Short of the Week

UK

Music Video about Other Worlds in Stop-Motion
/ 4 min / UK / 2009

Inventive music video for Coldplay featuring lead singer Chris Martin as an explorer of new worlds and realized entirely in drawn chalk animation.

Documentary about Life & Society in Collage Animation
Laurie Hill / 7 min / UK / 2009

The humorous requests received at a photographic archive are the fodder for this splendid animation.

Fantasy about Family in Animation
Laurie J Proud / 5 min / UK / 2009

A girl from a strange family falls prey to her doppelgänger in this surreal animation that resulted from a collaborative script by John Malkovich for Sony.

Adventure about Perseverence in Stop-Motion
Tomas Mankovsky / 3 min / UK / 2009

A fun, simple story of a man’s adventure getting home all animated in life-size, stop-motion with real people and bizarre objects.

Drama about Childhood in Live-Action
Alicia Duffy / 5 min / UK / 2009

At a major moment in her life, a young girl encounters an unknown man outside her house, in this ambiguous, poetic film.

Adventure about Loss in 3D Animation
Marc Craste / 13 min / UK / 2009

Love traverses all obstacles in this award-winning animation about a circus performer and a lone admirer who hopes to free her.

Music Video about Loss in Live-Action
Up the Resolution / 12 min / UK / 2009

A multi-track music video film that touches on what happens after the happy ending and the struggles of dealing with the loss that follows.

Action about Revenge in Stop-Motion
Robin King / 3 min / UK / 2009

A photographer gets revenge on her celebrity boyfriend in this stop-motion that blurs the bounds of reality.

Branded Film about Life & Society in Collage Animation
Run Wrake / 6 min / UK / 2009

Stock footage resource Veer teams up with found-illustration animator Run Wrake to create this bizarre world where a giganticator turns a city upside down.

Sci-Fi about Other Worlds in 3D Animation
Ian Wharton, Edward Shires / 4 min / UK / 2009

Day follows night, follows day, follows night. That is until the natural poetry of motion is thrown out of sync by mechanical failure.

Dark Comedy about Friendship in 3D Animation
Smith & Foulkes / 9 min / UK / 2009

An inventive digital animation about a father and son mortician who go to Hell and back (literally) to deliver a casket. 2008 Oscar nominee.

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 Abuse in Live-Action
Simon Ellis / 13 min / UK / 2008

Disturbing look at the frustrations of a man and son against nameless aggression.

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.

Dark Comedy about Family in 3D Animation
Luis Cook / 9 min / UK / 2008

Aardman Animations takes on this bleak-hearted tale of two isolated sisters in this gritty film that successfully combines multiple genres and animation styles.

Comedy about Greed in Live-Action
J J Keith / 18 min / UK / 2007

Quirky British comedy about a crook who finds himself trapped in the home of a person away on holiday.

Drama about Loss in Collage Animation
Tony Comley / 7 min / UK / 2007

Fluid collection of thoughts and moments strung together around the theme of desperately searching for something you’ve lost—all while on a plane that is nose-diving.

Drama about Loss in Claymation
Suzie Templeton / 6 min / UK / 2007

BAFTA-winning claymation explores the suffocating atmosphere in a young boy’s household, as he and his father must confront their dog’s deteriorating condition.

Comedy about Nature in Animation
Sharon Colman / 7 min / UK / 2007

A tired badger battles with a pair of noisy crows for peaceful rest, but inadvertently falls into a much bigger mess when an underground missile station is placed underneath the badger’s dwelling.

Experimental about Politics in Flash Animation
Max Hattler / 2 min / UK / 2007

A kaleidoscope of national symbols and sounds highlight the tension between America and the Islamic world.

Adventure about Other Worlds in 3D Animation
Gaëlle Denis / 6 min / UK / 2007

A Japanese transplant finds herself in the cold heart of a gloomy and uninviting London. But there’s more that lies beyond the surface…

Dark Comedy about Greed in Collage Animation
Run Wrake / 8 min / UK / 2007

Famed animator Run Wrake remixes vintage children’s sticker illustrations into a bizarre fable about greed and the balance of power.

Satire about Life & Society in Claymation
Nick Park / 5 min / UK / 2007

Marking the beginning of Nick Park’s career (creator of Wallace & Gromit), this film features a cast of zoo animals discussing their living conditions. Did I mention it was nominated for an Oscar?