Awesome Short Films

The Aficionauto spoke with Martin Sanchez, who bought and restored a ’58 Plymouth Fury that was used in John Carpenter’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Christine. But Martin and Christine’s bond is beyond just the film.

What starts out as a cinematic drama turns out to be a silly piece of metafiction and an amusing animation within an animation. Disruption is YouTuber FineLeatherJackets’ entry for the 2013 Saxxy Awards.

A hungry llama sees a very juicy bush in the middle of the desert, but there’s an electric fence in the way. Caminandes is a series made by the folks behind the free 3D animation program Blender. Watch the first episode here.

Created in a visual style that reminds us of LittleBigPlanet, this animated short tells the story of a little king who tries the control the almighty Sun. Co-directed by Anton Brand, Guillaume Klein, Charlotte Quillet and Raphaël Théolade.

A companion short film that ties directly into a heartwrenching scene from Alfonso Cuarón’s space thriller Gravity. Aningaaq was written and directed by Alfonso’s son Jonás, who also co-wrote Gravity’s screenplay with his dad.

The Pyro is asked to guard a crucial turret. Itching to go back to battle, s/he uses a toy for a proxy. One half of the Cremator’s Conscience stars in this cute Source Filmmaker machinima. Vote for it on the Saxxy Awards here.

Thomas Julien scoured through countless still images and transformed them into a cohesive short film. In all, his video used a total of 852 images, each from a different Instagram user. We’d love to see the concept taken even further.

A rookie postman’s first stop turns out to be quite an unsettling affair when the young girl who receives him at their door relays her family’s tragedy. An adaptation of H.H. Munro’s short story The Open Window.

A canonical short film that leads up to the events in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode The Day of the Doctor. In the midst of the war between the Daleks and the Time Lords, the Doctor is offered a rare opportunity.

The Four Players is a mini-series by YouTube gaming channel Polaris. It re-imagines familiar video game characters with a darker and more serious tone. You can watch the rest here. The Soldier kicks ass.

Brian McGinn’s short film about Ashrita Furman, who holds over 350 Guinness Records. A funny and sincere documentary about a man who loves raising the bar, although the quality of the bars he raised won’t raise the bar of bar-raising.

Football coach Kevin Kelley has an unusual strategy. No matter the field position, his team always goes for it on 4th down, and only does on-side kicks. He sites statistical analysis as the justification, but we think he’s just got balls.

Super Power Beat Down pits a Power Ranger against an undead ninja. Tommy was kind enough not to use his giant robot, while Scorpion was kind enough to wait while his opponent summoned his sword. Skip to 4:08 for the battle.

A live-action depiction of Ubisoft’s upcoming open world action adventure game Watch Dogs. Despite sometimes dodgy acting, Infectious Designer did a great job with the short. Aiden Pearce is the 21st century teenager’s idol.

A short documentary by Streetfilms about Groningen. It’s a city in the Netherlands where people are encouraged to commute using bicycles, thanks to policies enacted during the 1970s and the cooperation of its citizens.

(NSFW: Language) An amusing sci-fi short film set in a world where witnesses have their memories played back to help solve crimes. Unfortunately, the system also records things that weren’t meant to be shared. (Thanks Kenny!)

James Farr’s latest mashup crosses the worlds of Nintendo and Star Wars, retelling A New Hope with characters from Super Smash Bros. Follow the adventures of Link Skywalker as he tries to save the galaxy and master the Triforce.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream (unless you’re lactose intolerant.) But how’d you like to be the ice cream itself? Animator Steve Cutts gives us some perspective on the tragic lives lived from the other side of the cone.

Written and directed by Marcus Stokes, this short science fiction film takes us to a future in which a new energy source designed to solve the energy crisis has deadly side effects, and its inventor goes underground to warn the public.

Three animals forage for something to eat in the woods. They grow increasingly desperate with each failed attempt at getting food. Rebecca Manley’s Table Manners uses cute cardboard puppets and props to tell a grim story.

(NSFW: Language) Two cops catch up to their target but quickly find themselves at an impasse. Freddie Wong and crew combine their visual effects comedy with Key & Peele’s punchline-stretching humor.

In the year 2183 Earth has been reduced to a cloud of cosmic dust. A space archeologist uses his time-traveling telescope ship to catch a glimpse of our planet in its former glory. A visual feast by VFX artist Wes Ball.

International action star and martial artist Donnie Yen goes up against the Dragon himself in this slick computer animated short film, A Warriors Dream. Directed and animated by Li Jin, a passionate fan of both Yen and Lee.