Short of the Week

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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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    Dramedy Kirsten Lepore

    Bottle

    Separated by the sea, a unique duo pass along details of their lives through a bottle. An elegiac animation of minimalist perfection.

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    Showtime SHORT Stories: Hertzfeldt, Langan, Scher + More

    So in my rush to post the new PES film, I failed to realize it was just one in a series of top-notch releases by the premium cable giant, featuring new or web-premiere work by several of the most unique and beloved short-form animators out there. If you love animation you should know these folks and be stoked about this collection Showtime has put together.

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    Experimental Pes

    The Deep

    Animation master, PES, brings the deep sea to life using nothing but old tools.

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