“I wanna go home.” When the pandemic first hit, and we were all sent into lockdown, many parents had to start taking care of their kids – all day long. They had to become their own daily daycare, which isn’t exactly an easy task. The Amateur, an amusing short film from Norway, presents a look at one father and his two-year-old twins in their new life at “hjemmebarnehagen” – the stay-at-home daycare. “A pandemic descends upon the world. Behind all the complex decisions and actions of the national and international society, what happens to the average man when society closes down?” The Amateur stars the adorable Agnes, Ella and Henry (who is also adorable). It offers us a little glimpse at their life… [Read More...]
Watch: Evolution Complete – ‘Endling’ A Sci-Fi Short Film About A.I.
“Does the mystery of an irrational entity require unraveling?” What would our world be like if humans were replaced by advanced Artificial Intelligence beings? Endling imagines exactly that kind of upcoming future, following two beings taking the remains of the last human to be buried. They drive an impressive classic Corvette, which the human used to own. It’s an intriguing, low key sci-fi film about A.I. in which they discuss the many flaws of humanity and how emotions rule us. Martin Challinor and Jasmin Hoinka star as the two A.I. beings. This isn’t the best short you’ll ever see, but it’s somewhat creative and makes you think about our place on this planet. Will we ever evolve beyond the human condition? Only time… [Read More...]
Watch: A Little Dog in a Big City in ‘Fresh Cut Grass’ Animated Short
“How much is that doggie in the window?” The world is a big place, and you always have to be careful – you never know where you might end up! Fresh Cut Grass is an animated short film from Ireland made by a filmmaker named Robert Cullen – who now works as the Creative Director at Boulder Media animation studios based in Dublin. This originally premiered back in 2014, but we’re just catching up with it thanks to our friends at Short of the Week for reposting it. Better late than never…! A little dog visits the big city in search of his older sister. This gets extra dark real fast once he arrives in the city and starts searching, as it’s not the friendliest place. This is probably… [Read More...]
Watch: Visit a Flooded Kolkata in Animated Short ‘Wade’ from India
Here’s a unique short film from India that we’re glad to post on FS made by an animation studio known as Ghost Animation. “A climate change horror story” is the film’s simple tagline. Wade is a mesmerizing 15-minute animated short film that is now available to watch online. This initially premiered in 2019 and it played at the 2020 Annecy Film Festival, as well as numerous other fests worldwide recently. In an alternate “post-apocalyptic” version of Kolkata, India, rendered unbearable due to the rising sea level, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a pack of tigers on the flooded streets. It is described as “an award-winning post-apocalyptic action animated short that grapples with what the world will… [Read More...]
Watch: Badass ‘Ewoks vs. Predator’ Fan Short Pits Cuddly vs. Vicious
“Nothing like it has ever been on Endor before. It came for the thrill of the hunt.” Witness the great battle between two ultimate space creatures – the great Predator and the adorable Ewoks. This fun, fan made short film is 90 seconds of geeky, movie bliss. Filmmaker-comedian Matt Highton put together this amazing little video called Ewoks VS. Predator, and it is exactly as described in that title. He mashes up footage from both movies in a perfect way to actually give give us an entertaining almost-two-minutes of sci-fi goodness. As someone on Twitter said, “Ewoks finally have a worthy adversary…” So true. Now I want to see more of this! If Matt can make something this amusing and hilarious out of… [Read More...]
Watch This Short: ‘The Nipple Whisperer’ Comes Out of Retirement
“David sent me… I’m the guy.” He was gone for good, his magical powers hidden away, but now… he’s back again! Meet The Nipple Whisperer in this fantastic new short film made by Belgian filmmaker Jan van Dyck. This played at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival and is now online to watch in full. Don’t read anymore – just fire this up below and enjoy. Maurice Sanders has a gift. He’s a nipple whisperer. Once he was known as ‘Magic Sandy’. But that was years ago, before Doris, a famous model and Sander’s muse, fell ill. Now, after more than a decade, Doris wants to meet Maurice again. Denis Lavant stars as Maurice, along with Wim Willaert and Elke Shari Van Den Broeck as Angela. There’s also an… [Read More...]
