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Awesome Short Films

Call Casting

Call Casting

In this short film, a voiceover artist seeks approval from a picky client. But when he emerges from the recording booth, something strange is going on outside. Can he handle the real world? Filmmakers Dylan Bruno and Kasper Vejlø Kristensen cleverly use sound and off-screen action to build tension in their dark comedy short.

Seniors 3000: An Animated Short Film

Seniors 3000: An Animated Short Film

After being forced into retirement due to her age, a worker accidentally reinvents herself and ends up revolutionizing the workplace as we know it. Julien David’s outlandish animated short film takes on topics like corporate greed and our throw-away society in a hilarious and absurd way.

Attack of the Giant Bubbles

Attack of the Giant Bubbles

Filmmaker Fabrice Mathieu imagines that the Chinese spy balloon actually came from outer space, and it’s not the only one. In fact, an immense inflatable invasion is headed our way. Fabrice used footage from various movies (and music by Danny Elfman) to give his short film a great 1950s sci-fi vibe.

Losing It

Losing It

(PG-13: Language) Sascha Vernik’s award-winning animated short film takes us on a wild ride with a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown and whose efforts to set things right send him on a mind-bending journey through space and time. Read more about the filmmaker’s process Directors Notes.

Nalujuk Night

Nalujuk Night

Filmmaker Jennie Williams takes us to the Northern reaches of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, to look at a New Year tradition of the Nunatsiavut, the region’s Inuit people. During the festival, locals emerge from the sea in tattered clothes and scary masks to bring gifts to the good children and chase down the bad kids.

Superman Awakens

Superman Awakens

Antonis and Stavros Fylladitis and a team of dedicated DC Comics fans created this CGI short inspired by Alex Ross’ incredible Kingdom Come Superman. Created with Unreal Engine 5, the film drops us into a world where chaos has won, and even the greatest superheroes have lost their way. Can Superman rise from the darkness?

Tiles: A Tesselated Short Film

Tiles: A Tesselated Short Film

Diatomic studio created and directed this compelling black-and-white short film which uses basic geometric shapes to create hypnotic visuals. By combining, rotating, moving, and scaling the individual objects, hypnotic patterns come to life. Watch it once from a distance, then watch it again, focusing on an specific point.

Nature Portals

Nature Portals

Digital artist and illustrator Markos Kay created this captivating short film that features surreal and otherworldly life forms that look like nothing we’ve ever seen before. They definitely look organic, though, combining elements of plants and animals. Markos’ Vimeo channel is loaded with many more strange beings.

CRUISE: A Short Film About Telemarketers

CRUISE: A Short Film About Telemarketers

This award-winning short film takes place at the world’s worst telemarketing outfit – a place where lack of performance is met with severe punishment. Director and writer Sam Rudykoff’s dark comedy might actually have you feeling sympathy for the person on the other end of the line the next time you receive an unsolicited call.

In the Shadow

In the Shadow

This fantastic short film by Fabrice Mathieu tells the tale of a shadow who finds himself frustrated with the actions of his wearer and decides to do something about it. Told using black-and-white footage from more than 60 films, the story unfolds much like a classic film noir, with plenty of action and intrigue.

Dreaming: A Stop-Motion Light Painting

Dreaming: A Stop-Motion Light Painting

Artist DariusTwin has made some amazing stop-motion animations using point sources of light and long exposures. This short vertical video transports us to a magical, rainbow-filled world set to the tune of the classic song Dream (When You’re Feeling Blue).

DRONE: A Short Film About Drones, AI, and Live-Streaming

DRONE: A Short Film About Drones, AI, and Live-Streaming

Sean Buckelew’s animated film explores what might happen if the government combined artificial intelligence and drone technology to enable a war machine that makes “objective, compassionate, and ethical” decisions. While live-streaming a demo of its capabilities, a programming error causes it to rethink its purpose.

Rehousing Technosphere

Rehousing Technosphere

This animated short film envisions Earth 100,000 years in the future. After changes in the environment and climate have left the planet ravaged, new lifeforms emerge from the primordial soup, adapting and evolving to thrive in a very different world than we know today. Directed and animated by Wang & Söderström.

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

ChatGPT and other AI tech have been in the news a lot these days. This fascinating short film from Private Island explores the implications of trusting artificial intelligence to solve problems for us. After tasking ChatGPT with improving diversity in the workplace, we’re exposed to some disturbing biases in the AI’s training data.

DERE∀LISATION

DERE∀LISATION

Derealisation is a psychological condition that can cause individuals to feel disconnected and distant and may result in a distorted perception of the world around them. This trippy short film by Panoply attempts to capture that sense through a surreal sequence of images that play out in photorealistic environments.

Through the Five Passes

Through the Five Passes

Apple and director Peng Fei celebrate the Chinese Year of the Rabbit with a story about a young man’s love of opera and his dedication to his craft even in the most challenging times. The vibrant take on Through the Five Passes was shot on the iPhone 14 Pro and is a great showcase of its cinematic capabilities.

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