SNAPSHOTA lonely girl is living in the sky, far from the world on the ground that frightens her. One day, an unexpected visit will turn her routine upside down and make her fall from her cloud. (courtesy Filmaffinity) There are a lot of truly remarkable short films out there that Continue Reading
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The short and the short of it: The transformative power of the beautifully unexpected in Carrier
SNAPSHOTIt’s business as usual for a deep space pilot, until a strange anomaly hits her ship and knocks it off course. Once she opens the viewport, she starts hearing strange noises that show up as something large on the scanner … (courtesy YouTube) Even the most wondrously-inclined of us can Continue Reading
Inspired by an epic true love story: Short film Blush coming soon to Apple TV+
SNAPSHOTWhen a horticulturist-astronaut gets stranded on a dwarf planet, his chances of survival are limited. Knowing that he will not survive this trip, he plants mango trees on the planet when another spaceship crashes on the planet. An ethereal creature named Blush, who has wavy bright pink hair, helps him Continue Reading
#ChristmasInJuly festive animation review: Sonic Christmas Blast
Not being a game player of any kind, this reviewer’s only real contact with Sonic the Hedgehog had been the great pop culture soup in which many of us happily swim these days thanks to the internet where you can be exposed to a huge degree by characters and properties Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The Goat That Ate Time finds there are never enough hours in the day
SNAPSHOTHigh on a hill and somewhat far away, there once lived a goat and he was very hungry. …Henry was well aware of time you see, and frankly that there was never enough of it in his mind to eat all the things he planned and hoped and dreamed of Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Hell Creek travels to the distant past, dinosaurs hot on the trail
SNAPSHOTHell Creek is a sci-fi horror dinosaur short film that takes place in the Jurassic period. It acts as a prologue to a feature length story that’s centered around the Cretaceous and Hell Creek, Montana. (courtesy YouTube (c) Danny Donahue) We all know intellectually that time travel can be dangerous Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The haunting exile of Migrants
SNAPSHOT“Two polar bears are driven into exile due to global warming. They will encounter brown bears along their journey, with whom they will try to cohabitate.” Migrants is a project made by students studying at PÔLE – a 2D & 3D animation cinema school based in Roubaix, France. It’s directed Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Glory in the The Legend Of The Crabe Phare
SNAPSHOTThe Crabe Phare is a colossal crustacean who lives at the bottom of the ocean. When this mammoth creature rises from the deep, he doesn’t have destruction on his mind. Instead, he wants to collect and preserve ships to add to his underwater collection. The huge creature is not the Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The rule defying joy and sober awareness-raising of THE SOLOISTS
SNAPSHOTIn a small village ruled by ridiculous laws, three singing sisters and their dog rehearse for the Annual Autumn Festival. But an unexpected event will disrupt their plans. Dans un petit village régi par des lois ridicules, trois sœurs chanteuses et leur chien répètent pour le festival annuel d’automne. Mais Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Being mindful of fear but open to hope in Far From the Tree
SNAPSHOTParenting is tough, especially when the stakes are so high. On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe. Far From the Tree is written & directed by American animation filmmaker Natalie Nourigat, who works as a Continue Reading