Somewhere between surrealist and steampunk, this film was made to accompany the song “Children” by Hauschka. The cinematography is excellent and the story is abstract but captivating.
Category: Shorts
Portal: No Escape. Director Dan Trachtenberg has re-envisioned a grittier take on Portal. Starring Danielle Rayne in the role of Chell, although, with her never speaking a word, that’s never explicitly stated. She’s kept prisoner in a room and eventually discovers the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device (the proper, fancy name for the Portal gun) and uses it to escape, only to realize she’s in a test chamber. The fan-favorite Companion Cube doesn’t make it an appearance, nor does GLaDOS or any cake, though you do get to see a few Aperture Science Weighted Storage Cubes.
The AMERICAN DREAM is a 30 minute animated film that shows you how you’ve been scammed by the most basic elements of our government system. All of us Americans strive for the American Dream, and this film shows you why your dream is getting farther and farther away. Do you know how your money is created? Or how banking works? Why did housing prices skyrocket and then plunge? Do you really know what the Federal Reserve System is and how it affects you every single day?
First Contact is a CGI-Live action integration short film from the second year of the Advanced 3D Productions programme. In it, Planet Earth is being visited by aliens, but this isn’t the intelligent life you might be expecting
Amazing and creepy animated short about a child’s visit to a toy store by the talented Rodrigo Blaas from Pixar for Alma Films.
Nominated for an Oscar and for a BAFTA award, Jasper Morello is a short feature made in a unique style of silhouette animation developed by director Anthony Lucas and inspired by the work of authors Edgar Alan Poe and Jules Verne.
This animated short called ‘Eyrie’ is created by David Wolter, Wolter was recently hired by Dreamworks. The story line is of a young boy who must learn to defend his sheep from an eagle. Once he is capable of defending himself he is given wings and freedom.
“Disconnected” is a mini-Lord of the Flies for a society ever dependent on technology for survival and communication. It is also, in a sense, a remake of the children’s story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” from the villager’s perspective. It’s a high-concept film that shouldn’t be able to be made on less than someone would spend on a cellphone every month.
The Door was Wilson’s first short film. The Irish Film Board provided money for the making of the film. She went to the Ukrainian cities Kiev and Prypiat, described as “the most radioactive place on earth” due to its close proximity to Chernobyl, in order to film it.
Pinky and Brain attempt to gain membership into a secret, world-controlling organization called “T.H.E.Y.”. The mice manage to complete the hazing rituals but only Pinky is accepted into the group because Brain can’t take any more of their shenanagins (including tipping Buckingham Palace Guards, presenting Saddam Hussein with the A.B.C. gum award, and T.P.-ing the White House).