Short of the Week

Crime

Sci-Fi about Crime in Special FX
Alex & Steffen / 2 min / Germany / 2011

Somali pirates take over a huge cargo freighter at sea. Things don’t look good for our crew, but they have an ace up their sleeve—Vestrons! Engage!

Thriller about Crime in Animation

Set on a train, a passenger let’s his worries get the best of him.

Dark Comedy about Crime in Live-Action
Gunnar Järvstad / 3 min / Sweden / 2011

Amidst a dark situation, victim and executioner share a light moment.

Action about Crime in Live-Action
Lin Oeding / 9 min / USA / 2011

A harmless discussion turns into serious action in this fable from Hollywood stunt man, Lin Oeding.

Thriller about Crime in Special FX
Ruairi Robinson / 13 min / USA / 2011

Boy wants the latest toy for Christmas, a friendly robot to fill the love left by his parents’ broken marriage. But when the boy loses interest in Blinky, one final request remains.

Film Noir about Crime in Special FX
Andrew Jones / 8 min / USA / 2010

Reporter, Holly Malone, is out to bring down drug lord, Dancoolo, and break the story of her career. It’s a fan film masterpiece with the perfect mix of wacky characters, memorable one-liners, and over-the-top effects.

Action about Crime in 3D Animation

Pete, by day, an awkward salesman, by night, a government-controlled secret agent assigned to thwart a theft

Action about The End in 3D Animation

Mayhem shakes a world constructed of corporate logos in this Oscar-winning animation.

Film Noir about Crime in Special FX
Matthew Savage / 6 min / UK / 2010

1940′s visual styling combines with a futuristic setting in this sci-fi take on the hardboiled gumshoe. Now in development as a feature.

Experimental about Crime in Collage Animation
Osbert Parker / 8 min / UK / 2010

Wild ride through cut and pasted scenes in a mashup of old Hollywood and miniatures.

Drama about Crime in Live-Action
Andrew Okpeaha MacLean / 15 min / USA / 2010

A riveting piece of filmmaking that won the 2008 Jury Prize at Sundance. A hunter on the frozen Arctic becomes witness to a crime.

Action about Crime in Live-Action
Andrew Young / 15 min / USA / 2009

Our hero faces danger and dames in this classic crime-fighter archetype.

Film Noir about Crime in 3D Animation
Alexei Tylevich / 4 min / USA / 2009

A rapidly violent music video set in a cubic construction of the Mexican crime world.

Musical about Crime in Live-Action
Joss Whedon / 42 min / USA / 2009

Neil Patrick Harris owes his recent success to his role as an awkward villain vying to make his mark on the world in this breakout web hit from comedy master Joss Whedon.

Film Noir about Crime in Live-Action
Vincent Bal / 10 min / Belgium / 2008

A Christmas classic, this hilarious comedy is a loving ode to film noir, full of murder, love triangles and double-crosses.