Short of the Week

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    Gobelins 2011 Graduation Films

    6 new animated shorts have come online to the Gobelins YouTube channel, representing the graduation work of its 3rd year students at the Paris campus. The name "Gobelins" may be familiar to you as the school has produced bumpers for the world-famous Annecy Animation Fest the last couple of years.

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    Action Seth Worley

    Plot Device

    When activated, the "plot device" spontaneously transforms our hero's world into any number of cliched film scenarios. A hit branded film for software company Red Giant.

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    Drama Bastiaan Schravendeel

    Blik

    A boy, new to the neighborhood, falls for the older girl next door is this wonderfully expressive Dutch student animation.

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    Comedy Charlie Graley

    Crazy Hands

    A man wakes to find his hands have taken on a life of their own.

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    Poem Jean Malek

    Les Poissons

    With their entire lives stretching out before them, three young women make a secret pact. A poetic reflection on youth and all its firsts: sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touches.

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    Sci‑Fi Kibwe Tavares

    Robots of Brixton

    Architecture student Kibwe Taveres filters a vision of a robot uprising through the lens of history, blending high grade CG with archival footage of the 1981 Brixton riots.

  • Branded Content

    Nokia Shorts 2011 Competition Finalists + Winner

    Sunday night at the Edinburgh Film Festival, the much-promoted Nokia Shorts Competition drew to a close with the debut screening of the 8 finalist films. Shot entirely on Nokia phones, the 8 films proved themselves to be worthy entries for one of the more high-profile short film competitions of recent vintage.

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    Drama Spike Jonze

    Scenes From the Suburbs

    A band of teenage friends struggle to find their place in a tumultuous militant world in this short film by Spike Jonze for the indie group, Arcade Fire.

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    Experimental Christian Simmons

    Pencilface

    A girl finds a mysterious oversized pencil with a creepy grin that can bring anything she draws to life. What can go wrong?

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    Tweet Picks of the Week

    In our recent reader survey, languishing far behind the other outlets through which we nakedly grasp for readers, was Twitter. A diminutive 4% of survey takers responded that it is their primary method of learning about new SotW content.

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