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
Cotton Stones
Cotton Stones from Jonathan Entwistle.
I just love these talented young actors. Wow. Strong in every element but the performances carry it.
Hands off!!!
How wrong could possibly be a commercial. Well, when kids are involved, there doesn’t seem to be any limit…
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Bitch
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A snobby record store clerk (Keira Leverton) falls in love with a guy (Juan Garcia) she catches stealing records.
Directed by Lilah Vandenburgh.
Watch it. (Quicktime)
via Promonews
Al Dente
Taking place in a colorful and musical universe, “Al Dente” is a short film which tells us the story of a little street girl discovering the magic and the dangers of an ogre’s kitchen.
Directed by Jean-François Barthelemy, Maël François and Carlos Felipe Leon Ortiz, students of Supinfocom.
Hoop Dream (entire film available)
This film is constantly voted the best documentary of all time. It is available in full at Hulu in 420p HD. Cannot get better than that online.
The film remains relevant just like it did when it first came out. Two young basketball players struggle to fulfill a common dream which is to make to the NBA. The two kids have contrasting styles and personalities, each story could have made a great documentary in of itself. But together, the stories highlight the hi’s and lo’s of each story even better. Once in a lifetime kind of movie.
Crossbow
Introspective and titillating at the same time.
P.s. I am getting tired of the 35mm adapters on DV cameras.
Juno Trailer
This should be the Little Miss Sunshine of 2007 (a movie I loved). Ellen Page who plays the title character seems like a star in the making. Her comic timing, at least from the trailers, is impeccable. Can’t wait for this to come out.
David Lynch’s “A Goofy Movie”
Disney’s A Goofy Movie, as would have been if directed by David Lynch.
Pure genius.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
via Giavasan
Fight For Kisses
The usual shitload of blogs posted this spot for Wilkinson razors. Am I the only one who doesn’t get what’s so good about it?
Not that the idea wasn’t cool… It is, indeed. But then? Did they elaborate on the idea? Nah: you can just find all the lack of substance found in Shrek the Third, condensed in two minutes. A pro is that you don’t have to pay the ticket.
And probably some/all of you will find it funny nevertheless. Good for you… 
The official site. (needs Flash)
The Scritch-Scratch of Busy Little Hands
A strange little film about a young boy’s escape into his own world to survive Catholic School.
Directed and animated by Joy and Noelle Vaccese.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Donny no skins – The meaning of pain
Hilarious animated short about how mental pain is worse than physical pain.
How Indie Are You? Emo?
Neo-industrial, post-emo, punk-funk, electric classical, trash-a-billy, scream, house, ghetto-tech.
Hilarious!
Watch it – via themudthebloodthebeer
The Wonderful films of Adam Elliott
All of Adam Elliott’s animated shorts possess a simple but beautiful aesthetic formula: well written and beautifully spoken voice-over that gives fragmented scenes a sense of wholeness, the focus is less on story and more on character. And like all characters, Elliott’s shorts combine sadness with beauty, there is a constant sense of melancholy and wonder. Much like Dostoevsky’s The Idiot or even Forrest Gump, Elliott’s film celebrate the idea that stupid is sublime.
The Oscar Winning short, Harvie Krumpet, is Eliott’s darkest and the most ambitious. The story follows the tumultuous life of Harvey Krumpet. The early parts of the film, from childhood to middle age, might remind you of other animated shorts that are packed with quirky and the bizarre scenes. However, the latter parts of the film, where it focuses on Krumpet’s life in a senior citizen home, is dark and almost morbid. This weight of the sadness is unique to animation which I actually found refreshing. I would love to see Krumpet’s book of “fakts” be published.
Cousin is part of series of shorts focused on family members that include Brothers and Uncle. The Cousin is a boy inflicted with Cerebral Palsy who has an uncontrollable left hand to go with his magically strong right hand. The pace is so right, no joke is left behind.
Brothers seems like a precursor to Harvie Krumpet. The Brother is a boy with asthma that can never seem to shake off trouble, much like Krumpet.
Uncle is not available online. All shorts are embedded below. Read more
Mena Suvari is Joan D’Arc
What if, instead of being a strong female leader, she was a strong cheerleader?
Viral for a telco directed by Stacy Wall. Iz Funneh becoz itz troo…
Watch it. (Quicktime)
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