Short of the Week

Family

Documentary about Family in Interactive
Kaitlin Jones / 12 min / Canada / 2011

A sister fondly remembers growing up with her brother as she struggles to deal with his deployment to Afghanistan in this interactive film from the NFB.

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.

Horror about Family in Live-Action
Bobby Miller / 12 min / USA / 2011

Paul jerked off in the shower. Paul just impregnated his bath tub. Last year’s most outrageous Sundance short, now online.

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.

Documentary about Family in Animation

 
The RCA-alumni group, the Moth Collective (be sure to catch David Prosser’s Matter Fisher) continues to impress us with their simple yet honest animated stories. The latest to surface…

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 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.

Poem about Family in Animation
Luiz Lafayette Stockler / 3 min / UK / 2011

The artist tells a touching personal story about growing up with his grandfather in Brazil.

Dark Comedy about Family in Live-Action
Dirk Belien / 7 min / Belgium / 2011

Oscar-nominated dark comedy about the frustrations of being stuck in traffic while your wife cheats on you

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

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

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.

Documentary about Family in Live-Action
Bill Ross, Turner Ross / 18 min / USA / 2010

It’s not just another day for this low-income family who prepare a party to celebrate their moment of fame on a popular game show.

Music Video about Family in Collage Animation
Giles Timms / 2 min / USA / 2009

A young boy gets lost on an outing with his family and comes back to find decades have past.

Experimental about Family in Animation
Tom Senior / 4 min / UK / 2009

This student work captures the fluidity and vibrancy of the artist’s own family in conversation through a unique sketch and watercolor animation style.

Documentary about Family in Flash Animation
Chris Ware / 4 min / USA / 2009

The second collaboration between NPR institution “This American Life” and comic book icon Chris Ware, examines the slipperiness of memory to humorous effect.

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.

Drama about Family in Animation
Borge Ring / 8 min / Netherlands / 2009

Two elderly women relive their youth with a laugh and a wince as a series of dramatic events unfold in this classic Oscar-winning animation.

Dark Comedy about Family in Live-Action
Larry Ziegelman / 5 min / USA / 2008

Introducing your new lady to your parents can be an interesting experience — or it can be awkward, painfully intense and totally uncalled-for. Thanks, Dad!

Drama about Family in Animation
Caroline Leaf / 10 min / Canada / 2008

The isolated world of two sisters is shattered when a visitor arrives to their island threatening to break their discordant harmony.

Drama about Family in Stop-Motion
Dik Jarman / 7 min / Australia / 2008

A moving ode to his dying father, Dik Jarman seeks and finds resolution to the strained relationship they shared by examining his father’s love of clocks—overcoming in the end the specter of his long-lost brother.

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.