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# ShortFilmWeb

The very best short films online

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- [Here Comes Revenge (2016)](https://shortfilmweb.com/here-comes-revenge-2016/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpF8Wa2yQH0 Here Comes Revenge is the music video created to accompany Metallica's song of the same name. Directed by Jess Cope (known for her work on Tim Burton's Frankenweenie), this dark, digitally animated short is a gothic revenge tale that feels like a standalone horror fable. Clocking in at around 7-8 minutes, it's pure narrative-driven
- [Lost Down Mexico Way (2026)](https://shortfilmweb.com/lost-down-mexico-way-2026/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi_9kt-PYIU Lost Down Mexico Way is a rollicking 38-minute documentary that captures the true story of the 'Disco Firm', a band of working-class Wolves fans from the West Midlands who boarded a plane for the 1986 World Cup and simply never came back. What began as a quick trip to watch England play in Mexico turned into a life-altering odyssey.
- [Cashback (2004)](https://shortfilmweb.com/cashback-2004/) - https://vimeo.com/channels/879277/1924440 Directed by Sean Ellis Produced by Lene Bausager Music by Rick Astley Cashback is a quirky, comic short film that follows the life of Ben (played by Sean Biggerstaff), a young art student stuck working late-night shifts at a supermarket. Surrounded by a madcap group of colleagues, including two prank-loving young men and his
- [Clearwater (2020)](https://shortfilmweb.com/clearwater-2020/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJFU_joMe80&ab_channel=DUST Clearwater is a short film created by Rob Jabbaz starring Joan Loluo in the lead role. Directed by Rob Jabbaz and starring Joan Loluo, a young woman seeks peace and tranquility in the heart of nature—surrounded by lush forests, serene lakes, and towering trees. Hoping to disconnect and bask in the beauty of solitude,
- [The Black Hole (2008)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-black-hole-2008/) - https://vimeo.com/70751621 Directed by Philip Sansom and Olly Williams Written by Philip Sansom and Olly Williams Starring Napoleon Ryan In this mind-bending short film, a weary office worker, drained by long hours and dark circles under his eyes, faces a frustrating photocopier malfunction late one night. But what begins as a routine issue quickly escalates when he accidentally
- [Knights of Cydonia (2006)](https://shortfilmweb.com/knights-of-cydonia-2006/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_sBOsh-vyI Knights of Cydonia is the music video for the 2006 Muse song of the same name. Directed by Joseph Kahn, this 6-minute live-action short is a gloriously over-the-top mashup of spaghetti western, sci-fi, and kung fu. A lone gunslinger rides into the dusty town of Cydonia to rescue his love interest from the tyrannical sheriff.
- [The Big Picture (2018)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-big-picture-2018/) - The second shortest short on Shortfilmweb (after this one), The Big Picture is a charming and accomplished animated short directed by animation and film student Doriana Re. It is about a man who is persuaded by his wife to step away from studying bacteria through his microscope, and instead focus his attentions on the heavens
- [Destino (2003)](https://shortfilmweb.com/destino-2003/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_TlaxmOKqs Destino took a staggering 58 years to finally come to life - from its start in 1945 to completion in 2003 - making it one of the longest-gestating shorts in animation history for a film that's just seven minutes long. It's that rare short where two legends - Walt Disney and Salvador Dalí -
- [Alive in Joberg (2006)](https://shortfilmweb.com/alive-in-joberg-2006/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNReejO7Zu8 Created by Neill Blomkamp. Alive in Joberg is the short film that went on to be developed into an extremely successful and well-received feature, District 9. Set in a future Johannesberg, Alive in Joberg shows us a glimpse of the chaos and segregation caused by the immigration of an alien species (referred to in
- [Traction (2017)](https://shortfilmweb.com/traction-2017/) - A man, Jake and a woman, Andy go on a dinner date. At first they seem to be getting on well - joking, laughing and sharing a sense of humour. That is, until Jake 'triggers' Andy by telling a joke that is, in her eyes, offensive. They smooth it over and carry on, until the
