Short Films
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Memory Box is Dystopic Sci-Fi Done Right
Short of the Day OR, Dominance by Surrogacy Memory is a tricky thing. We consider it to be an accurate recollection of past events, but this…
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Hoshino is a Jedi — and a Fan Film — Like No Other
Short of the Day OR How to Build a Lightsaber In the world of fan films, it feels to me like the ones dedicated to Star…
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The Story of Ginger & Snapper Puts the Heart Back in the Zombie Apocalypse
OR, Why can’t we be friends? If you believe stuff like science and sociology, then you know we’re all pretty much screwed. With urban populations around…
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Mads Mikkelsen is a Ghost in the Machine in This Dark Short Film
Short of the Day Jake Scott directs the actor as a distracted hitman. Jake Scott has been making fluid, visually-dynamic shorts for years. Most of these…
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The Captured Bird Delivers Gothic Chills and Inspired Scares
Short of the Day A brief nightmare for Halloween produced by Guillermo Del Toro. I wanted to give you something scary for today, and a recent post…
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Borrowed Time Might Be the Best Animated Short of the Year
Short Film of the Day An outstanding side-project from a pair of Pixar animators. There are lots of great things that get made by talented people…
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The Escape Marks BMW’s Return to High-Octane Short Films
Short of the Day Clive Owen gets behind the wheel again for Neil Blomkamp. In 2001 and 2002, automakers BMW changed branded content forever by producing…
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Angels Are in Trouble in This Atmospheric, Murderous Short Film
Short Film of the Day Hobo with a shotgun and a propensity for killing Heaven’s helpers. From the mind of C. Robert Cargill, writer of Sinister and…
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Bullying and Witchcraft Converge in This Moody, Devious Short Film
Because someone must make brides of the wicked. It’s always hard to be objective about a film made by your friends. That’s one of the things…