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Wonderful animated short films

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 Alyson 09 Mar 2013
I don't know why I've never taken much notice before of the short films categories at the Oscars/Baftas etc. but this year someone recommended the fabulous Adam and Dog to me, which was up for the Oscar for Best Animated Short:

youtube.com/watch?v=QV0PJKgFIUs& (15 mins)

If you have 15 minutes to spare, do give it a watch. It's beautiful animation and lovely, nuanced storytelling.

It was beaten by Paperman:

youtube.com/watch?v=f3WVAR1McO4& (6 mins)

which is also charming although I don't rate it as highly, personally. This has started me on something of a journey through the lists of past winners and nominees, and while I can't find all the films online, there are some gems. The quirky The Lost Thing is also worth a view:

youtube.com/watch?v=38GTVR3wglo& (15 mins)

but the best I've found so far is JoJo in the Stars which won the Bafta for best animated short in 2004:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irm6E_UbaZA&wide=1 (13 mins)

I just wanted to share these because they're fab - especially 1 and 4 - and I'd love any more recommendations for short films (they don't necessarily have to animated tbh) available online or to download. Ta!
 cragtyke 09 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson: youtube.com/watch?v=SyIJ_c5dXSE& this is an oldie but goodie.
 psaunders 09 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson: These two are some of the best I've ever seen. I hope you enjoy them.

Rain Town
youtube.com/watch?v=RLAfM1RXwRs&

La Maison en Petits Cubes
youtube.com/watch?v=0V9BYAZP3yU&
 ericoides 09 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

Can't beat a bit of Jan Svankmayer (I can't find my favourite one of the girl spying on her parents eating coal, so this 2-minuter'll have to do -- it's excellent, too).

youtube.com/watch?v=qylAR_TnQrw&
OP Alyson 09 Mar 2013
In reply to cragtyke: Well that made me chuckle! The animation wasn't particularly animated mind....
OP Alyson 09 Mar 2013
In reply to psaunders: Thank you! Rain Town is lovely - right up my street. Just about to watch the second one.
 Mike-W-99 09 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:
Doomed: a biological cartoon
vimeo.com/59140833
OP Alyson 09 Mar 2013
In reply to psaunders:
> La Maison en Petits Cubes
> youtube.com/watch?v=0V9BYAZP3yU&

Imaginative, intelligent and sad. I love the ways in which these films tell stories successfully without using dialogue.
OP Alyson 09 Mar 2013
In reply to Mike_Watson_99: Ha! Very amusing And completely unpredictable.
OP Alyson 09 Mar 2013
In reply to ericoides:
> (In reply to Alyson)
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> Can't beat a bit of Jan Svankmayer (I can't find my favourite one of the girl spying on her parents eating coal, so this 2-minuter'll have to do -- it's excellent, too).
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> youtube.com/watch?v=qylAR_TnQrw&

Well that was... slightly disturbing! Perhaps I'd need to see the whole thing to fully appreciate it.
In reply to Alyson: Day and Night, very clever, and funny!

youtube.com/watch?v=agmDxXIZHNY&
OP Alyson 10 Mar 2013
In reply to Dafydd Llywelyn: That's superb, thank you! I've also just watched Fresh Guacamole by PES - at 1 min 41 seconds it's the shortest film to ever be nominated for an oscar.
 Conf#2 10 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

The Lost thing is pretty beautiful.

vimeo.com/33160259
 Blue Straggler 10 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

http://www.nfb.ca/film/big_snit

http://www.nfb.ca/film/le_chateau_de_sable/

http://onlineshortfilms.net/watch/paradise-video_f549bcac9.html

They used to show this stuff regularly on BBC2 on Wednesday evenings and/or C4 randomly on Sunday daytimes.

There's an NFB compilation which is well worth getting.
 patrick_b 10 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

Leeds International Film Festival has a great World Animated Shorts competition. Over a few nights they show a load of great short films from the past year and the audience chooses the winner.

