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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.
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(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)
(via Cartoon Brew)
Gina, An Actress, Age 29
Wonderful film from Paul Harrill. I absolutely love the story.
God Bless America
Last scene from The Deer Hunter.
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La Premiere
Paris, Je T’aime – 14th Arrondissement
Procrastination
This isn’t ten ways to quit procastinations or whatever. It is more valuable than that.
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
Dix
Dark, harrowing short film showing the complexities of psychological and obsessive behavior.
Directed by BIF. Visual effects: The Mill.
Watch Dix. (Flash Video)
via Ehrensenf
Dear Alphabet
“Dear Alphabet” is a short film by Marina Budovsky, an experimental cartoon about a girl and what happens when a monster eats her mother. When she still cannot escape the depths of chaos, a magnificent storm washes her sadness away.
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Accro
A film that offers a reflection on addiction: we see the characters struggling, trapped in the gears of mechanisms, in the proper sense, which they can’t escape.
Short animated movie by three students of the Ensad: Marie Opron, Léonard Cohen, David Martin.
Watch Accro.
Melody Z
Melody Z is an intimate short film portrait of the nightlife generation in Shanghai, 2006.
Li Wei, a young sexy night flower working in a trance music club, lives together with her DJ boyfriend. The two live a nightly existence of dreamy trance music and colourful neon light.
A short film directed by David Verbeek.
Watch Melody Z.
Elvis Perkins In Dearland – “Chains, Chains, Chains”
Another beauty from the Sean Pecknold. The mood is just right. More formats available here.
Cotton Stones
Cotton Stones from Jonathan Entwistle.
I just love these talented young actors. Wow. Strong in every element but the performances carry it.
African Booty Scratcher
Lovely coming-of-age short about a West African family’s conflicting emotions about embracing their own culture amidst the melting pot that is America.
Written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu.
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