Short of the Week

Drama

Drama about Corruption in 3D Animation
Thomas Beg / 8 min / UK / 2011

Enjoy this innovative and gripping literary adaptation, a graduation animation from UCA Rochester.

Drama about Family in Live-Action
Mads Matthiesen / 18 min / Denmark / 2011

A shy bodybuilder ventures out on a date against the wishes of his over-protective mother in this powerful character-driven film from Denmark.

Drama about Family in Live-Action
Andrea Arnold / 24 min / UK / 2011

The 2003 Oscar winner, this film is a searing and intimate portrait of a single-mom and her 4 children in contemporary Britain.

Drama about Loss in 3D Animation

A creator’s puppets must struggle to carry on after their master is gone. A bizarrely moving animation from Supinfocom students.

Drama about Friendship in Live-Action
Sofia Coppola / 14 min / USA / 2011

A cruel clique of high school girls obsessed with social life wreak havoc on their classmates with their psychological torment in this early film by Sofia Coppola.

Drama about Childhood in Animation
Bruno Mangyoku, Tom Haugomat / 4 min / France / 2011

A champion swimmer is haunted by images from his childhood.

Drama about Family in Live-Action
Doug Karr / 7 min / Canada / 2011

One man. Two superpowers. Three ex-wives. Four autopsies. The remarkable true story of David Karr, from the perspective of the grandson who wishes he knew him.

Drama about Love in 3D Animation

A boy, new to the neighborhood, falls for the older girl next door is this wonderfully expressive Dutch student animation.

Drama about Love in Performance
Kseniya Simonova / 7 min / Ukraine / 2011

Sand-artist superstar Kseniya Simonova returns in this branded piece for Dior.

Drama about Friendship in Live-Action
Spike Jonze / 28 min / USA / 2011

A band of teenage friends struggle to find their place in a tumultuous militant world in this short film by Spike Jonze for the indie group, Arcade Fire.

Drama about Family in Animation
Joseph Pierce / 5 min / UK / 2011

A family’s awkward photo session brings its underlying issues to the surface in this surreal animation.

Drama about Childhood in Live-Action
Shahir Daud / 16 min / New Zealand / 2011

The next of our online releases under the “Short of the Week Presents” banner, this astute and observational short film represents the epitome of the film festival-style.

Drama about Redemption in Live-Action
George Hickenlooper / 28min min / USA / 2011

The 1994 short film classic remade into the Oscar-winning feature Slingblade.

Drama about Identity in Live-Action
Vin Diesel / 20 min / USA / 2011

Written, starring and directed by Vin Diesel this 1995 short film gave the future action star his break. Playing a largely autobiographical role, we see the struggles of a young actor.

Drama about Life & Society in 3D Animation
Matthias Hoegg / 7 min / UK / 2011

In the future, technology may change, but the patterns and routines of daily life stay constant—until we disrupt them.

Drama about Love in Live-Action
Eddie O'Keefe / 13 min / USA / 2011

A mysterious gang rolls into town and a young girl falls into that momentous kind of love that only hits the naive in this homage to the rough and tumble 1950′s.

Drama about Human Nature in Live-Action
Dominic Allen / 4 min / Australia / 2011

Suspense builds as a bystander watches two running men and contemplates the motivations of the scene in this short from aboriginal Australia.

Drama about Love in Animation
Julia Pott / 4 min / UK / 2011

The mysteries of the heart are front in center in London-animator Julia Pott’s examination of love, faded.

Drama about Decay in Animation
Joseph Pierce / 7 min / UK / 2011

Watch a comedian turn funny into serious into downright disturbing in this incredibly expressive black and white animation.

Drama about Family in Live-Action
Corrie Jones / 17 min / Australia / 2010

Things get tense as a young boy struggles to accept his father’s disability.

Drama about Love in Multi-Media
Gabriel Bisset Smith / 4 min / USA / 2010

A heart-breaking tale of love and loss told through a sequence of snapshots.

Drama about Family in Live-Action
Chris Dundon / 18 min / UK / 2010

A teenager learns to cope socially with his brothers’ disability.

Drama about Decay in Multi-Media
Virgil Widrich / 11 min / Austria / 2010

An Oscar-nominated film about a copy shop clerk who accidentally duplicates himself and sets off a chain reaction of unintended consequences—filmed from 18,000 photocopied frames.

Drama about Growth in Live-Action
Peter Sollett / 28 min / USA / 2010

Driven by the prospects of love, young Victor walks his neighborhood in Manhattan’s lower east side struggling to find his place in a world of dominance and empty promises

Drama about Family in Animation
Adrien Merigeau / 11 min / Ireland / 2010

Beautiful soft-spoken film about a son’s attempt to reconnect with his estranged father.