- [A Brief Disagreement (2022)](https://shortfilmweb.com/a-brief-disagreement-2022/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x7FGbW3IVc A Brief Disagreement by animator Steve Cutts is a masterful sub 3-minute short exploring 'mankind's favourite pastime throughout the ages', as Steve describes it - or to put it simply, war. Steve drew the film by hand frame by frame using Clip Studio Paint with After Effects for compositing. In many ways this furiously-paced
- [This Land is Mine (2014)](https://shortfilmweb.com/this-land-is-mine-2014/) - https://vimeo.com/50531435 This Land is Mine is a remarkable animation set to a song in the style of a musical by artist Nina Paley. Beginning with the very first settlers in the land over time variously named Canaan, The Levant, Israel and Palestine, we see a succession of warriors and colonialists laying claim to what has
- [A Hard Winter | 厳しい冬 (2025)](https://shortfilmweb.com/a-hard-winter-2025/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-urpKcvMLc For the first time on ShortFilmWeb, something truly groundbreaking - a film created entirely with A.I. A Hard Winter | 厳しい冬 by Alex Patrascu looks so realistic it's almost indistinguishable from live action. The short film shows us vignettes of daily life during a winter in Japan - traders, fishermen, commuters, travellers, families -
- [A Troubleshooting Story (2021)](https://shortfilmweb.com/a-troubleshooting-story-2021/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENGwNymKHuQ&t A Troubleshooting Story is a charming little animated short about a robot whose job it is to guard an unmanned data centre. Against a background of beautifully rendered stacked computer servers, the robot uses its detection and elimination capabilities to try and deal with a very elusive intruder. We love this one! Made in
- [Happiness (2017)](https://shortfilmweb.com/happiness-2017/) - https://vimeo.com/246620199 Happiness, created by Steve Cutts, is a beautifully animated short film showing us, in various ways, the human condition in modern times. Using rats to literally represent the 'rat race', the film neatly, elegantly and concisely shows us how modernity makes us prisoners. From the 9-5 desk job (admittedly a lot less common now
- [Carousel (2023)](https://shortfilmweb.com/carousel-2023/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQR29Et38rU Carousel by music artist Matt B is a very creative piece of music video, assembled using footage from Sci-fi classic Logan's Run. As Matt's accompanying house track builds up in intensity, the dystopian vision onscreen also builds up to a climax. In the creator's own words: "This is the carousel. Each individual living in
- [The Deal (2018)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-deal-2018/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg7jAnS78JA By Mumbo. Written, Performed and Edited by Kris and Jack. Filmed and Graded by Oli and Vicky The Deal is a fun, light hearted short built around a classic cinematic conceit - a deal being made in an underground car park involving the exchange of bag of money for unspecified goods. However, things go
- [The Elevator (2010)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-elevator-2010/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-TQQE1y68c The Elevator is a comic short written and directed by Glen Glienna, who wrote famous comic feature film Meet the Parents (2000) starring Robert de Niro and Ben Stiller. A man taking a ride in a lift finds himself growing more anxious as it ascends, reaching a climax whereby he feels compelled to take
- [The Maker (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-maker-2012/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDXOioU_OKM The Maker is a 5-minute animated film about a rabbit-like creature who, wanting a companion and with limited time to wait, decides to create one. Possibly inspired by Frankenstein, this delightful short uses traditional stop-motion techniques, and has an exquisite look and cinematography. Various hints, including the violin-style 'f-holes' adorning the creator's head clue
- [The Barbershop (2022)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-barbershop-2022/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeYTWhl84cs A young man with long hair decides to visit a barber for a haircut. He awaits his turn with great trepidation. The impact of having his locks shorn has a greater psychological effect on him than anticipated, and his mind runs amok. A well-made, light-hearted 5-minute short that, if really analysed for meaning, touches
- [Big Take (2024)](https://shortfilmweb.com/big-take-2024/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDv8Iei3h4Y Two petty criminals, both evading pursuit at the same time, end up by coincidence in the same hideout. Even more coincidentally, while there they end up eavesdropping on their pursuers just yards away. For now, at least, the thieves seem to have caught a lucky break. A light-hearted, beautifully made 4-minute short shot on
