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I mean to keep a list of short films as I watch them... Any suggestions are more than welcome ;)
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- DirectorPhilippe OrreindyStarsSophie ForteThomas GaudinPascal CasanovaA man falls in love while in a subway station.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsDominique PinonChick OrtegaMarie-Laure DougnacA 9 minute comedy starring Dominique Pinon (Delicatessen). Featuring muted colors with a sepia black and white, Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he "likes and dislikes". The music is by Carlos D'Alessio and Special Thanks is given to Claudie Ossard.
- DirectorLuís Manuel AlmeidaStarsJoão Paulo DiasEdmir FerreiraCarolina GandraA blind man. A belvedere. One coin.
- DirectorDonald RiceStarsDavid TennantSophie HunterDavid CrowA young traffic warden tries to return a woman's handkerchief in this silent TV short.
- DirectorAna Luiza AzevedoStarsLisa BeckerWerner SchünemannThree minutes. The time it takes to leave a message. To pass the baton and run 1.600 meters. To boil an egg. The time it takes to make a decision that can change your life, before the coin drops.
- DirectorSerdar FeritStarsLiam NowlanNatalie MountThomas WaterhouseProblems arise when a conservative old man walks into the same elevator as a 15 year old girl who likes to play loud music from her mobile phone.
- DirectorDan ZeffStarsDavid TennantKate AshfieldDiana HardcastleSweetnightgoodheart is a short-film about a man that prepares to make a huge change in his life; but all doesn't exactly turn out as planned and it all turns in the opposite direction from what he originally planned. As the plot continues the issues just get more extreme, Pete ends up with a very, very big problem that can not be... You guessed it, or you didn't; it can't be solved without hurting others or himself... Watch the dazzling short to find out what really goes on with Pete (played by Scottish actor David Tennant).
- DirectorJuan SolanasStarsLaurent BertYannick BlivetChristophe BottiWith two fabulous tickets to tonight's ball in his hands, the solitary Mr Phelps needs to find the perfect head to please his charming date. Will he risk it all for love?
- DirectorOrlando MesquitaIn a small village in Mozambique, two little boys make use of condoms in a different way.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsLisa BeckerRoberto BirindelliCarlos CunhaThe analyzed object of this short is the Zoetrope, a pioneer machine that anticipated the creation of cinema. Two ideas are formed: one, inside the object where a repetitive image is presented along with the words from João Cabral; two, outside of the object showing a colorful kaleidoscope of images.
- DirectorJorge FurtadoStarsPaulo JoséCiça ReckziegelDouglas TraininiThe ironic, heartbreaking and acid "saga" of a spoiled tomato: from the plantation of a "Nisei" (Brazilian with Japanese origins); to a supermarket; to a consumer's kitchen to become sauce of a pork meat; to the garbage can since it is spoiled for the consumption; to a garbage truck to be dumped in a garbage dump in "Ilha das Flores"; to the selection of nutriment for pigs by the employees of a pigs breeder; to become food for poor Brazilian people.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorPESTransforming familiar objects into fresh guacamole.
- DirectorJon MaynardJon MalkoStarsSonny BurnetteRonald ChiltonJ.R. HarrisRandal and his mischievous gang of nursing home dwellers are constantly aggravating Francois, the up tight manager of Shady Grove Nursing Home. While hatching a scheme to retrieve one of the few remaining televisions, Randal and company discover that the world has been overrun by Zombies! This motley crew of geriatrics find themselves as man's last great hope for survival and soon discover... age is their greatest weapon.
- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- DirectorEadweard MuybridgeStarsGilbert DommSallie GardnerThe clip shows a jockey, Gilbert Domm, riding a horse, Sallie Gardner. The clip is not filmed; instead, it consists of 24 individual photographs shot in rapid succession, making a moving picture when using a zoopraxiscope.
- DirectorLouis Aimé Augustin Le PrinceStarsAdolphe Le PrinceA very brief film of a man playing the accordion.
- DirectorKurt KuenneStarsT.J. ThyneVicki DavisDave KuhrA fable about a parking attendant who gives his customers REAL validation -- dispensing both free parking and free compliments.
