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A schizophrenic comes up with a clever way to contain and eventually shut out her hallucination. But the painfully mundane cycle of adult life loosens her screws. But that’s not all. Nah, we’re just trying to laugh our tears off *closes fridge*.

An alien race treasures one of its planet’s minerals because of its faint glow. But one of them finds a strange object that outshines their precious rock. Maxim Zhestkov worked with artists from around the world for a year-and-a-half to create this short film.

From LAIKA, the studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls, comes another promising stop-motion movie. Kubo and the Two Strings is about a boy who goes on a quest to retrieve the armor of his father, who was the greatest samurai who ever lived.

A variety of single purpose machines repeatedly perform mundane human activities in Molistudio’s music video for Endless. The song is a single from Monsters, the latest album from Argentinian alternative duo Anybody There.

The stars of The Secret Life of Pets pose for Christmas greeting cards in the movie’s latest teaser. It seems like a typically cute but safe Holiday movie, but that hamster might make you think twice about watching it with your family.

Ad agency Panoply made this irreverent 3D animated short to talk about dopamine and oxytocin. These hormones are crucial in feeling happiness or satisfaction (among other things), but there are healthy and destructive ways to trigger them.

Insomniac’s action platforming duo make their way to the big screen. Ratchet & Clank is about a heroic but brash mechanic, his smart robot friend and a tyrant taking chunks off of planets to make a new one for his race.

(SPOILERS) Halo: The Fall of Reach is an animated miniseries based on the eponymous novel about John-117’s origin. The miniseries is bundled with the Halo 5: Guardians limited edition, collector’s edition, digital deluxe edition and Xbox one bundle.

(PG-13: Language) The year is 2331. Mankind has reduced Earth to a toxic wasteland devoid of other animals or any plant life. But a boy stumbles upon the discovery of a lifetime. Alvaro Garcia’s short has glaring plot holes, but it’s still fun to watch.

An astronaut desperately goes after her partner. Based on a song by synthwave artist Anthony Scott Burns aka PilotPriest, the details and small movements in BRVTVS Collective‘s wonderfully animated short really make it come to life.

For his short science fiction film, director Loïc Bramoullé digitally augmented imagery he shot during a trip to Myanmar to envision a future in which a space dragon and its companion study and hope to learn from the ruins of a long-lost human civilization.

Here’s a great way to pass the time while waiting for your food at a restaurant. Skullmapping made a short film that was meant to be played on a dinner table, about a tiny chef and a grill hidden in the customer’s plate.

This CGI viscosity demo proves oddly satisfying, as various putty and liquid creatures are stacked and smashed onto one another, resulting in some hilarious outcomes. Even the goopy and toothspasty bits in the middle are hypnotic.

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.

New protagonist Spartan Locke and his teammates hit the ground running in the opening cinematic of Halo 5: Guardians. This reminded us of Avengers: Age of Ultron‘s opening battle.

RocketJump Film School has a great counterpoint to the video about how CGI is ruining movies. The fact is, many movies and shows use CGI. If you think a particular example is bad, don’t blame the tool, blame the one who wields it.