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SATURDAY SHORT: BLINK (2010)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:42:18 +0000

Jenni Hiltunen has directed a number of shorts featuring crude and eccentric behavior. “Blink” is easily the least vulgar of these, but also the most surreal.

SATURDAY SHORT: BIRDBOY (2010)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:57:23 +0000

An industrial accident turns a beautiful village into a graveyard. Birdboy has met with many positive reviews and has been preselected for the 84th Academy Awards.

Content Warning: This short contains brief drug use and violence.

SATURDAY SHORT: COMBINATION SPAWNS (2009)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:03:26 +0000

An over-the-top psychedelic animation using fractals. Needless to say, we love over-the-top.

SATURDAY SHORT: THE PIANO (2011)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:57:25 +0000

A beautiful, high-intensity piano duet comes to life, and the performers of the piece become the victims of its story.

SATURDAY SHORT: S-BAHN (2011)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:56:49 +0000

Artist Markus Neidel interacts with his animation on occasion by combining it with live-action film. This week’s short, “S-Bahn” is his latest and most complete work using this technique.

SATURDAY SHORT: KASIO KRISTMAS (2008)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 14:17:21 +0000

“Kasio Kristmas” features a man in a Conehead mask frantically dancing to a series of Christmas tracks recorded entirely using Casio instruments. Enjoy.

For songs, loops, and merchandise visit KasioKristmas.com.

SATURDAY SHORT: REDUCTION (2010)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:33:08 +0000

Reduction is an intriguing, visual theory of what happens when one limits what thoughts they allow to enter their consciousness. The world around them becomes “reduced.”

SATURDAY SHORT: MOUND (2011)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:45:23 +0000

A community of creepy clay people smile, conjoin, hold hands, and dance to “It’s Raining Today” by Noel Scott Engel in this eerie featurette.

SATURDAY SHORT: FREE FALL (1964)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 14:12:50 +0000

Academy Award nominated director, Arthur Lipsett, gained attention through his merging of capricious audio and video clips. Shortly after receiving near carte blanche from the Natioanl Film Board of Canada, Lipsette lost his privileges for making shorts that were too weird.

SATURDAY SHORT: THE MAKING OF GODARD & OTHERS (2010)

Cameron Jorgensen — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 20:04:43 +0000

In recent years, “making of” clips have been primarily about the intricate details of scenes involving a surplus of special effects. The Making of Godard & Others, however, focuses on the dreariness of being involved in a low-budget film. And it’s fairly strange on its own…

Preview: The Making of Godard & Others from Owen on Vimeo.