Short of the Week

Ian Lumsden

Dramedy about Love in 3D Animation
Wong Wei Jian / 6 min / Malaysia / 2009

A pair of window mannequins play out a calamitous scene of love on a small stage.

Experimental about Family in Animation
Tom Senior / 4 min / UK / 2009

This student work captures the fluidity and vibrancy of the artist’s own family in conversation through a unique sketch and watercolor animation style.

Drama about Family in Animation
Borge Ring / 8 min / Netherlands / 2009

Two elderly women relive their youth with a laugh and a wince as a series of dramatic events unfold in this classic Oscar-winning animation.

Poem about Inspiration in Stop-Motion
Julian Grey / 1 min / Canada / 2009

A poem by New York Poet Laureate Billy Collins, with inventive stop-motion and 3d animation. Part of a series.

Experimental about Childhood in Collage Animation
Dominic Bisignano / 7 min / USA / 2009

Bisignanoanimation uses a multitude of techniques to illustrate a humorous narrative account of one boy’s fear of AIDS circa 80′s America.—A Sundance 10/10 film: now online

Drama about Loss in Animation
Ian Mackinnon / 7 min / UK / 2008

Love inspires, but the fear of losing love causes an animator to obsessively record the moments he and his love share. An innovative mix of live-action and flipbook animation.

Drama about Family in Animation
Caroline Leaf / 10 min / Canada / 2008

The isolated world of two sisters is shattered when a visitor arrives to their island threatening to break their discordant harmony.

Comedy about Love in Animation
Marta Mackova / 5 min / Czech Republic / 2008

In this minimalistic animation out of the Czech Republic, a young lady indulges in the joys of people-watching at an outdoor café, but she is being watched too.

Comedy about Sexuality in Animation
Arthur De Pins / 9 min / France / 2008

One day, Gerald wakes up as a woman… The adventures of a man transformed into woman and who discovers a new life in a new body.

Drama about Family in Stop-Motion
Dik Jarman / 7 min / Australia / 2008

A moving ode to his dying father, Dik Jarman seeks and finds resolution to the strained relationship they shared by examining his father’s love of clocks—overcoming in the end the specter of his long-lost brother.

Adventure about Growth in Animation
Meghana Bisineer / 5 min / UK / 2008

Simple ink animation of a child’s imaginative journey across the surreal landscape of her grandmother.

Drama about Loss in Animation

A moving tale of a daughter, an absent father, and the ties we share that surpass time or logic