Short of the Week

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    Sundance 2011 Short Films Online: Program 2

    In last week's first program, Sundance reached back into its archives and issued forth a lineup of short films by four directors who are debuting features films in this year's festival. Today, a new set of 4 short films have been made available through the YouTube Screening Room, this time by four directors who are alumni of the Sundance Labs, the teaching side of the larger year-round Sundance Insitute.

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    Drama Joseph Pierce

    Stand Up

    Watch a comedian turn funny into serious into downright disturbing in this incredibly expressive black and white animation.

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    Sundance 2011 Short Films Online: Program 1

    Word came out yesterday of Sundance's plans for the online exhibition of its short films this year. The American film festival giant first debuted short films on the internet in 2006, but we have yet to have two years of the same approach since.

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    Poem Diego Maclean

    The Art of Drowning

    The simple line-drawn animation of a Billy Collins poem about the insignificant moment when your life flashes before your eyes.

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    Comedy Cordell Barker

    Runaway

    A runaway train provides the scene for cartoonish antics and bitingly funny class conflicts.

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    Musical Nacho Vigalondo

    7:35 in the Morning

    A woman enters a cafe only to find its diners in complete silence. Then… a man breaks into song. It's a surprising, genre-bending film nominated for an Oscar in 2004.

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    Portable Film Festival 2010

    The Portable Film Festival, an online festival with a number of categories from short films to music videos to art films, has just wrapped up and announced this year's winners. Previous SOTW's, Apricot and Sign Language (which also took the Virgin Media Shorts competition) earned praise this year, but the top prize went to the Spanish music video, Hamor.

  • Playlist

    Top 10 Short Films of 2010

    Showcase of the 10 best short films from 2010—animation, action, drama, sci-fi—watch them all.

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    Documentary Bastien Dubois

    Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage

    The Oscar-nominated animation about a journey across the geographic and cultural landscape of Madagascar.

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