- [Luxo Jr (1986)](https://shortfilmweb.com/luxo-jr-1986/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhZm5FRV4s Luxo Jr. is a landmark two-minute animated short from 1986, directed by John Lasseter the same year Pixar was founded. Though simple — a larger desk lamp (Luxo Sr.) watches a smaller, playful lamp (Luxo Jr.) bounce a ball — the short was revolutionary, showcasing computer animation’s potential for character, emotion, and storytelling. Inspired
- [Madame Tutli-Putli (2007)](https://shortfilmweb.com/madame-tutli-putli-2007/) - https://vimeo.com/8120949 Created by Chris Lavis & Maciek Szczerbowski (Clyde Henry Productions). Madame Tutli-Putli is a 17-minute stop-motion animated short film about a woman taking a train journey. We don't know where she's going or why, but she has a fantastical and often terrifying ride, encountering all types of outlandish and menacing characters along the way. The film has
- [The Anti-Social Network (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-anti-social-network-2013/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0H6AzEMHSc Writer & Director - Shae-Lee Shackleford Lucas, played by actor Sam Mac, is chronically addicted to social media. Facebooking is a permanent fixture in his life - as we see, status updating is his raison d'etre, appearing around him in bubbles like augmented reality - a nice CGI touch. When he awkwardly meets a
- [Room 8 (2014)](https://shortfilmweb.com/room-8-2014/) - https://vimeo.com/201262539 An Englishman is thrown into a tiny Russian prison cell, where his cellmate, a long term prisoner, warns him to stay away from the red box on the bed- however the protagonist can't resist the urge to see what is inside. He confronts the consequences of his curiosity. This beautifully made surrealist short earned
- [The Smile Man (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-smile-man-2013/) - https://vimeo.com/203450398 Directed by Anton Lanshakov, The Smile Man is a short film about a man (Willem Dafoe) forced to live with a permanent rictus smile caused by nerve damage resulting from an accident. Life is tricky, but he soon finds his predicament isn't entirely unique. Produced by Lisa Barrett McGuire ... co-producer Dana Brunetti ...
- [Rabbits (2002)](https://shortfilmweb.com/rabbits-2002/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjQfQtv2BQ In a nameless city deluged by a continuous rain... three rabbits live with a fearful mystery. In Memory of David Lynch (1946–2025) A master of the subconscious, a conjurer of nightmares, and an architect of the unknowable—David Lynch changed cinema forever. From Eraserhead to Blue Velvet, from the TV Series Twin Peaks to Mulholland Drive,
- [Café Allongé / Happy hour (2010)](https://shortfilmweb.com/cafe-allonge-happy-hour-2010/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43qd3tCWpX4 In a cozy French café-bar, a young man becomes captivated by a beautiful girl who just walked in. As he works up the courage to approach her, his imagination takes over, playing out bold, absurd and increasingly demented scenarios in his mind to win her over — in apparent competition with the older, more
- [Pigeon: Impossible (2009)](https://shortfilmweb.com/pigeon-impossible-2009/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA Director: Lucas Martell What could possibly go wrong when a rookie secret agent’s nuclear-powered briefcase meets a curious pigeon? In this hilariously chaotic animated short, Walter Beckett faces the ultimate test of his spy skills: extracting the meddlesome bird without triggering global disaster. Packed with slapstick comedy, high-stakes action, and plenty of feathers, Pigeon:
- [Nokta . (2010)](https://shortfilmweb.com/nokta-2010/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCZCiuF2q-c Created by Onur Senturk Sound: ECHOLAB Gavin Little Nokta . (Nokta is Turkish for dot) is an abstract short film by Turkish filmmaker Onur Senturk. Created using Realflow, 3ds Max, Mudbox, and After Effects, Nokta . is a treat to watch, stunning visuals and effects. The soundtrack by Gavin Little is a perfect accompaniment to the
- [Vasily (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/vasily-2013/) - https://vimeo.com/73873609 Directed, shot and edited by Alexander Khudokon Produced by Lev Maslov Based on an idea by Dmitry Golubovsky and Maxim Nikanorov Vasily is a short documentary about Vasily Ilyn, a retired farmer from the small rural village of Ryshkovo in the Kurksy Oblast (province) of Russia. Vasily has rarely set foot outside his village,
