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Outliers
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Entry in the International 48HR Film Festival.
The genre this time was “End of the World”, and unlike 48s of the past, we weren’t required to include a prop, character or line of dialogue.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2010
Fallout: Nuka Break
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Join Twig (Zack Finfrock), a former Vault 10 Dweller, as he searches the barren wasteland of eastern California for ice-cold Nuka Cola. Along for the ride is Ben (Aaron Giles), a radiation-ravaged ghoul, and Scarlett (Tybee Diskin), a sexy former slave. Together, the three attempt to survive both the harsh wastes and a relentless group of bounty hunters while trying to find the coveted beverage — Nuka Cola.
Nuka Break by Wayside Creations
If you really like the film, you can help the creators raise $20,000 to make it into a web series.
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Off The Wall: The Bear
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BigLittleCity put out a call to animators from in and around Cardiff to imagine the secret lives of the animals of Bute Park’s animal wall. Luke Hyde helped us to find and co-ordinate the animators and chose the bear for his piece.
The Bear by Luke Hyde
Read more about Big Little City: Cardiff and watch the other Bute Park animals come to life.
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Cyn
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Cyn is a twisted tale about Cynthia, a young woman who is taken by two psychopaths (Mr. Sugar and Otto) in the middle of the night to an old abandon kindergarten.
Last Day Dream
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a man watches his life pass before him
Produced for the 42 Second Dream Film Festival, Beijing China 2009
Charlie Bit My Finger: The Horror, The Musical and The Dark Comedy
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Anyone can upload. Few can direct.
In today’s snack culture, there’s no shortage of home videos circulating online, garnering millions of views worldwide. To demonstrate the difference in quality between a short film and a video, we had three directors turn the popular viral video “Charlie Bit My Finger” into a short film. We ended up with three very different cinematic interpretations, but they all share one thing in common: a great director makes all the difference. Come see the world’s best short films at the Worldwide Short Film Festival.
Presented by the Canadian Film Centre’s Worldwide Short Film Festival
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The Last Minecart
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The end of days are upon us. Zombies now walk the earth 24/7. The ultimate weapon must be crafted so that Niko and Sam can escape on the last remaining minecart out of the infected city!
LEGO double bill: The Brick Thief and CL!CK
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One brick, two bricks, three bricks, four…What can you do with these few on the floor? Five bricks, six bricks, seven, eight… Don’t think that’s enough? Well just you wait. It only takes a few bricks to make something CL!CK
The Brick Thief: A LEGO Short Film by legoclick Continue reading
George Lucas Strikes Back
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Not all men are created prequel.
Outside Aperture
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A fan film inspired by VALVe’s masterpeice video game title Portal. With the fate of the main character of the game, Chell, left up in the air at the end of the game, we took the liberty of creating a fan film under the assumption that Chell lived to escape the Aperture Science Labrotories, and must now face life out in the real world. She finds an abandoned house, still stocked with food, and begins a new life with her trusty Portal Gun at her side.
Batman Deliverance
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Batman has retired from the superheroes’ stage and Gotham City is plunged into chaos. As Bruce Wayne is getting older and suffering from serious problem drinking, is he going to resist to the Dark Night call for a last fight, a heroic fighting with an awesome adversary?
Blarghaaahrgarg
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1 – Wake up. 2 – Go to work. 3 – Get infected…
Zeca is a loser. He lives with his grandmother and works as an exterminator. One day, while working, Zeca has an accident which will spawn the meanest, most horrible monster ever.
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Pigeon: Impossible
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A rookie secret agent is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
The film took nearly 5 years to complete and is the first attempt at animation by writer/director Lucas Martell: “When the project started, it was mostly an excuse to learn 3D animation, but by the end of the project I had spent so much time reworking and polishing the story that I just wanted people to laugh.”
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Kaydara
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Kaydara, a bounty hunter who is living separately from the Human Resistance Group, does not believe in the prophecy of ‘the One.’ He sees this so-called saviour as a threat to the awakening of Man’s self-awareness and considers him an enemy. If their paths cross, Kaydara will not hesitate to confront him.
Kaydara by Seth Ickerman Studio
Note: The film opens with a five minute stop-motion animation sequence, before introducing the real Matrix action kicks in, so hold tight.
The Silent City
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Short film I wrote + directed a couple years back, featuring Cillian Murphy, Don Wycherly, Garvan McGrath and… something else…
The Silent City by Ruairi Robinson
There’s an incredible VFX breakdown of the whole film after the jump…
Everything is a Remix
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Part 2: Remix Inc.
An exploration of the remix techniques involved in producing films. Part Two of a four-part series.
Everything is a Remix by Kirby Ferguson
Part one can be seen after the jump. Part three is promised ‘June-ish’, with Part four to follow.
Mars!
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A short narrative about human interplanetary exploration.
The Hunt for Gollum
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The Hunt For Gollum is a 40 minute fan film, inspired by the appendices of JRR Tolkein’s classic trilogy, ‘The Lord of the Rings’, and made for less than $5,000.
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The Incident at Tower 37
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Tower 37 siphons every drop of water from a once-pristine lake, that is, until the station’s steward realizes that it is slowly destroying an entire ecosystem.
The Incident at Tower 37 (2009) is a ten-minute HD animated film, written and directed by Chris Perry and produced within the collaborative animation curriculum at Hampshire College.
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