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Awesome Short Films

Veep Meets Veep

Veep Meets Veep

In this short film that served as the opener for the 2014 White House Correspondent’s Dinner, Veep’s Selina Meyer gets a ride in a ‘Vette, grabs some ice cream and gets a tattoo with Joe Biden. And yes, the oval office has no corners.

Becoming Sumo

Becoming Sumo

Hailing from Egypt, 22-year old Ōsunaarashi (“The Great Sandstorm”) is the first professional sumo wrestler to come from Africa. This clip is an excerpt from Salazar’s 30-min documentary. The entire film is on Red Bull TV.

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Exit Log

Exit Log

Another short film made for Bombay Sapphire. A spaceship has an emergency time travel setting that lets its passengers go back three minutes and send a message to their past selves, so they can change the future. It works. Kind of.

Life is Beautiful

Life is Beautiful

Anton leads a lonely and monotonous existence, and decides he can’t take life anymore. But his decision to end it all transforms him into something quite unexpected. Written and directed by Ben Brand.

The Persian Version

The Persian Version

(NSFW: Language) Eight professional skateboarders travel to Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey. This beautiful film by Patrik Wallner of Visualtraveling is part skate video and part travel documentary.

Helium Harvey

Helium Harvey

Daniel Savage’s gloriously animated short film tells the story of a boy who inhales too much helium, and ends up on the adventure of his lifetime. Think UP, but without the house, the dog, the old man, or the tears.

Valley of Dolls

Valley of Dolls

A small village in Shikoku, Japan has more dolls than people. Ayano Tsukimi makes the life-size dolls to preserve the memories of fellow villagers who have died or moved away. At once heart-melting and spine-chilling.

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Each Other

Each Other

Have you ever been morose for so long that the weight of the emotion has become a part of you? It’s as if you’re each others’ shadow, and it fears that one day you’ll wake up feeling fine. Kokooma’s short film reminds us of those times.

Scattered

Scattered

(NSFW: Language) A man is eager to absolve his father, who was found guilty of causing “The Rot” – a microscopic fungus that destroyed all of the paper on Earth. An adaptation of Ken MacLeod’s short story The Surface of Last Scattering.

Strange Fruit

Strange Fruit

This somber and haunting animated short film by Shimi Asresay and Hili Noy tells the tale of a young boy who encounters a stranger of a different color, and the prejudice he feels obligated to act upon due to his upbringing.

Action Bill

Action Bill

William Shatner goes back in time to kill William Shakespeare. Two great Bills collide in AMAA Productions’ silly LEGO stop-motion short film. It’s worth watching just for the minifig reverse toupee.

Cachoeira

Cachoeira

While its imagery may seem primitive at first, the animation in Rodrigo EBA!’s stop-motion short about pollution is instantly more impressive when you realize that it was made entirely from meticulously placed droplets of water and coffee.

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Good Grief

Good Grief

Five people depicted as cute plants or animals share their stories of loss – a pet, a body part, a friend and parents – how they overcame it and what they took from the experience. A heartwarming claymation by Fiona Dalwood.

A Girl Named Elastika

A Girl Named Elastika

A peek at the life of Elastika, a happy-go-lucky adventurer. Irene deserves a lot of credit too. Using only rubber bands and thumbtacks, director Guillaume Blanchet created a vivid world by leaving much to our imagination.

Construct (Teaser)

Construct (Teaser)

Construct is a short science fiction film created by VFX/CG supervisor Kevin Margo that showcases advancements in computer generated graphics hardware and software. We’re looking forward to seeing the film in its entirety.

Bibo

Bibo

Director Anton Chistiakov’s award-winning short film is about a solitary robot programmed to sell ice cream. He lives a lonely and bleak existence, but finds solace in his unexpectedly vivid imagination. Beautifully animated and poignant.

Chicken Beauty Pageants

Chicken Beauty Pageants

Photographer Ernest Goh talks about the subject of his latest book: ornamental chickens. To document these unusual models, Ernest went around Malaysia, where chicken beauty pageants are held nearly every week across the country.

Walter Don’t Dance

Walter Don’t Dance

(NSFW) Two crooks drop by Phyllis’ house, hoping to take back the money that her husband Walter stole from them. Things escalate quickly in this theatrical crime short film by Chris Levitus and David Martin.

The Expert

The Expert

Anderson is an expert at drawing red lines. His bosses ask him to meet with a client who wants red lines. Or at least they think they do. Lauris Beinerts’ short film illustrates a frequent dilemma that engineers and designers can relate to.

Human Revolution

Human Revolution

(NSFW, Gore) We didn’t ask for this, but it’s a good thing Moe Charif made it anyway. An alt take on the events from the eponymous video game, the short film sees Adam barge into the Illuminati’s territory to rescue Megan.

Mega64: Kutaragi’s Way

Mega64: Kutaragi’s Way

(Gore) The 2014 Game Developers Conference gave a lifetime achievement award to former Sony CEO Ken Kutaragi, the man responsible for the existence of the PlayStation. This is his story. Seriously. We refuse to believe otherwise.

Dark Noir

Dark Noir

(NSFW) A short film about a detective who can see daemons – creatures that plant ideas in our minds. Comic book artist Rafael Grampá worked with Red Knuckles and Absolut’s Facebook fans to create this cool animated short.

Room 8

Room 8

A new prisoner finds himself sharing a cell with a man who has an… unusual invention. James W. Griffiths and Sophie Venner won the 2014 BAFTA British Short Film award for Room 8. Written by Geoffrey S. Fletcher (Precious).

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