- [Doodlebug (1997)](https://shortfilmweb.com/doodlebug-1997/) - https://vimeo.com/398643053 A very short film about a man chasing an unidentified pest through his apartment, the plotline of Doodlebug strongly recalls Kafka. Doodlebug is a fine example of an early, experimental piece of work by now-famous London-born director Christopher Nolan, writer and director of hit Hollywood films Memento (2000) Batman Begins (2005) The Prestige (2006) and
- [Adrift (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/adrift-2013/) - https://vimeo.com/69445362 Created by Simon Christen Muscial score by Jimmy LaValle and the band “The Album Leaf” Adrift is a visually stunning piece of film by photographer and filmmaker Simon Christen. He used time lapse photography to create moving footage of the San Franciso Bay area, in particular focusing on the thick fog which coats the landscape in
- [Nietzsche - Human, All Too Human (1999)](https://shortfilmweb.com/nietzsche-beyond-good-and-evil-1999/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9f1F5jUzaM Human, All Too Human, produced by the BBC, is a documentary about German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and his gradual shift from religion to nihilism, and eventually, tragically, to insanity. Along the way we learn how he was influenced by Schopenhauer and Wagner, about his health problems, his unsatisfactory personal life, his period of seclusion
- [Our Time Is Up (2006)](https://shortfilmweb.com/our-time-is-up-2006/) - Kevin Pollak stars as Doctor Stern, a jaded psychotherapist who, learning that he is terminally ill, decides upon a new approach in his therapy,
- [Changeover (2014)](https://shortfilmweb.com/changeover-2014/) - https://vimeo.com/100921866 Directed by Connor Lynch & David Ketterer Changeover is a short documentary about a Pennsylvanian 35mm cinema film projectionist, Bill Frankhouser. Having spent his whole life working with the 35mm cinema film format, Bill is facing the reality that the cinema industry has now moved irreversibly to digital technology. With no feature films any longer
- [ColourBleed (2011)](https://shortfilmweb.com/colourbleed-2011/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0XoKSaqOm4 Written and directed by Peter Szewczyk In association with BBC Film Network and BBC HD Produced by Light + Mathematics ColourBleed is set in Krakow, Poland, but the dialogue is in English. A young girl, a graffiti artist, tries to bring colour into the ineffably monochrome world around her. Even the way she dresses
- [Logorama (2009)](https://shortfilmweb.com/logorama/) - https://vimeo.com/10149605 Created by French animation collective H5 (François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, Ludovic Houplain) Logorama screened at the Cannes Film Festival 2009, the Sundance Film Festival 2010. Slickly produced and very well animated, this lively, explosive and colourful short film shows us a world consisting entirely of the brands which surround us in daily life.
- [Steam (1992)](https://shortfilmweb.com/steam-1992/) - https://vimeo.com/237241633 The music video for Peter Gabriel's hit single Steam (1992) was made by Stephen R. Johnson, a director of immense creativity. Peter Gabriel was known for his innovative, experimental music videos, probably the most famous being Sledgehammer (1986) also directed by Johnson, which scooped nine MTV Video Music Awards, which stands as a record
- [Metachaos (2011)](https://shortfilmweb.com/metachaos-2011/) - https://vimeo.com/581114869 Created by Alessandro Bavari, nusic by Jeff Ensign aka Evolution Noise Slave. Metachaos, by 'Digital Artist' Alessandro Bavari, is more like 8 minutes of visual and sonic art than a short film. Intense, overwhelming and immersive, it uses state of the art camerawork and CGI special effect technology to create what could be seen as
- [Bare Knuckle (2014)](https://shortfilmweb.com/bare-knuckle-2014/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9UZBg1pMS4 Bare Knuckle is a documentary from VICE magazine about the underground sport of bare knuckle boxing in the UK. Clive Martin interviews and follows various fighters and finds out what drives the men who choose to go toe to toe in the 'ring' (actually just a pit encircled by of bales of hay) with
- [Step-Grandma (2021)](https://shortfilmweb.com/step-grandma_2021/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StYkb5kbM3o Step-Grandma is a music video featuring music by and starring techno music producer and DJ Salvatore Ganacci. Despite the Italian name he uses, Ganacci is actually from the Balkans. Step-Grandma is more than a music video with a catchy tune - it's a story told with humour and panache in a surrealistic style. Masterfully
