The best animated short films!
- By: Ourania Stylianou
- Apr 11, 2018
- 6 min read
Short animated films have the characteristic of telling a story or conveying a social message. Some can sensitize and others can entertain. Others may be a little "dark", romantic and others may be funny. I like to watch them anyway. And the best? They're available on YouTube, you can find too many of them and watch them whenever you want (young and old). Some of them have been nominated or have won a prize.
I have gathered some of my favorites that I would like to share:
1) "Canned"
CGI animated short film
By Nate Hatton, Ivan Joy, and Tanya Zaman
Produced at Ringling College of Art + Design Department of Computer Animation
2) "Thought of you"
Breathtaking, fantastic and inspiring short film which explores the theme of love through expressive figure drawings and contemporary dance.
CREDITS: Directed & Animated by Ryan J. Woodward
3) "The LEGO® Story"
As The LEGO Group celebrates its 80th Birthday, we take a look back at its history with this short animated film.
Director: Kim Pagel
Writers: Ania de Sá Madsen (story)
Stars: Kim Ace Nielsen, Jen Davis, Alex Dean
4) "Heart"
An intriguing and well animated short film by the talented animator and film maker Erick Oh. HEART is an exploration of transcendence. HEART presents questions through abstract metaphors and symbols, illustrated by the human heart.
Multiple award-winning
2012 | 14th Hiroshima Intl. Animation Festival (Japan)
2011 | 38th Student Academy Awards | National Finalist (USA)
2011 | Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner (France)
2011 | 4th SIGGRAPH ASIA (Hong Kong)
2011 | Prix Ars Electronica Animation Festival (Austria)
2011 | 19th Anima Mundi (Brazil)
2011 | 42nd Nashville Film Festival (USA)
2011 | 18th SXSW South by Southwest Film Festival (USA)
5) "How Unexpected"
Created by Vancouver Film School student Sara Kim through the VFS Classical Animation program.
6) "Can I Stay"
Check out this heartwarming CGI short animated film about an apprehensive homeless girl who must traverse a dangerous, wintry city in order to escape her adorable pursuers.
Created by the talented Onyee Lo, Paige Carter, Katie Knudson
Produced at Ringling College of Art & Design.
7) "Last Shot"
CGI 3D Animated Last Shot Animated Short Film by Aemilia Widodo from Ringling College of Art and Design.
Just discovering the joys of photography, a girl ends up breaking his camera by accident.
8) "Farewell"
Watch this beautiful 3D animated short called "Farewell", after the loss of woman's baby during pregnancy, the strange arrival of a hand-drawn bird opens the mind of this young artist for a new start!
Created by the talented team of Chen Yang Hsu, Adeline Jacquot, Paul Jourdain, Alan Sorio, Eléa Trahay.
© ESMA - Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques
9) "Course of nature"
Check out this adorable and heart-warming 3D Animated short called "Course Of Nature", in a world where rain is produced by puppy-like rain clouds, Mother Nature's young daughter sets them free to save them from evaporation.
Created by the talented team of Lucy Xue and Paisley Manga.
Produced at Ringling College of Art and Design by Lucy Xue and Paisley Manga.
10) "The Controller"
CGI Animated The Controller Short Film by Bob Yong, Kang Yung Ho, Ian Ie from Ringling college of art and design.
Roles are reversed when a controlling mom is trapped in her son’s video game. Helpless, she now has to listen to him if she hopes to escape the unfamiliar game world.
11) "In a Heartbeat"
Animated Short Film by Beth David and Esteban Bravo. A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams.
Directors: Esteban Bravo, Beth David
Screenplay: Esteban Bravo, Beth David
Starring: Nick Ainsworth, Kelly Donohue
Music: Arturo Cardelús
Production company: Ringling College of Art and Design
12) "The Present"
The Present Short Film by Jacob Frey.
After a very successful festival circuit, running on over 180 film festivals and winning more than 50 awards, we’ve decided that it’s finally time to share “The Present” with the rest of the world.
“The Present” is a thesis short from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Directed by: Jacob Frey
Written by: Fabio Cavalcanti, Jacob Frey
Starring: Samantha Brown, Quinn Nealy
13) "Tamara"
A child's dream will overcome all circumstances.
Directors: Craig Kitzmann (co-director), Jason Marino (co-director)
Writers: Jason Marino (story)
Star: Pat Murray
14) "Mom"
In Korean, "wedding" has the meaning of "going to husband's house". In other words, "leaving her home".
This is a story about a woman, who was a baby, daughter, lady, wife, and mom.
15) "The Wishgranter"
CGI 3D Animated Short Film "The Wishgranter" by Kal Athannassov, John McDonald, Echo Wu.
Set in a world where wishes are granted by mythical beings that live under fountains, an apathetic wish granter is forced to go above ground to grant a wish of love.
16) "Free Wheel"
Check out this Fantastic CGI Animated short film by the talented Free Wheel Team.
In the late 50's, in the world famous Roller Derby Hall of Fame, the daily routine of an unassuming cleaning lady will unexpectedly go freewheeling, kicking-off her whole new life.
SUPINFOCOM Arles Graduation short movie
17) "Extinguished"
CGI Short Film "Extinguished" by Ashley Anderson and Jacob Mann.
