SUMMARY: Shy Glen inadvertently unleashes a long repressed side of himself during a primal scream session. WHY IT’S HERE: Simon Cartwright’s BAFTA-nominated ‘Manoman’ is a superb, haunting, crude, hilarious and unique piece of work in which a shy man called Glen finds himself accompanying a miniature, naked version of himself on a citywide rampage of … More 1001. Manoman – Simon Cartwright
SUMMARY: A young man regresses into his memories to try and understand his peculiarly cannibalistic method of showing affection. WHY IT’S HERE: Dutch director Nina Gantz’s BAFTA-winning short ‘Edmond’ is an extremely dark but absurdly comic examination of one man’s alienating quirk of showing affection by literally attempting to consume the object of his love. … More 1000. Edmond – Nina Gantz
SUMMARY: Ed is a life model who gets caught up in the drama of his poses. WHY IT’S HERE: Taha Neyestani’s student film ‘Ed’ is a fantastic tribute to life models who pose naked for drawing classes. In the film the titular character is depicted as an unassuming, nervous person until he disrobes and takes … More 999. Ed – Taha Neyestani
SUMMARY: The life of a stone as it goes from towering mountain to tiny pebble. WHY IT’S HERE: Seth Boyden’s absolutely charming ‘An Object at Rest’ follows the story of a mountain over the course of millions of years as it degrades into a tiny pebble. Layering digital animation on top of sumptuous watercolour backgrounds, … More 998. An Object at Rest – Seth Boyden
SUMMARY: Nips and Porkington are members of the police force who set about tracking down a stolen egg. WHY IT’S HERE: Melody Wang, one of the directors who made the lovely ‘Grounded’, demonstrates her extraordinary talents in the beautiful little film ‘The Casebook of Nips & Porkington’. Starring anthropomorphic animals who have a warmly nostalgic … More 997. The Casebook of Nips and Porkington – Melody Wang
SUMMARY: A young girl named Emily receives a live video transmission from an adult third-generation clone of herself contacting her from 227 years in the future. WHY IT’S HERE: Having wowed critics and fans with his extraordinary Bill trilogy, Don Hertzfeldt somehow managed to follow it up with something every bit as astonishingly masterful. Hertzfeldt’s … More 996. World of Tomorrow – Don Hertzfeldt
SUMMARY: A lonely little robot looks for someone to play with in a future Paris seemingly devoid of life. WHY IT’S HERE: Alexis Decelle’s ‘L3.0’ (a play on the name Leo) is a deceptive short that initially drew many comparisons to Pixar’s ‘Wall-E’ but is, in fact, a very different film indeed. Telling the story … More 995. L3.0 – Alexis Decelle
SUMMARY: An intergalactic delivery man attempts to deliver a microscopic parcel to a community he can’t even see. WHY IT’S HERE: Kyungmin Woo’s ‘Johnny Express’ is a hilarious, anarchic short with a deceptively dark sense of humour. Beautifully cartoony, brightly coloured visuals do not prepare the viewer for the total annihilation that is coming. The … More 994. Johnny Express –
SUMMARY: Two cosmonauts who have been friends since childhood strive to complete their training for a potentially deadly space mission. WHY IT’S HERE: Konstantin Bronzit Oscar nominated ‘We Can’t Live Without Cosmos’ is a terrific and wholly unpredictable gem of a film which begins as a hysterical comedy and slowly shifts into something darker. Wonderfull … More 993. We Can’t Live Without Cosmos – Konstantin Bronzit
SUMMARY: An old bear creates a mechanical diorama that tells the story of his life. WHY IT’S HERE: Gabriel Osorio Vargas’ ‘Bear Story’ was the first Chilean film ever to win an Oscar but its achievements go beyond this simple statistic. This film was inspired by the director’s grandfather Leopoldo Osorio’s experience as a socialist … More 992. Bear Story – Gabriel Osorio Vargas
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