Short of the Week

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    Drama Nicole Barnette

    Fourteen

    Ambient sounds and near-abstract close-ups provide our window into the community rituals of a fourteen year-old girl's birthday to a surprising end.

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    Dark Comedy Run Wrake

    Rabbit

    Famed animator Run Wrake remixes vintage children's sticker illustrations into a bizarre fable about greed and the balance of power.

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    Drama Makoto Shinkai

    She and Her Cat

    Beautiful, black and white animation from the "next Miyazaki" about the love between cat and partner told from the cat's perspective.

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    Sci‑Fi Neill Blomkamp

    Alive in Joburg

    A mix of science fiction and realism like no other—with social commentary to boot—from the director of the upcoming Halo movie.

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    Experimental Asa Arnehed

    Tuesday

    A Tuesday morning arrives just like any other Tuesday in this slow and mesmerizing hand-drawn film.

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    Comedy Jonathan Nix

    Hello

    How to win the heart of the girl next door when all you have to communicate is an old, unreliable tape deck. (Film is Currently Offline)

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    Satire Chris Harding

    Learn Self Defense

    Fun yet violent animation that teaches us self-defense techniques (or attempts to) through everyday man, George—a character we all know well.

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    Sci‑Fi Jamin Winans

    Spin

    An angelic DJ is sent to remix a series of unfortunate events with the use of his trusty wheels of steel.

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    Documentary Chris Ware

    Cameraman

    This American Life takes to the visual form in this Chris Ware-designed animation about a bizarre event at an elementary school when all the students suddenly took up playing with pretend video cameras.

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