- DirectorCraig William MacneillStarsClay McLeod ChapmanSam BorenzweigLauren BondLoosely based on the dark tales of HP Lovecraft, "Late Bloomer" is a compelling and humorous journey through a young boy's first sexual education class.
- DirectorDan TrachtenbergStarsDanielle RayneAlex AlbrechtBrad ArnoldA woman, named Chell, wakes up in a testing facility with no memory of how she got there. The one thing on her mind, escape.
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukGennadiy SokolskiyStarsVladimir OsenevEvgeniy LeonovIya SavvinaVinni-Pukh is trying to help his friend donkey with huge depression which happened to be on his birthday
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsMel BlancBen HardawayDick NelsonA large Native American walks into the shop. Woody, who is still playing with the comb, is surprised to see a feathered headdress behind him in the mirror. He turns around quickly and notices the man in a chair behind him.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsBob JohnsonGrace StaffordWoody Woodpecker visits Niagara Falls---on the Canadian and American side both, according to some viewers---and asks about going over the famous falls in a barrel which the guard tells him it is forbidden, which immediately makes Woody decide to do it, anyway. Woody uses everything BUT a ladder in his attempts, and the guard prevents him going over several times, but the guard winds up in a barrel and goes over himself. Woody, dressed as a policeman, is awaiting him at the bottom to give him a ticket for breaking the law.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsMel BlancSara BernerBen HardawayThe psychiatrist needs a psychiatrist after attempting to treat Woody Woodpecker.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDaws ButlerJune ForayGrace StaffordWoody Woodpecker tells Knothead and Splinter the story of how woodpeckers have influenced world history.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsMel BlancGrace StaffordAn elderly, suicidal Woody Woodpecker reminisces about his life as a woodpecker, as his ability to peck wood has vanished, leaving his life seemingly without energy.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordWoody inherits a large sum of money, and Buzz Buzzard enacts an elaborate scheme to steal all of it, all the while being tailed by a detective.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsDaws ButlerGrace StaffordGabby Gator tricks Woody Woodpecker into staying at his "hotel" in the hopes of cooking him for his meal.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancKent RogersA local crowd gathers at a baseball park for a game between the Droops and the Drips. A lone policeman stands at the park gate discouraging spectators who have not paid to see the game.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancDaws ButlerDick NelsonThis cartoon is a parody of the then current TV show, "Dragnet". Police are warned of an escaped criminal, "The Bat", who possesses a super strength tonic. He hides the tonic in Woody's house hoping to retreive it the next day. When the listless Woody awakes, he imbibes the tonic, giving him the strength of twenty men which he immediately tests. Eventually, "The Bat" lures Woody to his hideout in hopes of retrieving his bottle, resulting in a man-to-man (bat?) showdown between Woody and "The Bat".
- DirectorJens Raunkjær ChristensenJonas Drotner MouritsenStarsAnders HoumannTobias Shaw PetersenDion RaufortA Danish short film, depicting two survivors in a wasteland surviving solely by the oxygen to which they are both attached to. From the Danish filmmakers Jens Raunkjær, Christensen, and Jonas Drotner Mouritsen.
- DirectorBrian FairbairnStarsKarl EcclestonFiona PepperA couple's special meal is ruined when underlying tensions surface. A study of the role of language in communication.
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsVyacheslav NevinnyyMariya VinogradovaAleksey BatalovA little hedgehog, on the way to visit his friend the bear, gets lost in thick fog, where horses, dogs and even falling leaves take on a terrifying new aspect.
- DirectorMark OsborneA worker in a factory learns a lesson about life. When is enough?
- DirectorFyodor KhitrukStarsElena ChepoyA castaway is interrogated by Interpol, conquered by an imperialist ship, loses his lone palm tree to greedy loggers, is consoled by a missionary who promptly abandons him, is thoroughly examined by scientists, and harassed by journalists.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
- DirectorChristoph LauensteinWolfgang LauensteinA group of fishermen on a precariously balanced platform fight over a trunk.
