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‘Salvation Has No Name’: A Timely Stop Motion Fable Addressing Europe’s Refugee Crisis

The film screened in Annecy’s short competition last month and is now available to watch for free online.

In Devon Manney’s ‘Last Nite At Sam’s,’ American Capitalism, Gentrification, And White Fragility Play Out In A Bloody Bar Brawl

Manney’s latest is subverts “traditional western cartoon aesthetics” which he feels are often used to dilute the true toll of violence.

Ben Meinhardt’s Meta Short ‘Living The Dream’ Is So Relatable It Should Come With A Trigger Warning

An animated animator smiles and sings through his pain in this whimsical musical short.

Civilization’s End Has Never Been More Fun Than In Jorn Leeuwerink’s Ecological Allegory ‘Pig’

The film was released online this week after a successful international festival run.

Take A Load Off With Rabbit Hole’s Comedy Short ‘Lunch Break’

Belgium’s Rabbit Hole produced the sharp-looking cg short about a middle-aged crane operator who just wants to enjoy his lunch.

New Short ‘Reflection Of A Reflection Of A Reflection’ Was Produced Using Images Generated By Stable Diffusion

AI may have been responsible for the imagery, but director Fabian Mosele put in serious hours constructing this nine-minute short.

Amy Hewett’s ‘Apocalypse YASSS: Two Girls, One Rapture’ Highlights The Perils Of Living Life Online

Hewett’s third-year Calarts films is full of acerbic commentary on people whose view of the world has become warped from spending too much time online.

Trans Coming-Of-Age Short ‘All Those Sensations In My Belly’ Is Now Online

Directed by Marko Dješka, the short is sometimes funny, other times terrifying, and eventually enlightening. Just like real life.

Anastasiya Lisovets’ ‘Dogs Smell Like The Sea’ Proves Our Pets Know Best

The 2020 short impressed at Annecy, Ottawa, and Tallinn, and is now free to watch on Youtube.

Aaron Hughes’ ‘Five Cents,’ A Tangible Critique Of Modern-Day Capitalism

Hughes used ink, white-out, gouache paint, gold leaf, and other materials to hand-draw the short on thousands of pages of financial journals.

There’s Plenty To Fear In Victoria Vincent’s Latest Short ‘Nothing To Hide’

Vincent deftly plays with perspective and scale in her latest short, available online now.

Experience The Unpredictability Of Parenting In Masayoshi Nakamura’s Bittersweet Sci-Fi Short ‘Mi’

Nakamura worked with composer Zak Engel to create this story of a father watching his son grow into a life of his own.

‘Still Life,’ An Enchanting Experiment In Replacement Animation By Conner Griffith

Filmmaker Conner Griffith used 1,400 images taken from 19th-century engravings to construct his latest short.

Zee Bashew’s Bittersweet Ode To ‘The Last Generation Of Working Artists’

“I hope that we as a society find a way to incentivize people to learn real processes still,” Bashew says in his film “AI Art – Automation. A Working Artist’s Take.”