Short of the Week

Life & Society

Adventure about Life & Society in 3D Animation
David R. Christensen / 5 min / Denmark / 2012

The Animation Workshop brings us a fully-realized world with strong visual metaphors about the pressures of responsibility.

Documentary about Life & Society in Live-Action
Doug Nichol / 15 min / USA / 2012

An American advertising producer in Shanghai tries to sell fast food to the Chinese. An endearing portrait of a modern day “Mad Man.”

Dark Comedy about Life & Society in Flash Animation
Felix Massie / 6 min / UK / 2012

Keith’s typical day turns red in this violent stick figure animation with a larger message.

Dark Comedy about Life & Society in Animation
Nick Khoo / 2 min / Australia / 2012

A revenge fantasy about that jerk behind you in traffic.

Essay about Life & Society in Animation
Santiago Grasso / 7 min / Argentina / 2011

Just another day at work in this poignant animation that played Ottawa, Annecy, and Stuttgart.

Experimental about Life & Society in Collage Animation
Kelly Sears / 8 min / USA / 2011

The mysterious events at a 1970′s high school are revealed between the pages of an old yearbook in this animation from collage veteran, Kelly Sears.

Branded Film about Life & Society in Stop-Motion
Johnny Kelly / 2 min / UK / 2011

Branded Content for Chipotle, this short animation from RCA-grad Johnny Kelly uses stop-mo, clean designs and Willie Nelson (!) to tell a touching story of sustainable agriculture.

Essay about Life & Society in Live-Action
Rick Mereki / 3 min / USA / 2011

3 friends create three indelible short travel films, each centering around a specific topic.

Documentary about Life & Society in Interactive

A remarkable interactive media experience about a town that’s no longer on the map, but is not forgotten.

Essay about Life & Society in Motion Graphics
Patrick Clair / 3 min / Australia / 2011

Warfare is entering a digital generation. In this infographics piece from down under we learn about one of the scariest new viruses out there.

Documentary about Life & Society in Live-Action
Alison Klayman / 18 min / China / 2011

Ai Wei Wei, China’s most famous artist and dissident. Watch this short film from Alison Klayman who spent months documenting his life.

Sci-Fi about Life & Society in Animation
Marc Adamson / 3 min / UK / 2011

A brief funky animation about the power of music in a futuristic fascist state

Dark Comedy about Life & Society in Animation
Martinus Klemet / 9min min / Estonia / 2011

Television controls every moment of our lives in this stark animation from Estonia’s Martinus Klemet

Sci-Fi about Life & Society in Live-Action
A. Sayeeda Clarke / 15 min / USA / 2011

It’s December in New York City, and it’s 120 degrees. Bato and his wife are expecting a baby, but he’s faced with the choice of giving up his identity to ensure a safe delivery.

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.

Poem about Life & Society in Flash Animation
DC Turner / 10 min / USA / 2011

Tim Minchin’s poem of an evening dinner conversation about spirituality and the age-old battle between spirituality and science.

Sci-Fi about Life & Society in Live-Action
Nisha Ganatra / 20 min / USA / 2011

When every parent is selecting for desirable traits, one expecting mother “rolls the dice” and tests the morality of the system.

Documentary about Life & Society in Found Footage
Kirby Ferguson / 7 min / USA / 2011

Good artists copy—great artists steal. How everything from music to movies is influenced, based on, or derivative of previous genius.

Comedy about Life & Society in Animation
Cordell Barker / 9 min / Canada / 2011

A runaway train provides the scene for cartoonish antics and bitingly funny class conflicts.

Essay about Life & Society in Live-Action
Varathit Uthaisri / 3 min / USA / 2010

Watching the dramas of daily life unfold from underneath the surface.

Documentary about Life & Society in Special FX
Gavin Kelly / 4 min / Ireland / 2010

What if fantasy characters from World of Warcraft existed in our world? That’s what this documentary from Dublin explores, and I in turn explore how the film is perfect representative of short film today.

Fantasy about Life & Society in Live-Action
Guy Maddin / 14 min / Canada / 2010

A love story to Canada, Guy Maddin directs this film for the NFB about a Bosnian immigrant who uses the Aurora Borealis to broadcast images across the country.

Drama about Life & Society in Live-Action
Juanita Wilson / 16 min / Ireland / 2010

A recent Oscar nominee, an absurd crime reveals itself as a poignant ritual for a family in post-Chernobyl Ukraine

Documentary about Life & Society in Live-Action
Jesse Epstein / 7 min / USA / 2009

An examination of beauty as seen through the eyes of mannequin manufacturers.

Poem about Life & Society in Collage Animation
Bruce Alcock / 3 min / Canada / 2009

Beautiful yet brash poetry of Canadian Al Purdy colorfully animated with crude painting and yellow flowers.