Jefferson Blunt spent 121 hours animating CLANKER, a brutal short film pitting human resistance against robotic “clankers” in a war-torn landscape.
Watch ‘Playing God’, the dark and incredibly powerful 9-minute stop-motion animation short
I was lucky enough to stumble upon Playing God, and having now watched this strange yet beautifully done stop-motion animation, I felt compelled to share it. The 9-minute short from Matteo Burani and Arianna Gheller took seven years to make, and goes all-in with the idea of creating self-aware beings out of clay – something […]
Short film: LUX – When space janitorial duties go darkly wrong
Fans of Final Space and Red Dwarf will love LUX. This animated short explores the perils of being a bored space janitor when an alien comes knocking.
Short Film: War of Lights
Discover “War of Lights”, a short animation by A. Shipwright with a striking retro feel. This 2D minimalist short blends horror and beauty, set to a haunting soundtrack.
Patron-funded horror animation ‘The Wolves Are All Gone’ offers a timely fable
A village lives in peace with wolves until a charismatic stranger arrives. Explore the dark, allegorical fairy tale in the animated short, “The Wolves Are All Gone”.
Short film: Knights of Guinevere – A dark fairy tale in the clouds
Explore the visually rich, psychologically thrilling world of Knights of Guinevere from Glitch Productions. Discover how two friends confront corporate secrets and dark fairy tales in this acclaimed animated pilot.
Short film: Sakimi
“Sakimi” depicts a cyclical process of destruction and rebirth orchestrated by machines. A robotic entity initiates a “13th simulation program” to achieve “digital power of instant creation.”
Short film: The Devil’s Rock
In The Devil’s Rock, the narrator finds herself in a terrifying situation after a car theft goes wrong. She and her companion, Laura, try to siphon petrol from a car near a cornfield, but mysterious creatures attack them.
Short film: Red Iron Road – Family of Vurdulak
You can watch Family of Vurdulak for free on YouTube. The horror animation is the first episode in the Red Iron Road series.
Short film: Spice Frontier – Escape from Veltegar
It seems weird and wrong to recommend a 30-minute animation that tells 3/4rds of a story… but I wouldn’t do it if Spice Frontier – Escape from Veltegar wasn’t worth every minute.
