Short of the Week

Everything

Experimental about Nothing in Stop-Motion
Pes / 2 min / USA / 2009

Pes brings magic to the ordinary task of making spaghetti.

Drama about Life & Society in Live-Action
Ashvin Kumar / 15 min / India / 2009

In this Oscar-nominated short film a young boy is caught on the wrong side of the India-Pakistani border. The film presents the common humanity on both sides as well as the danger in the middle.

Essay about Nature in 3D Animation
Jacques Khouri / 2 min / USA / 2009

An animated look at the balancing act between man and nature.

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.

Documentary about Life & Society in Collage Animation
Laurie Hill / 7 min / UK / 2009

The humorous requests received at a photographic archive are the fodder for this splendid animation.

Comedy about Nothing in Live-Action
Daren Rabinovitch / 3 min / USA / 2009

We get a brief look at the daily life of God in this short from the Whophin collection.

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.

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.

Adventure about Nature in Animation
Erick Oh / 8 min / South Korea / 2009

A dung beetle sets out to roll his prized find back along the long road home.

Adventure about Perseverence in Stop-Motion
Tomas Mankovsky / 3 min / UK / 2009

A fun, simple story of a man’s adventure getting home all animated in life-size, stop-motion with real people and bizarre objects.

Dramedy about Life & Society in Live-Action
Michael Lucas / 10 min / Australia / 2009

Looking for shortcuts past traffic, Christine and Leo both drove into an alleyway, only to find themselves stranded in an absurd concrete jungle.

News / May 15, 2009

As you might have heard, Cannes is getting underway. While you don’t get to see any of the official competition films, Cannes does have this cool thing called the Short…

Sci-Fi about Childhood in Live-Action

A young boy rides through his memories in this early student-made sci-fi effects film.

Drama about Childhood in Live-Action
Alicia Duffy / 5 min / UK / 2009

At a major moment in her life, a young girl encounters an unknown man outside her house, in this ambiguous, poetic film.

Branded Film about Nothing in Special FX
CISMA / 4 min / France / 2009

Young girl lives in a fantasy world in this effects-laden film meant to show off Adobe’s creative suite.

Dark Comedy about Abuse in Flash Animation
Chris Ware / 3 min / USA / 2009

Bizarre story about two mice by the legendary illustrator, Chris Ware, for This American Life.

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.

Parody about Sexuality in Live-Action
Angela Robinson / 10 min / USA / 2009

A team of mini-skirt clad crime fighting women take on evil in this Sundance favorite.

Experimental about Reality in Stop-Motion
Carrotkid / 9 min / Canada / 2009

A robot has to make his way through a challenging maze in this black and white stop-motion.

Myth about Loss in Live-Action
Benh Zeitlin / 25 min / USA / 2009

A hopeful human tale of mythological proportions shot on location in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Adventure about Loss in 3D Animation
Marc Craste / 13 min / UK / 2009

Love traverses all obstacles in this award-winning animation about a circus performer and a lone admirer who hopes to free her.

Essay about Politics in Motion Graphics
Jonathan Jarvis / 11 min / USA / 2009

Millions have turned to this film to understand the complexities of the economic recession explained in the simplest form.

Interview / April 8, 2009

AJ Bond, director of the Gut Check winning film, Hirsute, talks about Back to the Future and his “Many Martys” theory.

Sci-Fi about Growth in Live-Action
A.J. Bond / 14 min / Canada / 2009

A young time traveler is confronted by an arrogant and hairless future version of himself—the winner of Short of the Week’s Gut Check Competition.

Interview / April 4, 2009

It’s been over a year since we stopped getting in touch with filmmakers on a regular basis, and one of the things we got back from you readers before our…