- [Zoom Parties Suck (2020)](https://shortfilmweb.com/zoom-parties-suck-2020/) - https://vimeo.com/420935102 Zoom Parties Suck by Lachie Ross is a humorous and suitably surreal take on a situation we're all finding ourselves in lately. With both work and social gatherings off-limits due to social distancing mandates resulting from the COVID-19 coronavirus currently affecting the world, Zoom and other video conferencing technologies have come to the fore
- [Dinner with Mum (2020)](https://shortfilmweb.com/dinner-with-mum-2020/) - Can you imagine your known world and even sense of time fragmenting around you? Written and directed by Daniel Harding, Dinner with Mum is a powerful short film about a subject affecting millions today. A young woman accompanied by her boyfriend visits her mother for dinner, but things don't go smoothly. Piece by piece we
- [Time Bleeds (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/time-bleeds-2014/) - https://vimeo.com/86938256 Written and directed by Samuel Supple. The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 saw millions of young British men (over 8 million in total) fight what proved to be a very bloody war. The troops left the UK via the coastal town of Folkestone in Kent. This documentary, made a century later, explores
- [Thanks Smokey (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/thanks-smokey-2013/) - https://vimeo.com/24550780 A quirky little short that has been doing the rounds for a while but only recently came to the attention of the SFW team. Without giving anything away, this short shows us the world through the eyes of someone with - to put it euphemistically - a niche interest. The music is insanely catchy, and
- [Garbage Man (2017)](https://shortfilmweb.com/garbage-man-2017/) - https://vimeo.com/216460154 Sam, a refuse collector, decides in an apparent existential crisis that his job is beneath him. After being cursed by a raccoon, he finds himself rendered, quite literally, a garbage man. A brilliantly scripted and acted comic short, perhaps also a cautionary tale about complaining. In the words of the director himself "I'd rather
- [Snowdrifter (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/snowdrifter-2012/) - https://vimeo.com/37145612 Created by Mack Carruthers. A nicely animated short about a snowman who appears to have stumbled upon a bounteous find. He can't believe his luck... but this cute animation has a surprisingly dark ending! Snowdrifter's accolades are as follows: Laugh Track Comedy Festival (2012): Official Selection Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival 2012 (PFAF): Official
- [Peter and Ben (2007)](https://shortfilmweb.com/peter-and-ben-2007/) - https://vimeo.com/62177206 Directed by Pinny Grylls Produced by Victoria Cameron Peter and Ben is a quirky and poignant documentary about a man and a sheep. In their own ways they are both outcasts, not fitting in with their own kind - but they get on well with each other and share a bond. Peter and Ben
- [Lonely Eros (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/lonely-eros-2012/) - https://vimeo.com/51397189 Lonely Eros, officially the shortest short film on ShortFilmWeb (there's a mouthful) is about a sad and lonely stuffed toy, and is a very short story indeed. When we saw it in Brooklyn Shorts the audience laughed - possibly not the intended reaction the makers at What! Graphics Studios and Epicity Pictures were after -
- [Kickoff (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/kickoff-2012/) - https://vimeo.com/59902156 Kickoff was originally written as a short story by Alistair Moore. Zoran Trajkovic, eager to direct his first short film, chose Kickoff as the project. By pure chance actor Steven Waddington, star of Sleepy Hollow, Last of the Mohicans and many more, read the script for Kickoff, loved it and asked to play the
- [Soft (2006)](https://shortfilmweb.com/soft-2006/) - https://vimeo.com/19705053 Written and Directed by Simon Ellis. Soft is a masterclass in short filmmaking. Centered around a teenage boy, Scott, his father, and a gang of feral hooligans who terrorise both of them, Soft is a film without an ounce of fat on it. The suspense and escalation in the narrative are relentless. This film
- [The Marionette's Dream (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-marionettes-dream-2013/) - https://vimeo.com/58651930 Shortlisted for Sundance London short film competition 2013. With echoes of Pinnochio, The Marionette's Dream is a beautifully made short featuring puppets coming to life in a human world, on a quest for love. Written and directed by Nimer Rashed.
