Awesome Short Films

(NSFW: Language) A Zack Snyderesque motion comic featuring cats vs. dogs but with a very human issue. Could use a more imaginative and less didactic script, but still worth watching.

Brainbow pays homage to the Governator with three hand drawn animated shorts – a montage of explosions, a scene from Terminator 2 and a song that uses Ahnold’s lines from his movies.

A tale of two extremes, embodied by the title, presented in a unique animated style and filled with memorable scenes. Clear in its message yet not overwhelming or too critical.

Ryan Buller’s spirited 3 minute film that chronicles a weekend of skydiving from the perspective of the skydiver is a great combination of adrenaline rush and sheer fun. It’s got a goofy soundtrack too.

(NSFW: Language) It’s a meeting of the mind in this funny but moralizing short written and directed by Peter Calloway and starring Matthew Rhys as the separate and conflicting aspects of a guy’s brain.

Eran Amir convinced 500 of his closest friends (and strangers) to pose with 1500+ unique photographs, creating an awesome dual-layered stop motion film which will have you coming back for seconds.

Marius Herzog created this beautiful, imaginative short film about dreams as his graduation project, doing all the writing, design, modeling, rigging, animation, rendering and compositing by himself.

Just a little DNA and a God Complex, and you end up with an island full of raptors. Tal Moskovich helps us understand our prehistoric pals in this video, backed by Sam Neill’s movie dialogue.

A proto-animated short film by Alexey Minchenok. Young Master 4: Stone and Iron presents the classic master-student story with clever and sparing use of drawings, music and sound effects.

(NSFW: Lyrics) Freerunning gets as much plot as it can in this acrobatic short film. Ok, so jumping off of walls and rails isn’t really a story, but it’s still way cool – especially on fire. (Thanks, Ian!)

We’re truly grateful for the conveniences of modern urban life. But it does leave us disconnected and overwhelmed sometimes, as shown in this short film directed by Falko Tilgner.

There is nothing new or innovative in this animated short by Steve Cutts, from the first shot to the concept itself. But the bittersweet introspection that it induces in the viewer makes it special.

The WWF (no, not that WWF) exposes us to some unusual and extraordinary recently discovered species, encouraging us to preserve our planet and habitats so we still might discover more.

Animator Lasse Gjertsen tells the story of one man’s journey through life, told in the pixelated style of retro video games. Pay careful attention to the score and health indicators throughout.

The idea of carrying around a tiny chainsaw in your pocket seems like it’s probably not the smartest thing you could do. Rather Good Stuff and animator Ross Butter show us exactly why.

The third of three short films by Rick Mereki, Tim White and Andrew Lees, chronicling their 44-day, 18-country journey. Commissioned by STA Travel Australia. Watch the other two films here.

Inspired by Team Fortress 2 and Meet Buck, Mac n’ Cheese is a fast-paced and trippy short film made by Tom Hankins, Gijs Vank Kooten, Guido Puijk and Roy Nieterau of the Utrecht School of Arts.

The winner of Tell it Your Way, a filmmaking contest held by Philips last year, in which all contestants were given the same 6 lines to use in their film. Watch the other entries here.

A wonderful short film from Polder Animation that will have you reminiscing about your first crush, your first heartbreak and the silly things we do to love and be loved.

A young boy works diligently to protect his sheep from a predator in this poetic short animated film by David Wolter, a recent Dreamworks hire. Stick around for the surprising twist ending.

Doug has ten questions for the infamous David Karr, the alleged KGB mole, also his grandpa. A manifestation of the myths and disconnected trivia that we as kids had of our elders.

At once bizarre, funny and touching, Over Time is about a group of puppets trying to cope with their creator’s passing. Directed by Oury Atlan, Thibaut Berland and Damien Ferrié.

A surreal mix of stop-motion animation composited with a live actor, Lizzie Oxby’s engrossing, award-winning short film was originally released in 2003, but you can catch the entire thing online right now.