Short film of the year
Best short film that I've seen for each year. This year will not be included until it is over
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- DirectorChris OvertonStarsRachel FieldingPhilip YorkRachel ShentonA deaf 6-year-old girl named Libby lives in a world of silence until a caring social worker teaches her to use sign language to communicate.
- DirectorShirley ZhouA boy ventures into a forest with a backpack full of rope, caught between the decision to end a life or save one.
- DirectorMathieu AuvrayStarsPierre BokmaReinout Scholten van AschatOn a desolate island, suicidal sheep Franck meets his fate in a quirky salesman, who offers him the gift of a lifetime. Little does he know that he can only handle this much 'lifetime'.
- DirectorBen HowlingYolanda RamkeStarsAndy RodoredaAlison GallagherRuth VennStranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect his infant daughter.
- DirectorKunio KatoStarsMasami NagasawaTo save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsNatalie PortmanMelchior DerouetWhile he is receiving an enigmatic phone call from his girlfriend Francine, Thomas remembers the milestones of their relationship, from the very moment they met in a strange way. A segment of Paris, I Love You (2006).
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisAnne ReidJustin FletcherWallace's whirlwind romance with the owner of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin; Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.
- DirectorTengai AmanoStarsDaiko IshimaruHimekoMayumi ItôFull of cinematic tricks and without dialogue, this film tells the surrealistic adventure of a young boy who refuses to admit his own death.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerA human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoThe focus of the viewer's attention is guided (and mocked) by pointers moving through the screen.
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoStarsHiroko HoriuchiAn experimental film that attempts to create through the 'breathing' of visuals and music, the rhythm of Ki, the Japanese ideogram that symbolises the energy permeating the whole universe.
- DirectorShûji TerayamaStarsSetsuko FujinoYoko RanMegumi TanakaVisions of characters by the seaside from one's memory are erased by the filmmaker's hand.
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoStarsBudhadeb ChaudhuriNaka FuyukiShizue SakuraiA psychedelic yoga lesson with some bizarre and beautiful visuals.
- DirectorToshio MatsumotoTwo series of images, chaotically showcasing Japan in the '60s, showing images of student riots, ads and pop culture.
- DirectorShûji TerayamaStarsEiko KujoMr. NipponYoshihiro TachikiAn experimental fantasy short dedicated to questioning whether or not man is a prisoner of time.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorMaya DerenAlexander HammidStarsMaya DerenAlexander HammidA woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
- DirectorOskar FischingerMental imagery of music is visualized with two-dimensional shapes dancing to the rhythm of Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsPierre BatcheffSimone MareuilLuis BuñuelLuis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí present 16 minutes of bizarre, surreal imagery.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsTwo travelers are tormented by Satan from inn to inn and eventually experience a buggy ride through the heavens courtesy of the Devil.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsMarguerite ThévenardBleuette BernonIn this spectacular free adaptation of the popular theatre play "La Biche au Bois", the valiant Prince Bel-Azor pursues a baleful old witch to her impregnable castle, to save the beautiful young Princess Azurine.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA man dressed in red is ushered into an antechamber in a Castle and offered a seat. When he tried to sit down the chair moves to the other side of the room causing the man to fall on the floor. Standing up he strides to the chair but on trying to lift it a Spector materializes in the chair, arises and challenges the man. The man pulls out his sword and lunges at the Spector but it changes into a skeleton. Seeing the change the man tried to grab the skeleton but it changes into an armor clad guard. The man attempts to move the guard but a devil appears and waves the man away. The man recoils from the devil and tries to leave but the Spector reappears. Both it and the devil frighten the man from the antechamber.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsJehanne d'AlcyGeorges MélièsIn this fantastic scene, a man who is eager to retire has a difficult time finding peace, as his nocturnal illusions come to life out of thin air.