Roberto Pérez Toledo - Los Gritones (The Screamers)

You know why I really enjoy short movies. It is a whole story condensed to that crucial moments. No need to build up a setting if it all comes to that situation.

Tout Court - Le vilain petit carré

Another thing that I like about short movies is that many of them (esp. the animations) do not need any voice. There are so many marvellous animations that tell a story only with the power of images (and maybe some sound fx). The next short I may present you is such an animation, lovely done:

Ian Robertson - A Beard Film

There's one thing I really like about short movies: You do not need to inflate a good idea that's well presented in 5 minutes to a full feature film length. Razor-sharp ideas, like the following short will show, blunt to halfhearted full feature films with butter knife quality (as Leroy turned out to be). I'm glad that 'A Beard Film' is a witty one, that surely will never make it to a full feature film. Enjoy it!

Sumo Science - Dot

Although the next short obviously is an advertisement, I will post this macroscopic short, because a) it is most probably the world's smallest stop-motion movie and b) it is funny to watch and c) the ad restrains to mention some mobile phone in the end title.

Various Artists from Gobelins l'ecole d'image - Le Royaume

How does a domineering would-be king fit with a noobish beaver and short-sighted moles fit together? Well they do, all you need is a kingdom, un royaume, for yourself:

Brendan Carroll - The Monk and the Monkey

Ragu is a young boy, that only needs to accomplish one final mission for his master: Get that yellow glowing fruit from that mountain top. What seems as an easy one at first, gets quite challenging when a cute monkey comes into play. Marvellous pictures and ultra cute characters.

Malcom Sutherland - Umbra

Somehow I like that sketchy look of some animations. That jiggling and joggling of lines, that shading noise, it all implies a self-made look, implies that there's a lot of work in such a small flick. Umbra is made in that style and even better: it has a story with some aha-moments. Good and cute one!

Gabriel Psaltakis - The girl on the wall

Imagine you walk down a street and that ugly graffito gets alive. Even more weird this young graffito man is in love with 'the girl on the wall', sprayed on the other side of the street:

Christine Rabette - Merci!

Some films do not need any dubbing or closed captions. There seems to be one language that everyone understands. Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH3Vwej4o74and listen:

PS.: it was not him!

Jérémy Clopin - Good Vibrations

Yay, there's a voyeur in everybody. For that evil bastard part in us, there's this educational video by Jérémy Clopin, that was featured in or done for the responsibility project somewhere abroad. But I promise - it's really good, it ain't no cheesy, goofy turtle film as it is Duck and Cover.