- [Double Take (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/double-take-2012/) - https://vimeo.com/45182757 Michael and Jeremy Hodges, upon whom this film is based, are twins, and both dancers. This film examines their attempts to reconnect with each other later in life after a period of being apart. A visually elegant short directed by Sam Hodges and produced by Sophie Vickers.
- [Address is Approximate (2011)](https://shortfilmweb.com/address-is-approximate-2011/) - https://vimeo.com/32397612 Created by Tom Jenkins A delightful short about a selection of office toys who take over after lights out, commandeering a designer's workstation to embark on a virtual road trip facilitated by Google Street View. Redolent of Toy Story, this film uses some truly innovative stop-motion animation techniques to create a heart-warming story, showing
- [The Six Dollar Fifty Man (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-six-dollar-fifty-man-2012/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxBpqMvGt-Q Directed by Mark Albiston & Louis Sutherland Written by Louis Sutherland Produced by Wendy Cuthbert
- [Fear of Flying (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/fear-of-flying-2012/) - https://vimeo.com/46141955 Written and Directed by Conor Finnegan Produced by Brunella Cocchiglia Voiced by Mark Doherty, Aoife Duffin & Steven Courtney DOP: Ivan Mc Cullough Music & Sound Design: ECHOLAB Composers: Tobias Norberg, Gavin Little, Mats Valentin Sound Design: Joe Mc Hugh, Gavin Little Characters Made by Renate Henschke Art Director: Joe Fallover A delightful animated
- [Sight (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/sight-2012/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK_cdkpazjI Created by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo as a graduation project from the Bezaleal academy of arts. Starring Ori Golad and Deborah Aroshas. Sight is a short film about a date taking place in the future - a future where augmented reality is as much a part of daily life as breathing and eating. Not only
- [Aningaaq (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/aningaaq-2013/) - https://vimeo.com/241508432 Directed by Jonas Cuaron Aningaaq is a short film directed by Jonas Cuaron, son of Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron (father and son co-wrote the Gravity screenplay). Filmed on a budget of $100,000, Aningaaq is set in a Greenland fjord. Aningaaq was originally intended as a spinoff and extra for the Blu-ray DVD of Gravity. It shows
- [El Empleo - The Employment (2011)](https://shortfilmweb.com/el-empleo-the-employment-2011/) - https://vimeo.com/164051923 Directed by Santiago 'Bou' Grasso Written by Patricio Plaza Animated by Santiago Grasso and Patricio Plaza Production company: Opusbou El Empleo is a wonderfully crafted, imaginative short about (in a nutshell) work. The film is somewhat surrealist, showing humans replacing everyday household items - and even machines, cars, elevator doors. The world of El
- [Astigmatismo (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/astigmatismo-2013/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCcVOWjlKZU Created by Nicolai Troshinsky Music by Shogun Kunitoki Sound design by Pierre Sauze Character design by Gina Thorstensen Background design by Cecilia Ramieri Astigmatismo by Spanish filmmaker Nicolai Troshinsky is a stunning short film about - you got it - astigmatism. Beginning with the moment a boy's glasses are taken from him as a
- [8 (2010)](https://shortfilmweb.com/8-2010/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He9FeJZua20 Written and directed by Aćim Vasić Produced by Turbulence Films Starring Nicky Naudé, Guillaume Tavi Music by Stribor Kusturica 8 is an award-winning short film by Serbian director Aćim Vasić, centered around two soliders in a setting resembling something like a Siberian forest. One is a downed pilot, the other a soldier from the opposing
- [Sunlight (2010)](https://shortfilmweb.com/sunlight-2010/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TLCkIGV2mw 'Sunlight' is a music video for the song of the same title by music duo Bag Raiders, formed in 2006 by Jack Glass and Chris Stracey from Sydney. The video was directed by Fleur and Manu and produced by Division. When a beautiful girl develops a crush on a chimpanzee, she releases him from
- [Miracle of Flight (1974)](https://shortfilmweb.com/miracle-of-flight-1974/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i27jj5gl0M Written and directed by Terry Gilliam. Terry Gilliam, who began his career as a cartoonist, was part of the Monty Python team and his animations characterised the shows, appearing as vignettes in between sketches. The image of a huge foot coming down to crush everything is a well-known one, and typical of the surrealist
