Short of the Week

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    Drama Lars Henning

    Security

    Catching a pretty young shoplifter, a security guard must choose between compassion and what is right.

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    Film Noir Vincent Bal

    The Bloody Olive

    A Christmas classic, this hilarious comedy is a loving ode to film noir, full of murder, love triangles and double-crosses.

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    Poem Juan Delcan

    The Spider

    This chillingly simple animation of Gabor Barabas poem “The Spider” cracks into the depths of the human cycle in a sharp three minutes. The Spider shows us the contradictions of life—love and death, beauty and indifference.

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    Dark Comedy Larry Ziegelman

    Check Please

    Introducing your new lady to your parents can be an interesting experience — or it can be awkward, painfully intense and totally uncalled-for. Thanks, Dad!

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    Drama Ian Mackinnon

    Adjustment

    Love inspires, but the fear of losing love causes an animator to obsessively record the moments he and his love share. An innovative mix of live-action and flipbook animation.

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    Drama Daryl Wein

    Unlocked

    A young woman refuses to acknowledge her grief over her mom's cancer until she meets someone on the street who may understand. Or maybe what he wants is more sinister.

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    Fantasy Heui Won Jeong & Justin Murphy

    JumpTrumpRumpBump

    A gorgeous experimental animation, JumpTrumpRumpBump brings together recycling, a little girl, escaped convict animals and Jazz.

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    Drama Simon Ellis

    Soft

    Disturbing look at the frustrations of a man and son against nameless aggression.

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    Satire David Rees

    Get Your War On

    The cult-fave comic strip brings its biting political satire to the web in bite-sized installments.

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