Awesome Short Films

(Slightly NSFW) An award-winning Lovecraftian short film about a Sex-Ed class gone horribly wrong. Directed by Craig Macneill and written and masterfully narrated by Clay McLeod Chapman.

(NSFW) You’ve seen the trailer, now sit back and trip out to the star-studded extended promo video for Beastie Boys’ album, Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2. Stream the album here. Int’l. video here.

Paper animator Eric Power weaves an action-packed, bloody tale of a lone samurai as he takes on a demon lord and his army. Eric says the short offers “more paper cuts than you can handle.”

(NSFW: Partial Nudity & Language) A man’s day goes from bad to worse and beyond, thanks to a cellphone and one creepy kid in Dirk Beliën’s Oscar-nominated dark comedy short, Gridlock.

(NSFW: Language) Tim Minchin weaves wonders with words. Now, his impassioned 9-minute beat poem Storm has been set to a series of images, vividly brought to life by animator DC Turner.

A killer and his victim share a special moment as the executioner takes a momentary pause from his murderous ways in this short film by Alfa Primo. At once hilarious and brutal.

A reel-to-reel tape recorder remembers his wife and child as he lies on his death bed, his counter about to reach its limit, in this stop-motion film made by Tom McDermott for his dissertation.

On a distant planet, order is the norm. But one little kid has his own idea of how to live, breaking out of his world’s monotony. Quirky, colorful animation and a touching, humorous story to go with.

An offbeat animated short about four – five? – kids mutated by the Chernobyl disaster, made by students at Supinfocom. A tragic, inspiring and downright strange tale about coping and surviving.

…When You’re NOT a Dog, is the title of Tripp and Tyler’s short film, which does make us wonder about all the rude things we let our dogs get away with that we’d never let a human do.

An homage to the 50s, Rock n’ Roll, and most of all to teenage years. Eddie O’Keefe’s The Ghosts is the suburban, middle class equivalent of The Warriors. Props for the great soundtrack.

The bittersweet (and shocking) tale of a boy and his household robot. Written and directed brilliantly by filmmaker Ruairi­ Robinson, and starring Max Records, the kid from Where the Wild Things Are.

Written and directed by Ien Chi, Tick Tock follows – in reverse – the story of Emit (get it?) who’s led to believe that he only has 5 mins left to live. Neat movie, although the captions are overkill.

There’s nothing like emerging from the bowels of the subway to find yourself in a new, vibrant part of the city. Sarah Klein and Tom Mason do their best to capture this in their all-too-short film.

(NSFW: Language) You’re probably sick and tired of anything zombie-related by now, but trust us, you really have to watch this short film by Spencer Susser, because it is totally worth it.

(Lyrics NSFW) Shot by Marcin Bielawski for Poland’s Mustang Club, this short film pays tribute to the world’s original pony car, with five minutes of beautiful car porn. Camaro fans, look away.

From the team that brought us Pokemon: Apokelypse comes this ultra-short version of the Scott Pilgrim vs. the World movie. The film won the Virgin Radio Fake Film Festival. SPOILERS AHEAD!

Ever wondered just how big other planets are? Take a minute out of your day to watch Brad Goodspeed’s short video, which gives us a sense of scale by placing planets into orbit around Earth.

An award-winning short by Andrew Allen. Based on a “true legend”, The Thomas Beale Cipher is about a cryptographer trying to crack the titular riddle. The film itself has 16 hidden messages.

(NSFW: Language) Michael Ashton’s Lazy Teenage Superheroes is the opposite of Kick Ass – jerks who have super powers but only use them to help themselves. Not bad for a film that cost $300.

Think you’ve got upper-body strength? Clearly you never saw Joel Fletcher’s 1981 short film, The Wanderer, featuring Mark Daniel and his unreal ability to walk (everywhere) on his hands.

Alison Parker’s clever 60 second Fight Club was created for the Virgin Radio Fake Film Festival Contest; it was shot on the Red One in several locations that resemble the original film’s scenes.

The CGI wizards at Charlex created this brilliantly animated film about a day in the life of a rat who finds himself in an extraordinary situation on his quest for an elusive bag of Cheezy Poofs.