Word arrived Stateside this morning, not through any official announcement, but through the tweets of his friends and collaborators. Kon Satoshi, one of the leading lights of Anime, director of the films Perfect Blue and Paprika, has sadly passed away at age 47.
A $156 million winning lotto ticket turns a convenience store upside-down.
Animated minimalism is used to maximum effect in this gorgeous and bizarre short student work from Israel.
What if fantasy characters from World of Warcraft existed in our world? That's what this documentary from Dublin explores, and I in turn explore how the film is perfect representative of short film today.
Short of the Week was just hit by the round of malware attacks affecting many innocent Wordpress blogs over the last couple weeks. Fortunately, Google caught the infection early and prevented the attack from doing more harm.
It's fun when mainstream sites do pieces on short film, and in a rare treat, two such articles were published online today. First up is a brief article and slideshow from the online magazine Slate via is DoubleX blog, where contributor Sasha Watson explores the trend of fashion advertising films.
70's-era hand-drawn animation about an aging inventor's struggle to find his way home.
Philips and RSA are at it again for the 6th film in their Parallel Lines series. This one is set to be shot and screened in 3D and released this Fall.
A wild duel between two backroaders in this music video for Dancing Pigeons.
From the video site we believe hosts some of the most impressive short films around, comes a much overdue official festival. And they're going big.
