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Swing
Created by esteban azuela
Comparing the end of one’s life to the fond memories of a child, this beautifully animated short is a tribute to life and love when you have nothing to fear. By overlapping hand-drawn characters with painted textured paper, each frame looks like a work of art that deserves to be hung on the fridge with an over-sized magnet.
Hollis
Created by crankbunny
A dark reflection on loneliness, this vivid flick from an NYC-based artist displays how love unleashes the monster within.
Sophie Swanson: The Haiku Menace
Created by Chris A Boyer
The Tale of How
Created by Blackheart Gang
Stunning CGI wizardry from South Africa whipped into a Tim Burton-esque fairy tale.
read more >>Sandwich Dance
Created by Nick and Ben
Want to take a bite? Watching this stacked stop-motion may make you hungry, but the construction and deconstruction of this sandwich took days to execute. Three-day old sandwich…yum.
The Last Knit
Created by Luara Neuvonen
Rapunzel gone wrong. This Finnish animation recalls the early, exuberant Pixar shorts where simple characters with quirky little stories trumped all the fancy technology.
Spider-Man: The Peril of Doc Ock
Created by Tony Mines
In this special-effects-filled rip-roaring all-Lego adventure, Spidey faces off against arch-nemesis Doc Ock, complete with highflying fights atop skyscrapers and elevated trains, and a suspenseful score that sounds like John Williams meets Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Sam Raimi, eat your heart out.
read more >>Burnt Face Man 6
Created by David Firth
Another hysterical installment of David Firth's serial cartoon. This guy gives South Park a run for its money...
read more >>Little Big Love
Created by Tomas Mankovsky
In an abandoned world full of texture and color, a lonely toy robot is desperate to find a suitable companion. Tomas Mankovsky's bittersweet short is absolutely gorgeous.
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Horses on Mars
Created by eric anderson
An award-winning USC student film about a solitary microbe who is king of the pebble at the dawn of life, but completely misses out on evolution after he is blasted into space by a meteor and sent on a hapless 4 billion year journey through the inner Solar System.
