Short of the Week

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Dramedy about Love in Multi-Media
Tom Jobbins / 10 min / UK / 2013

Larry’s Face was sent into space on the Voyager Spacecraft, an event he thought would bring intergalactic fame. This is his story of life and love.

Poem about Inspiration in Motion Graphics
Matthew Freidell / 9 min / USA / 2013

Creative marketing agency, The Glossary, uses David Foster Wallace’s 2005 Kenyon College commencement speech to create this inspirational, life affirming visual poem

Playlist / May 1, 2013

Episode two in our partnership with PBS Digital Studios is now live on YouTube. On this week’s episode, we’re focusing on a popular topic as of late—branded content. It’s a subject…

Documentary about Perseverence in Live-Action
Caleb Slain / 13 min / USA / 2013

In the autumn of 1998, a profound tragedy echoed through a small Michigan town and twisted the well laid plans of a young prodigy in strange and inspired ways.

Drama about Human Nature in Live-Action
Mark Gutteridge / 9 min / UK / 2013

A group of uncommunicative neighbors closely monitor a new tenant’s movements until they meet via their intercom.

Horror about Friendship in Special FX
Anthony Melton / 13 min / UK / 2013

Set on one fateful night, six friends gather for their monthly ‘games night’… and accidentally unleash a demonic force that might tear them and their friendships to pieces. Part of the Bloody Cuts anthology.

Drama about Art in Live-Action
Julian Marshall / 20 min / USA / 2013

The first narrative film about the early life of street artist Shepard Fairey and the origin of his OBEY GIANT street art campaign.

Horror about The End in Live-Action

Stranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect the precious cargo he carries: his infant daughter

Comedy about Family in Live-Action
Clay Liford / 14 min / USA / 2013

A geriatric mother and her twenty-something son embark on a road trip to meet some dastardly drug dealers in order to replenish a supply of certain herbs.

Comedy about Growth in Live-Action
Spencer Maybee / 17 min / Canada / 2013

On the brink of wedlock, Shane gets a 7-seat wedding gift that drives him to risk his marriage in order to save his true love.

Dark Comedy about Other Worlds in 3D Animation
Alan Dickson / 10 min / New Zealand / 2013

A vengeful Easter bunny plots to steal Santa’s sack, and in the process, learns something about himself that will change Christmas forever.

Music Video about Nothing in Live-Action
Ilya Naishuller / 4 min / Russia / 2013

An office escape turns into first-person action insanity in this music video from Russian punk rock band, Biting Elbows

Satire about Life & Society in Live-Action
Todd Strauss-Schulson / 20 min / USA / 2013

It isn’t in you, it is you. A film from feature director, Todd Strauss-Schulson

Musical about Perseverence in Live-Action
Brandon McCormick / 20 min / USA / 2013

The latest from Whitestone Motion Pictures—the true tall tale of John Henry and the railroad

Article / March 4, 2013

This year marked an interesting milestone for the Oscar nominated animated short films. For the first time in recent memory, people actually watched them. On January 29th, my Facebook feed…

Romance about Love in Live-Action
Brian McAllister / 8 min / USA / 2013

A Capraesque story about life, love, and sugar packets.

War about Friendship in 3D Animation
Mark Nelson / 19 min / USA / 2013

Threatened by the invading German Army in WWI, a group of misfits must band together in order to save Britain and the world.

Playlist / February 14, 2013

In honor of Valentine’s Day, a playlist about chasing love.

Dark Comedy about Human Nature in Live-Action
Nash Edgerton / 10 min / Australia / 2013

Jack has the perfect birthday surprise planned for Emelie. Sometimes, though, plans go horrifically wrong. The new short film from Blue Tongue Films & Nash Edgerton.

Playlist / February 1, 2013

In honor of the Big Game, a playlist for the athlete in all of us.

Instructional about Reality in Special FX
Till Nowak / 6 min / Germany / 2013

The “Centrifuge Brain Project” gives an insight on scientific experiments with amusement park rides.

Dark Comedy about Family in Animation
Simon Cottee / 5 min / Australia / 2013

A melancholy boy attends his estranged Father’s wedding to a large Latina woman aboard a small and cramped boat on a shark infested sea.

Dramedy about Sexuality in Live-Action
Sean Ellis / 10 min / France / 2013

Jean-Paul Clément checks into a hotel and faces a personal dilemma in this short from Cashback director, Sean Ellis.

Documentary about Inspiration in Live-Action
Zack Conkle / 12 min / USA / 2012

Zany and unpredictable, Jeffrey Wright is loved by his physics students at Louisville Male High School. But, beyond teaching them how the world works, it’s his personal life that inspires them to be better people.

Romance about The End in Live-Action
Garrett Murray, Shawn Morrison / 12 min / USA / 2012

George discovers that the end of the world is the perfect time to lose everything.