Short of the Week

Desperation

Action about Desperation in 3D Animation

Maximall means maximalism in this outrageous and gorgeous chase film that assaults your eyes.

Western about Desperation in Live-Action
Brandon McCormick / 13 min / USA / 2011

A dark western musical from the team at Whitestone Motion Pictures.

Thriller about Desperation in Live-Action
Tony E. Valenzuela / 5 min / USA / 2011

A chilling episode from the twilight zone-esque web series, BlackBoxTV.

Sci-Fi about Desperation in Special FX
Grzegorz Jonkajtys / 15 min / USA / 2011

High-level CG is married to live-action in a haunting dystopian vision of a world where humans utterly depend on bio-mechanical alterations to withstand a deteriorating climate.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Peter Horn, Jared Marshall / 5 min / USA / 2010

It’s Christmas time and the zombies are out tearing into helpless co-workers in this innovative film shot entirely in the first-person.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Jarrett Lee Conaway / 9 min / USA / 2010

Zombies are taking over the world but this clueless group of slackers is more interested in video games and the girl next door in this Horror/Comedy.

Action about Desperation in 3D Animation

Forbidden love sets off a wild chase between a deer-headed teenager and his girlfriend’s hunting father in this illustrative, action-packed film from Supinfocom students.

Branded Film about Desperation in Live-Action
Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry / 7 min / USA / 2010

The Commuter is a charmingly impressive Nokia branded short, commissioned to tout the capabilities of the N8, the Finnish handset maker’s newest HD video phone. In that way it is…

Sci-Fi about Desperation in Live-Action
Christian Swegal / 23 min / USA / 2010

A soldier has to piece together the memories of his past when an injury leaves him with amnesia.

Thriller about Desperation in Live-Action
Vincenzo Natali / 19 min / Canada / 2010

A taut horror-thriller set entirely within an elevator, this short film from Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice), is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Action about Desperation in 3D Animation

A lone photographer plays witness to a murder and a chase ensues down a dark urban landscape in this stylized and fast-paced game of cat and mouse.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action

What happens when you mix zombies and beer? You get a seemingly unstoppable way to spread a zombie virus.

Fantasy about Desperation in 3D Animation

Telling the story of an island of dodo-like birds terrorized by a malcontent octopus who relentlessly devours them, this work by the South African collective, The Blackheart Gang, is unabashedly fun and yet indescribably odd.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Damian McCarthy / 4 min / USA / 2009

Does telling a story’s ending deflate its tension? In this case, definitely not.

Thriller about Desperation in Live-Action
Takashi Doscher, Alex Shofner / 6 min / USA / 2009

A quick pit stop turns deadly for a rookie cop.

Dark Comedy about Desperation in Live-Action
Richard Gale / 10 min / USA / 2009

The slowest murder on film takes place between a helpless man and persistent agent of death armed with only a spoon.

Horror about Desperation in Anime
Kazuto Nakazawa / 10 min / Japan / 2009

A moody, and stylistic anime from acclaimed director Kazuto Nakazawa. A swordsman of legend is persuaded by a young girl to protect her village. But what is it she is unleashing?

Sci-Fi about Desperation in Live-Action
John Coven / 8 min / USA / 2008

All is not what it seems in this psychological, sci-fi thriller with top-notch acting and production quality.

Thriller about Desperation in Live-Action
J.R. Robinson / 15 min / USA / 2008

In this post-apocalypic world, only two people have survived—too bad they don’t get along.

Horror about Desperation in Live-Action
Takashi Shimizu / 3 min / Japan / 2008

Before Ju-On and The Grudge, Takashi Shimizu had to prove his new edgy take on horror in the form of two short films—this is the first.

Experimental about Desperation in Animation
Emmanuel Ho / 3 min / Canada / 2007

Glimpse into a surreal, poetic construction of Emmanuel Ho set in beautiful black and white—darkness and desperation never looked so good.