple, fresh animation about the complex relationship between a cat and mouse.
Short of the Moment | February 16, 2010
The Machine
The Machine, by Rob Shaw of Bent Image Lab, is an entertaining stop-motion fable about a man-made machine who knows no bounds to his power. I’ve had this in my…
SOTW | February 10, 2010 | 5 Comments
2010 Oscar Voting
Oscar season is upon us, and we have 10 strong short films nominated this year. Who do you think deserves the “little man”?
Announcement | February 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
Oscar Nominations Announced
The 82nd Annual Oscar Nominated Short Films have been announced with a few surprises.
Short of the Moment | January 13, 2010
Adventure Time
Animated cartoons that strike a chord with audiences young and old are the gold that the Hollywood studios dream. Too bad most end up smothered by pop culture references and…
Best of 2009 Playlist | December 27, 2009 | 9 Comments
Top 10 Short Films of 2009
Our picks of the best short films from two thousand nine
Short of the Moment | December 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
Alma
Anxious for your creepy holiday films, I know, so allow me to present Alma. This 3D animation by Pixar alum, Rodrigo Blaas, is beautiful to watch and very well-crafted as a…
Validation
Musical
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Love
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Live-Action
December 21, 2009
A parking attendent serves up free compliments to a world in need of a little gratitude and understanding
Announcement | November 29, 2009 | 1 Comment
Panic Attack Director Signs $40M Feature
Ghost House has just announced they’ve signed director, Federico Alvarez, to make a $30-$40 million feature film based primarily on the success of his short film, Panic Attack, that has…
Short of the Moment | November 24, 2009 | 2 Comments
Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No
Announcement | November 22, 2009 | 6 Comments
Oscar Animated Shorts Preview
The final 10 animations in the running for the upcoming Oscar nominations have officially been announced. Check out the previews of each film below. Which do you think deserves to…
SOTW | November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments
Welcome El Vez
El Vez—a guest writer on past film picks—is joining the Short of the Week staff as a regular writer. So if you’ve enjoyed To Build A Home, Jojo In The…
Short of the Moment | November 11, 2009
Between
This is a great collage of moments. As the name suggests, many of these moments occur between places or events in time. Filmmaker, Tim Bollinger, and cinematographer, Daniel Meinl, do…