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Societys obsession with video and online gaming has advanced to the point that virtual environments are indistinguishable from physical ones.
A short film by David Kaplan and Eric Zimmerman.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
(via Great Dismal)
David Kaplan and Eric Zimmerman
Undone
An elderly man fishing on a tempestuous sea is a metaphor for loss of memory and loss of self. As everything he tries to “catch” slips through his fingers, so too the world slips away and he becomes undone.
A short film by Hayley Morris, Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance 2009.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
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Tungijuq
A raw (but refined (but raw)) short film by Felix and Paul featuring Tanya Tagaq.
Watch Tungijuq (MPEG-4).
The Butterfly Circus
At the height of the Great Depression, the showman of a renowned circus leads his troupe through the devastated American landscape, lifting the spirits of audiences along the way. During their travels they discover, Will, a man without limbs who lives out his life in a sordid carnival sideshow, far below his aspirations of the grandeur of the great circuses. Having only known a life of limitation and discouragement, Will is struck by an intriguing encounter with the showman that leaves him with a drive to hope against everything he has ever believed.
Winner of the Doorpost Film Project, this short film by Joshua Weigel will be expanded into a feature length film.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
thanks Phil!
My Friend is a Cloud
On a floating island a small boy is lost in a vision of the future.
Short film by Anton Octavian.
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Le coeur est un métronome
A quick-tempered father argues with his son last time. The child decides to leave the family home. Dancing is the high point of the exchanges between the two characters because it is their only means of communication.
Gruaduation film by J-C Mbotti Malolo.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Embrace Life
A powerful ad by Daniel Cox for the SSRP about road safety going after something different than the usual shocking imagery.
Watch Embrace Life – Official website
Nuit Blanche
Can’t stop watching this film by Arev Manoukian. Looks even more gorgeous in Full HD on my TV.
Watch Nuit Blanche.
A Day and a Night in Paris
Two short films that have very little in common, except for their title…
Watch A Day in Paris by Benoît Millot.
Watch Night in Paris by Jean-Julien Pous.
Lucy Lolly
Lucy is a girl who loves candy, especially Lolly pops. However, to the lolly this innocent, sweet little girl is a monster who slowly tortures the defenceless stick before crunching it into pieces.
A great escape story like no other, Lucy Lolly is a tooth rotting horror adventure that will make you think twice about playing with your candy.
Directed by Aaron Foster, this was the final major project for his BA Honors degree in Digital Animation at the South East Essex College.
Watch it. (Flash Video) – Official (mini)site
God Bless America
Last scene from The Deer Hunter.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Dead Hearts
The sun is the same
In a relative way
But you’re older
Music video by Dead Man’s Bones featuring Arthur Ganson’s Machine with Wishbone.
Fight Fight Revolution?
When Pharaoh King announces a tournament to determine who will join his cyber-sports pro-team, Hugo sets his eyes on the prize. But if Hugo wants to win he’ll have to beat Shamus, the all time Turbo champ at the local Pandemonium arcade, and Ruse Kapri, a feisty prep girl that knows how to win.
Turbo is a short film (wannabe feature) set in the spirit of 80s flicks such as Karate Kid and Tron, with a technological update. Written and directed by Jarrett Lee Conaway, produced at BFAM Studios.
via Lizondo
Skhizein
Having been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.
Skhizein is short film by Jérémy Clapin (previously: Une histoire vertebrale) you should get while it’s hot…
via Inspirational
Her Lion’s Jump
In this short animated film by Régis Camargo, an unexpected visitor named Fred comes to Sandy’s window, asking for her help to take him home. Oh, by the way, Fred is a lion…
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