I've seen some great films there over the years, things like Skhizein vimeo.com/36824575 about a man hit by a meteorite who has to adapt to living 91cm from himself.

I'll hunt some more out.. Too many to remember!
 Blue Straggler 10 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

Another NFB Canada classic, this was nominated in 88/9
I don't know anyone who has seen this and doesn't love it

http://www.nfb.ca/film/the-cat-came-back/
 subalpine 10 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:
> (In reply to ericoides)
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> Well that was... slightly disturbing! Perhaps I'd need to see the whole thing to fully appreciate it.

he is quite weird for sure
have you seen this?
youtube.com/watch?v=8ZRNPUmwAOY&

 patrick_b 10 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

This has great animation - not sure about the message but well worth a watch:
http://www.t36.eu/2012/05/paths-of-hate-animated-short-film/
 patrick_b 10 Mar 2013
In reply to patrick_b:

Oh I can't find an online version which works.. I'm sure there's one somewhere!

Here's the trailer anyway vimeo.com/32447394
 subalpine 10 Mar 2013
In reply to patrick_b: yess- i've found this again- classic:
youtube.com/watch?v=a5vTn5286-A&
 Fraser 10 Mar 2013
In reply to psaunders:

> Rain Town
> youtube.com/watch?v=RLAfM1RXwRs&

That was excellent - thanks for posting.
 patrick_b 10 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

The Gloaming was a really interesting film from a few years ago:
http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2012/06/28/the-gloaming/
 patrick_b 10 Mar 2013
In reply to patrick_b:

Another one that I love - Birdboy. Weird but sweet.

http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2012/01/09/birdboy/
OP Alyson 11 Mar 2013
In reply to Blue Straggler:
> (In reply to Alyson)
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> http://www.nfb.ca/film/the-cat-came-back/

Thanks for this and the others. The first link you posted reminded me of the Far Side cartoons - something about the style of the characters perhaps. Very entertaining!
 Blue Straggler 11 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

The Big Snit rewards multiple viewings, at first it's just "funny" but there is actually quite a bit of depth to it

Ditto Le Chateau de Sable, first you just get impressed with the insanely tricky stop-motion animation and then it gets you thinking about the transience of existence and whatnot.

And although Paradise goes on a bit and is a bit heavy-handed, it is a nice message regarding "be happy with who you are"
OP Alyson 11 Mar 2013
In reply to patrick_b:
> (In reply to patrick_b)
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> Another one that I love - Birdboy. Weird but sweet.
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> http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2012/01/09/birdboy/

I couldn't watch it on that link but I found it on vimeo. Wow, that's a bit dark!
OP Alyson 11 Mar 2013
In reply to Blue Straggler: The stop motion animation is brilliant - the shifting sand dunes from the wind possibly even more so than the little characters. And yes, it wouldn't be the first civilisation to be swallowed back up by a desert!
 patrick_b 11 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:

I'm not doing very well finding links that work! Try this one instead if you have 5 mins.

Bottle is a beautiful stop motion short: http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2010/12/19/bottle/

John Lewis tried a similar thing for their Christmas advert this year..
OP Alyson 11 Mar 2013
In reply to patrick_b:
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> Bottle is a beautiful stop motion short: http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2010/12/19/bottle/
>
That one is fantastic! It's great to see the huge diversity of styles and techniques of animation as this thread progresses. I feel quite inspired actually <eyes up playdough>
 Blue Straggler 11 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:
> It's great to see the huge diversity of styles and techniques of animation as this thread progresses.

I bet some cretin posts a clip of Ukrainian "sand artist" Kseniya Simonova due to a failure to understand what "animation" means.

(Simonova's work was amazing, by the way. But it's not animation)
paulcarey 12 Mar 2013
In reply to Alyson:
Its also worth looking at some undergraduate animated work that's on line

youtube.com/watch?v=BZVKD24yAxQ&

There's also a load of stuff by him on youtube
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