Watch: Mesmerizing ‘O Black Hole!’ Stop-Motion Animated Creation
“I see now what she couldn’t see.” Another must watch animated short film that’s seriously worth your time. O Black Hole! is a stop-motion animated short created by a talented young Chinese-American filmmaker named Renee Zhan. An immovable woman meets an unstoppable girl in this musical quest to discover the meaning of transience and letting go. This initially premiered at the 2020 Locarno Film Festival, and it also played at last year’s SXSW Film Festival. The 15-minute short is about a woman who can’t stand the passing of time, and ends up sucking everyone and everything into a black hole. A thousand unchanging years pass inside her dark embrace until one day, the Singularity wakes. With the voices of Emmy the Great, Loré Lixenberg, Steven… [Read More...]
Watch: ‘Volcano Pilot’ Short Doc Pays Tribute to a Celebrated Pilot
“I think every pilot needs a purpose.” This is a truly special, exceptionally lovely In Memoriam video for a beloved, celebrated pilot named Haraldur Unason Diego. He tragically passed away in an airplane crash in Iceland in February while on one of his regular sightseeing flights on the island. His cinematographer friend Mika Aberra has created Volcano Pilot – a stunning short video tribute to Haraldur, who was highly regarded as one of the best pilots on Iceland. He had a passion for flying and showing people the beauty of aviation, and he was the president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Iceland division. His plane unexpectedly crashed in a lake in February – he is remembered so lovingly in this film. There isn’t a single word… [Read More...]
Watch: Awkward Short Film ‘2002 (Year of the Horse)’ from Norway
“You bought a horse?” That awkward moment as a teen when you have to meet your date’s parents. Never fun. But what happens in this short is the worst kind of experience. 2002 (Year of the Horse) is a 10-minute dramatic short film (with some dark comedy) from Norway made by the filmmaking duo Mathias Nordli Eriksen & Matias Rygh. A winter night in Oslo, 2002. Teenagers Noah and Ingrid declare their love for each other in her bedroom. But downstairs, her parents are in the midst of breaking up. “Everything that takes place inside the house was shot in one day, so even though we went in with a plan, it was quite chaotic. The shoot became a bit of a blur,” they explain. Starring Jakob… [Read More...]
Watch Now: Pushed Out & Paralyzed in Freaky Horror Short ‘Blink’
“You just gotta hang tight for me, okay, hun?” What would you do if you were paralyzed and couldn’t move – but there was an evil entity haunting you and waiting to send you to your death? Sony’s new label Scream Gems has debut their very first horror short film titled Blink, made by filmmaker Spenser Cohen. This one just premiered at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival and it’s now online to watch in full – the short only runs 7 minutes in total. After being violently pushed from a window, Mary (Sophie Thatcher) wakes up in the hospital mostly paralyzed. Trapped inside the prison of her own body, Mary’s only way to communicate is by blinking her eyes. She tries to warn the nurse that a sinister, inhuman force… [Read More...]
Watch: Gorgeous Animated Short ‘Louise’ About a French Ballerina
“You were radiant tonight.” A new short film from the animation school in France called Gobelins that is worth a watch. Louise is made by a team of five female directors, and was completed in 2021 and debuted online last year. We’re just catching up with it thanks to Vimeo Staff Picks and highly recommend watching. Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. She knows what she must do in order to repay her. Voices by Alice Orsat, Clara Quilichini, Victoria Grosbois, Lilly Caruso, and Jean-Christophe Lebert. This has some beautiful animation in it – inspired by the art of Edgar Degas, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, & Jean-Louise Forain. Just as a… [Read More...]
First Look Trailer for Indonesian Sci-Fi Short Film ‘The Angkasa Legacy’
“They know where you are now.” This looks cool! Show me more footage from this, please. An early promo trailer has debuted for an indie sci-fi short film called The Angkasa Legacy, written and directed by half-Indonesian, half-Polish filmmaker Soma Helmi who grew up on Bali. An Indonesian man discovers he has extraterrestrial abilities when a friend dies in his arms. An all AAPI romantic sci-fi. This is being pitched as a proof of concept, a way to develop something bigger with this concept as a jumping off point. I’m down. I wasn’t expecting much, but this trailer got me! I’m very curious to see more. And I love the moody, Northern Lights-filled dream shots, it gives it some extra style… [Read More...]