- StarsNeil Patrick HarrisNathan FillionFelicia DayAn aspiring supervillain must balance his career and his pursuit of a beautiful do-gooder.
- DirectorRalph EgglestonStarsRalph EgglestonA group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just deserts when a goofy bird drops in.
- DirectorDony PermediStarsPierre CoffinThe story of a Kiwi who spends his whole life working towards achieving his dream.
- DirectorFrank Yeean ChanStarsAmy Y. ChanJay PatumanoanDony PermediWhen Elizabeth Ong fails to show up, her three friends rush to give their versions of the day's shenanigans in the alleyways of Chinatown.
- DirectorSharlto CopleyStarsSharlto CopleyJhon DoriaVashi NedomanskyWikus attempts to track down Charlize Theron in Hollywood to help him present the Award for Best Afrikaans Pop album.
- DirectorJérémy ClapinStarsJulien BoisselierThéo GrimmeisenMado DebrusHaving been struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself.
- DirectorJo MeurisStarsThor BishopricElizabeth LofrancoMichael RudderA book hating girl must discover the power of reading when the characters of the books her family owns spill out of their books and infest the house.
- DirectorBenh ZeitlinDead heroes Thomas Edison, Nicola Tesla, and Topsy the Coney Island elephant make their return to the screen in this tragic, stop-motion animated tale of two ill-fated lightbulbs forced to confront the unholy meaning of light. Made for the Slamdance $99 Special Program.
- DirectorMark AndrewsAndrew JimenezTwo buskers engage in a petty feud over a child's donation.
- DirectorNico CasavecchiaStarsAtomA wayward atom escapes life in a bit and encounters a friend he can dance, laugh and play with.
- DirectorNickolas DuarteStarsHenry CejudoBrian HaymondFollows the intensive amount of sacrifice a competitive wrestler must endure for the opportunity to compete for 6 minutes.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJeremy TheobaldIn his squalid apartment, a man tries to squash with his shoe an insect of some kind that is moving around the room.
- DirectorPatrick ScottStarsEric HickeyAlanna SwovelinHolly FletcherCondoning bestiallity by using comparable visual stimuli for the desired effect of empathy. So it would seem.
- DirectorShio Chuan QuekGuang is a story about two brothers. The elder brother, Wen Guang is Autistic. Wen Guang is often misunderstood. Above all, he suffers from attention deficiency disorder, struggles with social interaction, and has difficulty performing day to day obligations. He also has a secret passion. To make ends meet, Wen Guang is coerced by his younger brother into looking for a job to share his burden on meeting their monthly expenses. Throughout the film we see Wen Guang searching for a job, his daily routines and his secret passion as he searches for the final glass that will bring him a simple, pure, hard earned, fleeting moment of joy.
- DirectorJoe NicolosiStarsAlex DobrenkoAshley Rae SpillersJessie TiltonHell No is a short exploration of what would happen in horror situations if smart characters made good decisions.
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenWhen you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move?
- DirectorPaul TrilloStarsMackenzie BourbinRicardo CabralAndrew FalbergA poetic and scientific exploration of infinity in the everyday. Comprised of various visual representations of infinity interspersed throughout a non-linear narrative. Following a day in the life of Vincent and his multiple variations that exist throughout the universe. The story begins to fracture into different threads when he follows a would be lover down the street.
- DirectorJan PinkavaStarsBob PetersonGeri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.
- DirectorAlex PragerStarsJessica ChastainGeorge ClooneyGlenn CloseSome of 2011's stand-out film actors appear in "a video gallery of cinematic villainy" for New York Times Magazine.
- DirectorMichael GoodeStarsDaniel LissingRose McIverDawn SorensonImmediately after his death, the victim of a car crash gets answers to every question he's ever had about his life, including the most import one of all - what did it all mean?
- DirectorAuguste LumièreLouis LumièreStarsMadeleine KoehlerMarcel KoehlerMrs. Auguste LumiereA train arrives at La Ciotat station.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
- DirectorLuke ScottStarsJared LetoBenedict WongNed DennehyNiander Wallace demonstrates the merits of a new type of replicant to lawmakers.