Short of the Week

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    Interview with Trevor Cawood

    Trevor Cawood, filmmaker of Terminus, sits down with us to talk about his film, the amazing visual effects at work, and how publishing the film online got him 500,000 views.

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    Dark Comedy Trevor Cawood

    Terminus

    A psychologically intrusive and darkly comedic world where the city's isolated souls are followed around by large urban monsters.

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    Experimental Jacques Drouin

    Le Paysagiste/Mindscape

    An NFB classic that uses the rare form of animation known as Pinscreen. An artist, is absorbed into his painting, leading him on surreal exploration of the mind.

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    Dark Comedy Don Hertzfeldt

    Ah l'Amour

    **CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - The genesis of the Don Hertzfeld cult is this beloved stick-figure animation of an earnest guy who is consistently struck down by unsympathetic women.

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    Thriller Patrick Smith

    Puppet

    A friendly, handmade puppet takes on a life of its own in this horrific hand-drawn animation by Patrick Smith.

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    Experimental Wolfgang Lauenstein & Christoph Lauenstein

    Balance

    From post-communist Germany comes this remarkable social experiment that serves as an allegory in explaining the fall of Soviet communism—all without uttering a single word.

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    Drama Thomas Leung

    Living in the Dark

    Often we can't appreciate something so close to us until it's taken from us—such is the case in this film when as a young boy, Thomas, temporarily loses his sight.

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    Drama Tony Comley

    Abigail

    Fluid collection of thoughts and moments strung together around the theme of desperately searching for something you've lost—all while on a plane that is nose-diving.

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