Watch: Belgian Live-Action + Animation Short Comedy ‘Wildebeest’
“We keep our clothes on when we’re on holiday!” Time for something a bit strange and wild. Wildebeest is an animation + live-action short film from Belgium by filmmakers Nicolas Keppens and Matthias Phlips. Going on a safari is a dream for many. For middle-aged couple Linda and Troyer, it turns into a horribly real adventure when they get left behind in the wilderness. With the voices of Chris Boni and Sam Louwyck as Linda and Troyer. “Both are based on a type of citizen we often met in the streets of our hometown near Ghent, Belgium. They could have been neighbors,” the filmmakers explain. This is extra kooky and funny but there’s a sweet side to it that makes it all worthwhile… [Read More...]
First Look Trailer for ‘Blink’ – A Scream Gems Horror Short at SXSW
“Mary – were you pushed…?” Ahhhh! Sony has revealed the first trailer for a horror short film titled Blink, which is premiering at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival this month. It’ll hit YouTube right after the premiere. Feast your eyes on an exclusive look at Blink, the first original Short Film from Scream Gems.” After being violently pushed from a window, Mary wakes up in the hospital mostly paralyzed. Trapped inside the prison of her own body, Mary’s only way to communicate is by blinking her eyes. She tries to warn the nurse that a sinister, inhuman force is trying to kill her. “Scream Gems” is focusing on the development of horror genre proof-of-concepts and aims to collaborate with up-and-coming filmmakers to produce… [Read More...]
Watch: ‘Stuffed’ – A Horror Musical Short Film About a Taxidermist
“No one survives decay… Everyone cracks and fades…” A horror comedy musical about a taxidermist?! Yes that exists! Stuffed is a BAFTA-nominated short musical, made by Theo Rhys with music by Joss Holden-Rea. Yep, it’s even nominated for Best British Short at the BAFTAs, in addition to other awards it has won. And it’s online to watch now (check out the vintage website, too). Stuffed premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival won the Audience Award there, before stopping by other film festivals throughout last year. It’s a 20-minute musical about a taxidermist who dreams of stuffing a human, and the man she meets online so afraid of ageing he volunteers to be her specimen. An unexpected romantic spark complicates their plans. If you think… [Read More...]
Watch: Brooklyn Salon Horror Short ‘Hair Wolf’ from Mariama Diallo
“Janice – why you out here looking like My Little Pony, girl?” There is nothing like a scary white girl. This short first premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival (and hit BAMcinemaFest) and it’s finally showing on the web this year after the director’s first feature just played at the 2022 festival. Hair Wolf is a horror comedy short written & directed by filmmaker Mariama Diallo, and it’s a must see stylish horror creation. Diallo’s debut feature is called Master and just premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival last month – I really enjoyed it and can’t wait for everyone to get a look at it. This short shows how talented she is and I’m glad she’s working on more film projects. And don’t miss Master. Hair Wolf stars… [Read More...]
Watch: Worldwide Animation Collaboration ‘Pass the Ball’ Short Film
One of the first things animators learn when starting out is how to animate a bouncing ball, an important part of mastering the techniques. This entertaining animation project continues that intriguing concept by inviting collaboration worldwide with a simple pitch: pass the ball. Created by animation filmmaker Nathan Boey, Pass the Ball features a total of 40 unique animated segments. His idea: “I always liked how rappers were able to collaborate with other rappers by featuring them on their songs. That doesn’t exist the same way in the film world.” So he got 40 different animators to create a 3 second animation of a ball, then pass it on to someone in another country. Each person “picks up where the other left off” and continues. And after years of… [Read More...]
Watch: Blind Date Dinner Comedy Short Film ‘My Dinner with Werner’
Werner wants love, but Klaus has other plans. Okay this is amazing. There’s a marvelous new short film to watch called My Dinner with Werner, made by filmmaker Maverick Moore. It’s a terrifically witty riff on My Dinner with Andre, but about a mythical maybe it happened, maybe it didn’t, dinner in the 1980s with Werner Herzog. While on a blind date dinner, a young Herzog is suddenly confronted by deranged actor Klaus Kinski. Things get even crazier as the evening goes on – of course. “Inspired by the real-life, totally bonkers ‘friendship’ between legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog and controversial actor Klaus Kinski, the film is a wildly bizarre comedy about a mid-80s blind dinner date with a murder plot as the main dish.”… [Read More...]
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