Partysaurus Rex , a new animated short from Pixar, in which we join the characters from Toy Story for an ecstatic bathtime rave (
poster). The short débuted ahead of ("opened for") Finding Nemo 3D in September 2012, and features an original soundtrack by electronic musician
BT.
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posted by Tufa
on Apr 27, 2013 -
34 comments
Paths of Hate is a highly stylized Polish CGI animated short movie which to an extent mimics traditional cel animation, but goes far beyond what's practically possible with traditional techniques. It also has some excellent, high-intensity aerial combat. Possibly NSFW for some light blood and gore.
posted by Joakim Ziegler
on Feb 20, 2013 -
33 comments
"You may find my actions extreme, but for a crew of sufficient numbers, if a suitable destination could be found, no return destination would be needed.
Therefore, I have had to improvise, with our ship, with our crew." The goal was to make a short sci-fi film, but without CGI, greenscreens, or other digital trickery, instead relying on camera tricks, miniature photography, and stop-animation. And now it is done:
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posted by filthy light thief
on Jan 30, 2013 -
41 comments
Seven For A Secret - an anonymous fanfic author creates seven unhappy ( or at least, unconventional ) endings for Disney Princesses by placing them in proper historical, mythological, or thematic context.
posted by The Whelk
on Dec 27, 2012 -
53 comments
Le Miroir is the story of a life as reflected in the bathroom mirror. It's a lovely contemplation on staying in place while traveling through the experience of growing older.
[via] [direct video link]
posted by quin
on Aug 7, 2012 -
11 comments
A chance of a lifetime for aspiring filmmakers:
Kevin Spacey stars in three scripts from the Jameson-sponsored First Shot contest. In the phenomenal
The Ventriloquist a ventriloquist and his dummy are having a hard time relating to each other and humanity; in
The Envelope, a Russian man's hobby fulfills his purpose; and in
Spirit of a Denture a mild-mannered dentist faces off with a difficult patient.
posted by jocelmeow
on Jun 8, 2012 -
18 comments
The Eagleman Stag is the 2011 BAFTA award winning Royal College of Art thesis film of director/writer
Mikey Please. It's mostly made out of some strange white stuff, found in the back of a stress cushion.
posted by netbros
on May 8, 2012 -
9 comments
The Boundaries of Life and Death is a lovely short animation inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe quotation;
"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"
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posted by quin
on May 2, 2012 -
3 comments
Heavily influenced by samurai films from film makers such as Akira Kurosawa, French/Burkinabe
filmmaker Cédric Ido produced a short award winning film,
Hasaki Ya Suda (The Three Black Samurai) set in the future.
Its synopsis reads:
It is 2100. In the world engulfed in chaos and war whose residents are consumed by terrible hunger, the last fertile land became the subject of fierce battles. Three warriors: noble Wurubenba (Jacky Ido), Shandaru (Cedric Ido), who wants to avenge his father’s death, and Kapkaru (Min Man Ma) craving for power, will face one another in a fight for life and death.
Watch
the full 25-minute Hasaki Ya Suda short film (available only with French subtitles at the moment) or
the 1 minute teaser. Interview
with Cedric in English.
posted by infini
on Apr 23, 2012 -
7 comments
Blow Out Sale - An imaginative short film featuring Danny Pudi, which looks at the dangerous and competitive world of retail furniture sales.
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posted by quin
on Apr 17, 2012 -
10 comments
Rage - An amusing little animated short showing a rage-fueled chain reaction and the impact it can have on the world.
posted by quin
on Apr 16, 2012 -
19 comments
Prasanna Puwanarajah's moving short about a Velodrome carpenter,
BOY was the winner of the British Airways Great Britons 2012 competition.
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posted by IanMorr
on Apr 10, 2012 -
2 comments
Red is a dark retelling of Little Red Riding Hood done as a bloody, stylish animated short.
posted by quin
on Apr 10, 2012 -
11 comments
No Robots: An engaging animated short about prejudice in a future in which robots have been banned.
posted by quin
on Mar 1, 2012 -
10 comments
The Man Who Lived on his Bike is a 3 minute short by Canadian filmmaker Guillaume Blanchet, who spent 382 days riding his bicycle through the streets of Montreal in order to explore what life would be like if he actually lived on a bicycle.
posted by Obscure Reference
on Feb 9, 2012 -
10 comments
"Piss" Sometimes a girl just wants to get peed on. Filmmaker Bette Bentley has written, produced, starred in and co-directed a funny and very sweet short film on the bedroom negotiations of piss play.
[NSFW - also possible trigger]
posted by stray
on Jan 31, 2012 -
88 comments
Archetype is a seven minute sci-fi short by Aaron Sims, which despite being a no-budget project, features amazingly high quality special effects.
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posted by quin
on Jan 24, 2012 -
17 comments
ROSA (vimeo) A sci-fi short animated film created by a new Spanish artist, Jesús Orellana. This was a year-long, solo project created without a budget.
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posted by zarq
on Nov 11, 2011 -
8 comments
Like a children's book for adults.
Blok [slyt] a 1982 short by Polish Director Hieronim Neumann.
posted by quoquo
on Nov 9, 2011 -
10 comments
Like a "modern-day pirate," 75-year-old Ray Ives has been diving for sunken treasure for decades. Wearing an ancient, bronze-helmeted diving suit, he searches the ocean floor and keeps a huge collection of marine salvage (including antique cannon balls, 'bottles, bells, swords, portholes and diving gear') in a shipping container "museum" at a British marina.
Ray: A Life Underwater:
Vimeo /
YouTube. (A short film documentary.)
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posted by zarq
on Sep 23, 2011 -
5 comments
blind is a short film (5:17 - in Japanese w/ English subtitles) set in post-nuclear Tokyo. The film may be viewed at the
blind website, at
Vimeo or at
YouTube.
Parents please be advised: although the film features a young child, viewing by young children is not especially recommended, as they may be frightened.
posted by flapjax at midnite
on Sep 6, 2011 -
29 comments
8 Hours in Brooklyn - Fantastic little compilation of slo-mo footage taken over the course of eight hours in BKLN. Extra good watched in fullscreen.
posted by dobbs
on Aug 14, 2011 -
12 comments
"What do you get when you combine 15kgs of silicon, 2km of wool, 46 highly enthusiastic filmmakers and 2 years of hard work? …
Zero." (youtube / also on
vimeo) Official
site.
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posted by zarq
on Jun 30, 2011 -
14 comments
It was bound to happen eventually. After
a quarter-century,
26 Academy Awards, and an unparalleled streak of
eleven artistic and commercial triumphs, Pixar's latest project,
Cars 2, is
Certified Rotten. Critics have
assailed the film as a slick but hollow vehicle for Disney's
$10 billion-dollar Cars merchandising industry "lifestyle brand," replacing the original's serviceable tale of small-town redemption with
zany spy games,
hyperactive chase sequences, and even more
lowbrow aww-shucks potty humor from
Larry the Cable Guy. But it's not all bad news! Along with
a fun new Toy Story 3 short, preceding today's (3-D) premiere showings is a first look at next year's
Brave --
a darkly magical original story set in ancient Scotland featuring the studio's first female lead (and
director).
Evocative high-res concept art [mirror] is available at the official website, and
character sketches have leaked to the web, with the apparently striking teaser trailer sure to follow. Also, be sure not to miss the sneak peak of
Brave's associated short,
"La Luna"!
posted by Rhaomi
on Jun 24, 2011 -
263 comments