In a world where flames represent love, it's easy to get your heart burned.
Created at Ringling College of Art and Design
18) "Un Sacré Mariage!" (A sacred marriage)
Check out this funny award winning 2D animated short by the talented Francis Papillon & Gregory Verreault, about an ordinary wedding which turns into the event of the year when the nun responsible for the music accidentally plays the wrong CD.
Official Selection of the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2013
Winner of the "Jury's Special Mention" award at Laval University's BASA Animation Festival 2013
Directed by Francis Papillon & Gregory Verreault
19) "A Ninja's Love Is Blind"
A really awesome and cute short love story of Ninjas.
An awesome example of CGI Animation, 3D and Light Action.
20) "JINXY JENKINS & LUKCY LOU"
When the chaotically misfortunate Jinxy Jenkins and the monotonously Lucky Lou run into each other one morning, they find a thrilling and fulfilling change of pace as they hurtle down the hills of San Francisco in an ice cream cart.
Produced at Ringling College Of Art And Design
CREDITS: Written, Animated and Directed by Michael Bidinger, Michelle Kwon
Produced by Sarah Kambara
Directors: Michael Bidinger, Michelle Kwon
Writers: Michael Bidinger (story), Michelle Kwon (story)
Stars: Ed Skudder, Lynn Wang
21) "SWING OF CHANGE"
New York 30's: Harry, a racist barber changes his mind at the arrival of a magical trumpet in his barber shop.
A cranky barber tries to play a military march with the trumpet he as taken from a street musician, but the trumpet has a life of its own.
CREDITS:
Created, Directed & Animated by Harmony Bouchard, Andy Le Cocq, Joakim Riedinger, Raphael Cenzi.
Sound Design by José Vicente of Studio des Aviateurs.
Music by Denis Riedinger of Studio Aquarium. Jean Christophe Mentzer (trumpet), Stephane Fougeroux (percussion), Renaud Bernad (trombone), Sébastien Lentz (horn), Michael Cortone (tuba).
Choreographer : Tony Style, Christiane Cilluffo-Marciano.
Sound Mix : Matthias Heimlicher, Keytastic! studios.
22) "Selfie Cat"
Enjoy this cute CGI 3D animated short created at the prestigious ArtFx School of special effects and 3D animation.
In 2015, selfies claimes more victims than sharks.
Directors: Elsa Divet, Geoffrey Assie, Emeline Bernard
Specialists students: Gael Droneau, Damien Pierlot
23) "Paperman"
Directed by: John Kahrs
Produced by: Kristina Reed
Story by: Clio Chiang, Kendelle Hoyer
Voices by: John Kahrs, Kari Wahlgren
Music by: Christophe Beck
Animation by: Patrick Osborne (animation supervisor)
Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
24) "The Gift"
The Gift is the story of an ordinary couple, when he gives her a small sphere pulled out his chest, she can't separate herself from her new gift even after they break up.
Produced by Cecilia Baeriswyl and directed by Julio Pot
Prizes:
-Best Animation and Best in Event, Sound & Image Challenge 2014. Macau, China.
-Adult Jury Prize and Kid's Jury Prize, YoungAbout international film festival 2014. Bologna, Italy.
-Audience award, Innersound international new arts festival. Bucarest, Rumania.
-Best script, Curtmiratges festival, Barcelona, Spain. Finalist “Jury prize” y “Best music”.
-Best animated shortfilm. FECLAC 2013. Santiago, Chile.
-Best animated shortfilm. Mecal Chile 2013. Santiago, Chile.
-Mention animated shortfilm. Unframe festival 2013, La rioja, Argentina.
-Special mention. Libélula Fest 2013. Barcelona, Spain.
-Honorable mention. Fam Fest 2014. South Carolina, EEUU.
-Special Mention, V Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia “Ciudad de Bogotá” 2014, Bogotá, Colombia.
25) "On The Same Page"
CGI 3D Animated On The Same Page Short Film by Carla Lutz and Alli Norman.
An introverted writer in a newspaper world has nothing to write about until he is whirled away into a colorful journey with his neighbor from the comic section.
Produced at Ringling College of Art and Design.
Directors: Ali Norman, Carla Lutz (co-director)
Writers: Carla Lutz, Ali Norman
Stars: Shelby Becker, Michael Manley
26) "Life as a series of games"
Watch this clever 3D animated short called "Life as a Series of Games".
The depicts different events and stages of human life as a series of games as the different stations of life are connected by a row of falling dominoes.
Credits:
The film was created as a student project at the universtiy of Bayreuth in Germany.
Animation and editing: Fabian Bertoldo
Special thanks to: Julia Grimm, Daniel Nickel and Cyrus Mobascheri Eternal River by FischerStudios
27) "Love story of two couples"
Enjoy this award winning CGI 3D animated short film about a young and hyper man who falls in love with a girl addicted to her phone.
Created by the talented team of William Loew, Davy Crosta, Alcindo Da Conceicao, Adrien Cuvit, Anne-Charlotte Benasouli , and Camille Burdy.
"Histoire 2 Couples" is a short animated movie realized by 6 students from the school ARIES Lyon, section expert cycle, animated movie specialty.
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