- [VICE Meets Glenn Greenwald: Snowden's Journalist of Choice (2014)](https://shortfilmweb.com/vice-meets-glenn-greenwald-snowdens-journalist-of-choice-2014/) - https://vimeo.com/96960069 In 2013, a team from VICE magazine travelled to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to interview American journalist and author Glenn Greenwald, the man responsible for breaking the biggest news story that year via the Guardian newspaper. He has worked closely with former NSA employer and whistleblower Edward Snowden to report on the NSA's
- [The Sinners - Los Pecadores (2007)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-sinners-los-pecadores-2007/) - https://vimeo.com/84436811 Created by Pablo Polledri Music by David Simons Los Pecadores, or The Sinners, is a short animation by Argentinian director and animator Pablo Polledri about the seven deadly sins. The Pecadores are represented as characters acting out their natures as they are all thrown together in a lord of the flies type situation. They
- [Sebastian's Voodoo (2008)](https://shortfilmweb.com/sebastians-voodoo-2008/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ejPG-i03I Created by animator Joaquin Baldwin Music by Nick Fevola Sebastien's Voodoo is the brief tale of one courageous voodoo doll in a collection, who decides to save his other imprisoned friends from the gruesome fate which awaits them at the hands of their (human?) tormentor. A dark, dark story with a bright ending, this superbly
- [One Man's Loss (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/one-mans-loss-2013/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvF__y5j9n4 Written and directed by Philip Sansom Produced by Richard Weager Director of Photography Ross McLennan Starring a wonderfully cast Jeremy Mitchell, Tracy Feith and Hande Kodja playing the sultry French-speaking love interest, One Man's Loss is a neat little comic short about the twists of fate that befall a tramp who, after crossing the path of a thoroughly
- [Yama (2010)](https://shortfilmweb.com/yama-2010/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRKENELmH0U Music written and recorded by Dead Skeletons (Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt & Jón Sæmundur). Dead Skeletons are an Icelandic psychadelia band. Yama is a song from their debut album Dead Magick, recorded in 2010. The official video for Yama doesn't really have a narrative as such - rather it's a montage of imagery, mostly
- [Gibberish (2011)](https://shortfilmweb.com/gibberish-2011/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7MIT-Tt6Yk Written by Benjamin Hodge Directed by Felix Harber Produced by Christopher Bevan Gibberish is a short, low-budget comedy film with a lot of heart. Dom, played by Ben Jewell, is a young man who commutes to work daily by bus, preoccupied by various discussions on the phone with a girlfriend. He soon finds himself
- [Brown Paper Bag (2003)](https://shortfilmweb.com/brown-paper-bag-2003/) - https://vimeo.com/12277729 Written by Geoff Thompson Directed by Michael Baig Clifford Produced by Natasha Carlish Brown Paper Bag follows Reggie, an alcoholic man who, despite attending an alcoholics' support group, is in denial. While the other members of the group bare their souls, he refuses to admit he has a problem. "I've earned a drink", is his
- [Jacked (2012)](https://shortfilmweb.com/jacked-2012/) - https://vimeo.com/36674247 Director - Aaron Kheifets Written by Lenny Platt, Jamie Falkowski and Aaron Kheifets Jacked is a comedy short film about an underconfident man (Greg, played by Daniel Silver) looking for a girlfriend in Brooklyn. When a sassy friend encourages him to stop being a 'pussy' and talk to a girl in the street, Greg
- [The Accidental Sea (2011)](https://shortfilmweb.com/the-accidental-sea-2011/) - https://vimeo.com/255130104 Written & directed by Ransom Riggs Music by Michael Picton The Accidental Sea is a short documentary about the Salton Sea, a large lake created artificially when a 350 square mile section of the Colorado desert was flooded by accident over a century ago by a man-made irrigation canal carrying water from the Colorado
- [5 mètres 80 (2013)](https://shortfilmweb.com/5-metres-80-2013/) - https://vimeo.com/216738725 5 mètres 80 is the creation of French animator Nicolas Deveux. Known for his skill in creating realistic and lifelike animations of animals, Deveux took a year and a half to create this mesmerising short featuring high-diving giraffes. Their graceful movements are soothing to watch, and the hyper-realistic rendering is impressive. Unsurprisngly, it won

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