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For all the lovebirds out there,  a truly gorgeous animation from Carlos Lascano. Watch it with the HD on, full screen, preferably with your sweetie. ^_^
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Stateside, we don’t take the BAFTA’s nearly as seriously as the British take the Oscars, but it’s a pretty neat award ceremony. Certainly more reputable than the Golden Globes. And…

If you haven’t seen it yet, The Control Master is a collaboration between famed found-illustration animator, Run Wrake (creator of SOTW film, Rabbit), and the image library, Veer. Created using only…

For your consideration a new Short of the Moment, Sweet Dreams, a totally awesome stop-motion starring a cupcake! Cupcakes are really hot right now it seems, at least here in…

Take a look at Raymond. It’s a well-integrated 5 minute animation and live-action film that screened with the Animation Show 4 collection.

The folks over at AWN are showcasing the animated films up for an Oscar this year. They show short clips from most films along with stills and a synopsis—enough to give…

The new Short of the Week website has launched! Here is what you can expect…

The National Film Board of Canada, has digitized its collection and taken it online in celebration of its upcoming 70th anniversary.

This year, the Sundance Film Festival will highlight an exclusive selection of 10 short films over 10 days on the iTunes Store.Beginning January 15th with the first film, Short of…

In honor of all the golden statues soon to be handed over to Hollywood, we will focus on honoring the many overlooked short films that have earned accolades on smaller stages.

1. Muto, 7min—Street art comes alive in this life-scale animation of a surrealist metamorphosis.
2. The Big Empty, 21min—A beautiful and bittersweet story about inner emptiness.
3. I Love Sarah…

Hey Readers, I’d like to invite everyone to take an active role in Short of the Week by telling us what you’d like to see in our redesign of the…

As you may have noticed, SotW has been, well, a little less than weekly of late. This is mostly due to my shoddy management of the site while our main…

A favorite short film host, Atom Films, has decided to narrow its once broad library of films to focus purely on comedy. It joins the likes of SuperDeluxe, Jib Jab,…

For the past few years, YouTube has been the ultimate democracy willing to take in every tired, poor, and huddled video. But just this week, YouTube has decided to put…

Tom Stern talks to us about the concept and inspiration for his film, The Autobiography of Tom Stern: Chapter Six, The New Science.

I had the chance to throw a few questions at Dan Pasternack, the man behind content programming at Super Deluxe, about #12 Derek & Simon and how online entertainment is more…

How did you hear about the contest MTVU/Decemberists contest and what made you want to participate?
I heard about The Decemberists contest from an e-newsletter that my school put out…

A quick interview with Luis Cook, director of The Pearce Sisters, about the inspiration for the film, the animation process, and his favorite websites.

Where did the story for Genesis Antipode come from?
Genesis Antipode is essentially the story of a blind date gone bad…really, really bad. It’s the story of Rebecca and Jeffrey,…

Phillip Van, a recent NYU grad, has received accolades for his Berlin Int’l Film Festival creation, High Maintenance. A film that earned him a Student Academy Award and numerous festival…

Short of the Week picks the best online films of 2007—from lo-fi sci-fi to politically-themed claymation.

Trevor Cawood, filmmaker of Terminus, sits down with us to talk about his film, the amazing visual effects at work, and how publishing the film online got him 500,000 views.

A Q&A with animator, Tony Comley about his film, Abigail, inspiration for work, and upcoming projects.