M.C. Escher

M.C. Escher (Short Film). LINK: Youtube

Dubstep Dispute

Dubstep Dispute from Fluxel Media on Vimeo.

(vimeo link) Dubstep robots have a disagreement and express it in their own way. This is probably the most appropriate use of dubstep music. For laughs, it ranks up there with the turkeys! This short film is by Fluxel Media with music by Nostalgia. Link -Via: Metafilter, Via: Neatorama

Monument to the War of 1812

A short film about artist and writer Douglas Coupland's "Monument to the War of 1812" sculpture in Toronto. LINK: Vimeo

DARK SIDE OF THE LENS

A very intriguing short story. Well worth a watch and well put together. LINK: Vimeo

The Great Wall of Wah Wah

Here is a short video recorded at Wah Wah Lounge in Melbourne. Music by Luke Bowditch. LINK: Youtube

Sintel

"Sintel" is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film.
This 15 minute film has been realized in the studio of the Amsterdam Blender Institute, by an international team of artists and developers. In addition to that, several crucial technical and creative targets have been realized online, by developers and artists and teams all over the world. LINK: Youtube

Short Stories - DARK SIDE OF THE LENS

Relentless Energy's Short Stories competition beings with 'The Dark Side Of The Lens', a short film from renowned surf photographer Mickey Smith. LINK: Youtube

USA vs England in Lego

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The short version of last week’s World Cup game between the US and England features only the best parts -both goals, with instant replays. In LEGO! This video was created by the folks at Lego Fussball, who have Lego versions of many games. English translation by The Guardian. -Via: Laughing Squid, Via: Neatorama

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN

New York invasion by 8-bits creatures !
PIXELS is Patrick Jean' latest short film, shot on location in New York. LINK: Youtube

Sea of Glass

The coastal landscape of West Wales provides the setting for this short film.
Animation,music and photography are juxtaposed in order to explore the liminal space
between land and sea.

The film has evolved from an original piece produced as part of an audio-visual
performance with the composer Tom Middleton at the National Film Theatre, London. LINK

A Short Film Made from Cross Stitching

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Maggie and Mildred is a short film by Holly Klein about the make-believe adventures of two little girls. She cross stitched all of the characters and scenes, and then animated them. In an interview about the project, Klein wrote:

It took me about nine months to stitch all of the elements. I stitched the house first, then made the characters with all of their parts and outfits seperately. I then scanned everything into the computer, cut them out, and animated them in the computer. The whole process took me just under two years.

Via: Make | Artist’s Website | Interview with Klein about the Film | Via: Neatorama

Descendants

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Descendants is an animated short film by Heiko van der Scherm about two flowers, and the curiosity and treachery between them. In a manner that reminds me of the rabbits of Watership Down, the flowers are anthropomorphized, but still motivated primarily by the plant life cycle.

Starring Whoopi Goldberg. Run time: 14 minutes, 32 seconds.

Via: Nerdcore, Via: Neatorama

Skhizein - Awesome Animation

Skhizein is a strange film that begins with a man at a psychiatrist's office talking about his problem. It seems that since a meteorite struck nearby, he's been "out of phase". In other words, every thing he does is 91 centimeters off (that's a yard for all of us non-metric folks)! When he goes to the toilet, for example, he needs to stand 91 centimeters to the right or he'll miss! And, when he wants to look out the window, he puts his head through the wall next to the window! It's all very strange yet compelling. What is also strange is the animation style. While it uses CGI, the look is totally unique and the main character looks a lot like a child's drawing or the David character from David Shannon's books.

Unique, compelling and clever--what more could you want from an animated short?!

LINK: Webphemera, Via: Vimeo

Signs

Sometimes all you need is a sign. This short film by Australian Director Patrick Hughes has no dialogue at all but tells a story by which you cannot fail to be moved. A young man (Jason, we learn) is in a new job in the big city and is very lonely. That is until one day when... well, you will have to watch this unusual and touching romantic comedy for yourself. It's only eleven minutes long. Sit back and get your hankies out. LINK, Via: Youtube

Alma

"Meet Alma, as she makes a rather unnerving discovery."

This is the directorial debut of Rodrigo Blaas, who seized the opportunity to make his mark in short film by recruiting some of the best artists in the field, including French animator Bolhem Bouchiba, character designer Carlos Grangel and Sergio Pablos, Art Director Alfonso Blaas, music composer Mastretta and sound designer Tom Myers.

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo. Via: Neatorama

A Matter of Loaf and Death: Big Trouble at the Mill

A Matter of Loaf and Death is an award-winning, delightful clay-animated short film directed by Nick Clark, a four-time Academy Award-winning English filmmaker of stop-motion animation. The film, starring the much-loved duo Wallace and his faithful dog Gromit, was named last week as one of 10 films to advance in the Animated Short Films category for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. A Matter of Loaf and Death played on BBC Television last year and was the highest-rated program of 2008 and the highest-rated non-sporting event in the United Kingdom since 2004. In 2008, the film won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation and the Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject. LINK, Via: Vimeo



The full-version of A Matter of Loaf and Death can also be viewed here.

Dreaming of Lucid Living: A Fascinating Performance/Animation Mash-Up

Dreaming of Lucid Living is a short film that’s a remarkable, beautiful performance/animation mash-up by the award-winning animator, designer and multi-media artist Miwa Matreyek. The film is a performance/installation piece constructed like a shadow puppet theater, integrating Matreyek’s solo live performance, nicely composed visuals and animation in a way that is both poetic and quite quirky. It combines live performance with both pre-made animations and semi-autonomous, rule based animations that appear to update based upon what a camera is viewing. The film’s presentation of deceptively simple, deliciously playful illusions, a high-spirited sense of wonder, and creatively unexpected mixtures of live action and animation is just incredible. LINK, Via: Youtube

Replay - Amazing Animated Short Film

In a destroyed world, the only glimpse of hope is the memory of a forgotten past. But be careful not to let your dreams control your mind…This is Replay. LINK, Via: Youtube

A Short Film Made from 6,000 Paintings

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Khoda is a short film by Reza Dolatabadi made from 6,000 paintings that he created over a two-year period. It’s a psychological thriller about a prison escape.

His other paintings are also quite stunning and I recommend checking them out.

Via: Geekologie, Via: Neatorama