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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (2 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Maya Deren is one of the most important American experimental filmmakers of all time. Along with being a filmmaker, Deren was a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer and photographer, and she brings all of these disciplines together in her dreamlike and ecstatic films. Stan Brakhage called Maya Deren “the mother of us all.” The history of avant-garde film is unthinkable without her.
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (8 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
New York, 1905. Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla makes one last appeal to J.P. Morgan, his onetime benefactor. THE TESLA WORLD LIGHT is a tragic fantasy about the father of alternating current, inspired by real events such as the inventor’s run of bad luck as a businessman and his affection for a pet bird, which he loves “like a man loves a woman.” Tesla’s words to the banker form the backdrop of this moving film about the man who blended science...
63) Young Heroes 2
Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (18 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
The follow-up to the popular “Young Heroes” collection showcases three more brave kids on wonderful animated adventures. A collection of three very special short films selected for young viewers.
Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Prepare yourself for a new wave of directors whose creative ambition and technical mastery expand the potential of short films with every graduating class. Have a look at these five extraordinary examples of animated student films.
65) Palm Rot
Publisher
University of Southern California Cinematic Arts
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (8 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
After seeing the smoke from an explosion on the horizon, an old weathered man leaves his island and goes to explore it in his airboat. At the site of the explosion he finds a pile of garbage and dead animals floating in the water. Suddenly there is another explosion and something shoots into the air like a rocket. The man goes to the source and finds a case of jars with some Chinese characters on the side. Inside the jar is a buzzing insect. A thought...
66) Downside Up
Publisher
Magnet Film
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (14 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Nederlands
Description
DOWNSIDE UP reveals a world in which everyone has Down’s syndrome. One day, Eric is born, a boy who’s different.
67) Egg
Publisher
Miyu Distribution
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (12 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A woman is locked in her home with an EGG, which she is both attracted to and scared of. She eats the EGG, she repents. She kills it. She lets the EGG die of hunger.
68) (Otto)
Publisher
SND Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (9 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A little girl accidentally leaves her imaginary baby brother behind at a restaurant, and suddenly, for a nearby childless couple, the definition of "baby" takes on a new and completely unexpected dimension. (OTTO) is a charming animated short from the filmmakers who brought us the **Oscar**-nominated A Single Life. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**. "*Delightfully eerie... sweetly, darkly funny, in the team’s signature...
70) The Smortlybacks
Publisher
Magnet Film
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (6 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
On a tabletop mountain a mahout and his strange herd make a surprising and never-ending journey.
Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Proving just how engaging and versatile short films can be, seven young filmmakers tackle diverse themes in a variety of styles to ignite emotional and often rousing reactions.
Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Hand-crafted with passion and animated with an obsessive attention to detail, these six stop-motion projects represent some of the most innovative directors working in short films, music videos, and advertising. Curated by the editors of Stash Magazine.
73) Ossa
Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (4 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Italian director Dario Imbrogno plays with both perception and time in this artful stop-motion film made by hand over the course of five months.
74) Feral
Publisher
Magnet Film
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (12 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange new environment, the boy tries to adapt by using the same strategies that kept him safe in the forest. FERAL was nominated for an Academy Award in 2014 and participated in many film festivals like Sundance and Festival d’Animation Annecy.
75) Home Shopper
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (16 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In a loveless marriage, Penny finds solace in the hypnotic escape of the home shopping channel. When things take an unexpected turn with her husband, the channel proves to be her saving grace, or was it the origin of the problem all along?
Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This 30-minute program presents five short films showcasing the incredible range of comedy, emotion, and sense of wonder possible using 3D animation – the most innovative and successful digital medium on the planet.
77) At Land
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (15 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Maya Deren is one of the most important American experimental filmmakers of all time. Along with being a filmmaker, Deren was a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer and photographer, and she brings all of these disciplines together in her dreamlike and ecstatic films. Stan Brakhage called Maya Deren “the mother of us all.” The history of avant-garde film is unthinkable without her.
78) Goutte D'or
Publisher
Stash Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (11 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
A multi-award winning mini-masterpiece of stop-motion filmmaking, "Goutte D'or" tells the tale of a washed up pirate and the young woman on a broomstick who just might be his redemption.
79) Negative Space
Publisher
Miyu Distribution
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (6 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
My dad taught me how to pack. **Academy Award** nominee, Best Animated Short.
80) Caterpllarplasty
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (5 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Fusing elements of Kafka and Kubrick, CATERPILLARPLASTY is a prescient, grotesque sci-fi satire that lifts plastic surgery to another level. The film is set in a state-of-the-art clinic that mirrors a twisted cultural and economic system, a world where advanced technologies have cultivated new standards of beauty and prestige. As aggressive body modifications become an increasingly popular fad, the unnatural becomes natural, giving rise to a new kind...
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