Shifting Gears
Mickey Mouse wants to go to the beach, but his car doesn’t want to take him there. Disney shows us the perils of (more than) autonomous vehicles in this silly short, featuring one of the best Mickey jokes we’ve ever heard.
Mickey Mouse wants to go to the beach, but his car doesn’t want to take him there. Disney shows us the perils of (more than) autonomous vehicles in this silly short, featuring one of the best Mickey jokes we’ve ever heard.
Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh wanted to create an accurate scale model of our solar system, since it turns out existing models cheat to make things easier to visualize. The finished product required time, planning, seven miles of dry lake bed, and a mountain of creativity.
Single mother Medusa hopes to find a new boyfriend while taking care of her son Minotaur, who hasn’t taken to any of her mom’s dates so far. Greek mythology meets romantic comedy in Alexandra Hetmerova’s charming Master’s graduation film.
Liam Murphy’s graduation film from the Savannah College of Art and Design is a wonderfully done, action-packed short with a heart about a faithful robot named NO-A (Noah) who risks himself to save the life of the young woman who created him.
“These are all places we’ve been together. With our bodies, or with my mind.” Illustrator Emanuele Kabu unloads 15 years of love – or at least his side of it – in this enchanting hand-drawn animated short.
A mining robot runs into its counterpart from a rival company. Will they work together to make their jobs easier? Or will they behave like their human masters? Find out in Jack Anderson’s neat short film.
An anonymous host tells his guests what to do at every stage of the party. Matt Ingebretson’s comedy short is a tad too bitter and cynical but it’s still relatable. Just remember folks, parties are not civic duties.
Minnie and Mickey Mouse drop a coin at a wishing well to live happily ever after, but Pete steals all of the coins in the well. Disney parodies Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and its other films in this wacky animated short.
“Remember Bobby Paulson? He’s grounded.” Chuck Palahniuk tried but failed to make a kid-friendly version of his novel. Fortunately the Fine Brothers pulled it off nicely, retelling the movie version in a grade school setting.
It’s super smash sisters time as the surprisingly hot-headed royalties of the Mushroom Kingdom and Hyrule have a no holds barred battle. Can Zelda’s fiery arrows and martial arts skills beat Peach, Perry and, uhm, vegetables?
A hungry drifter stumbles onto a gruesome scene, but decides to pay no heed to the bloodbath around him. Justin Robinson’s sparse short film leaves many unanswered questions, but its quiet intensity and sharp cinematography is highly effective.
A bored real estate agent discovers that their men’s restroom has an amazing secret. The Magic Shop won The 48-Hour Film Project’s Greensboro leg with this funny sci-fi short film.
“They take a crab and make a cake out of them. How sick is that?” A rebellious shark going through an existential crisis hatches a plan to help his fellow sea creatures and give his life meaning in Steve Dildarian’s hilarious short.
“I don’t feel that I’m wearing technology. I feel that I am technology.” Neil Harbisson has an inability to see in color, so he had an antenna implanted into his skull which produces sounds which represent the colors around him.
“RED ALERT: BOY.” Riley’s parents freak out when a young man comes looking for her. Riley’s First Date is an animated short film that will be included in the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Pixar’s latest masterpiece, Inside Out.
“If the thing runs, and it’s unlikely to kill bystanders, then bring it out.” Marcus Ubungen’s short documentary features some of the cars and teams behind 24 Hours of LeMons, where absurdity and challenge trump speed and polish.
The Bureau of Imaginary Friends is urging Mr. X to retire because his creator is growing up. Writer and director Kate Tsang’s bittersweet tale is one of the best short films we’ve seen in a while.
Life is loaded with choices and diversions, each of which may lead us towards or away from our ultimate goals and dreams. Tobias Brebner’s emotional short film is a poetic exploration of one man’s quest to find the right path for him.
Two policemen in a world of anthropomorphic animals recap one of their solved cases in this charming combination of text and animation. Sheridan College student Melody Wang made the short film in Toonboom Harmony and Photoshop.
(PG-13) In a world where time travel is trivial, Richard wants to use the incredible technology to – you guessed it – get laid. He goes back to tell his younger self to learn the guitar, but he keeps screwing it up. Will he ever learn?
“It’s wild to think that as an art form, it’s completely lost to a generation.” Pretty powerful (and truthful) words from Tanja Tiziana as she sets a course to explore her handwriting talents in Ryan Couldrey’s Ink – Written by Hand.
Pete “Petey Boy” Simon created this whimsical stop-motion animation, in which his friend Tom Offer-Westort’s facial hair grows longer and longer as he makes his way through a magical book. Support Pete’s videos on Patreon.
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