Short of the Week

Love

Sci-Fi about Love in Animation
Andreas Salaff / 6 min / USA / 2010

70′s-era hand-drawn animation about an aging inventor’s struggle to find his way home.

Drama about Love in Live-Action
Ben Briand / 10 min / Australia / 2010

Do you remember your first love? Your first kiss? Do you remember anything?

Branded Film about Love in Live-Action
Spike Jonze / 30 min / USA / 2010

Spike Jonze’s story about two robots in love based on Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree”.

Comedy about Love in Live-Action
Luke Snellin / 3 min / UK / 2010

Music is the shortcut into your crush’s heart in this short and sweet BAFTA nominee.

Drama about Love in 3D Animation
David O'Reilly / 10 min / Germany / 2010

Simple, fresh animation about the complex relationship between a cat and mouse.

Drama about Love in Special FX
Arev Manoukian / 4 min / Canada / 2010

A passing moment between two strangers becomes unforgettable as this film shows us what love at first sight must truly feel like.

Branded Film about Love in Live-Action
Yvan Attal / 3 min / France / 2009

Two lovers share a memorable day in Paris in this film sponsored by the city itself.

Parody about Love in Live-Action
Max Sacker / 4 min / Germany / 2009

A brief yet inventive 16mm short highlights our hero’s journey into the cinema screen in order to save the starlet he loves.

Music Video about Love in Special FX
Chris Milk / 3 min / USA / 2009

A harsh breakup served up with a side of brutal honesty and a walking, singing heart that will have you saying, “That’s so true.”

Dramedy about Love in 3D Animation
Wong Wei Jian / 6 min / Malaysia / 2009

A pair of window mannequins play out a calamitous scene of love on a small stage.

Drama about Love in 3D Animation

I can’t know, since I don’t live in France or know any French animators, but in my mind I like to believe that there is an epic rivalry between the…

Comedy about Love in 3D Animation

Two star-crossed octopuses put their tentacles on the line to save each other from a tasty demise.

Comedy about Love in Live-Action
Patrick Hughes / 11 min / Australia / 2009

Jason is a depressed office boy, but through the window he sees the girl who might change all that. With blank paper and a sharpie he endeavors to let her know.

Experimental about Love in Special FX
CISMA (Denis Kamioka) / 7 min / Brazil / 2009

This surreal, design-inspired film, blends live-action and animation to illustrate the emotions of new love and heartbreak.

Essay about Love in Stop-Motion
Carlos Lascano / 3 min / USA / 2009

A girl daydreams of a life lived in love.

Comedy about Love in Live-Action
Patrik Eklund / 22 min / Sweden / 2009

A young, amateur magician gets his chance to make an impression on an attractive new neighbor when a gig for his father’s birthday party opens up.—A Sundance 10/10 film: currently offline

Comedy about Love in Live-Action
H. Blake Edwards / 5 min / USA / 2009

Quirky, romantic micro-budget film is the winner of Youtube’s Project Direct 2008

Branded Film about Love in Anime
Kazuto Nakazawa / 1 min / Japan / 2008

A splendid 60 second tale of love and loss showcasing cutting-edge anime techniques by the director of the Kill Bill animated sequence

Action about Love in 3D Animation
Alex Weil / 9 min / USA / 2008

This pro-level CG animation revolves around the remarkable romance of a scrappy street rat and a lovely lab rat, with plenty of action inbetween. However it is done in a decidedly un-Pixar way.

Comedy about Love in Live-Action
Devi Snively / 7 min / USA / 2008

Possibly “the finest low-budget vampire beach movie of all time.”

Comedy about Love in Animation
Marta Mackova / 5 min / Czech Republic / 2008

In this minimalistic animation out of the Czech Republic, a young lady indulges in the joys of people-watching at an outdoor café, but she is being watched too.

Drama about Love in 3D Animation
Goby, Landour & Jouret / 5 min / France / 2008

Tale of a glorious, renowned dance couple, seeking to recapture the lost magic now that the man is in a wheelchair.

Horror about Love in Live-Action
Spencer Susser / 14 min / Australia / 2008

A ton of festival kudo’s have poured in for this special effects-laden, post-apocalyptic, zombie-film. That is probably because of its twist—it is actually quite sweet.

Comedy about Love in Animation
Lev Yilmaz / 3 min / USA / 2008

How to break up in 64 easy steps, as told from the insightful, dry humor of Lev and his lo-tech Tales of Mere Existence animated series.

Drama about Love in 3D Animation
Jérémy Clapin / 9 min / France / 2008

Crippled with chiropractic problems, this sad, young fellow with big dreams struggles to meet that perfect someone that just fits.