I caught this new short by Art Director Anaïs La Rocca at the School of Visual Arts NYC last Friday night. A wonderful, charming, beautiful film, I expect we’ll be seeing much more from La Rocca who may drop the ‘Art’ in her title and perhaps settle for just simply ‘Director’? Here’s hoping, anyhow.

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We’re digging the Cupidity video shorts from Cornetto which explore the theme of teen love from a number of different perspectives and locations. These atmospheric films were shot in cinematic style (Quentin Tarantino, eat your heart out!) in the urban meccas of Hong Kong (Margot), Los Angeles (X Phobia), Istanbul (Beauty and the Geek) and New York (Brooklyn’s famous Kismet Diner). In keeping with the teen-theme, the stars of the videos are up-and-coming teen actors, with one of the videos, the wonderful X Phobia, being written by an aspiring teen writer. Yes, yes, we agree, teens are taking over the world. And we have this clever Cornetto video series to prove it! [This post is sponsored by Cornetto]

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Illustrator and animator Anitos has made a stop-motion animation that will make you chuckle. Using the classic song by Ray Cathode, aka George Martin, called Time Beat, it tells a story about a monster being born and trying to figure out its surroundings.

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These are the kind of words that change, or should change, your outlook on day to day life entirely. The late, legendary David Foster Wallace gave the speech, This Is Water, to a class of university graduates in 2005. Now it’s been put to film, and very effectively so.

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Line uses 24 camera motion capture to make this short film which was inspired by dancing in a Brixton nightclub with dancer Afua Awuku and the dynamic paintings of Jackson Pollock. As a nightclub DJ, Reuben played the Brazilian track Negrume da Noite by Virginia Rodrigues.

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Since this was my first year not living with my parents, I was worried that my winter visit home to Washington would leave me unfulfilled and nostalgic for the old days. Thankfully, my Christmas break was quite the opposite from the sad one that’s portrayed in my new film, No More Waiting. To make this film, I was working as a one-man-crew, shooting with two of my best friends in my favorite state in the US.

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When Garbage and Screaming Females team up, they can rip guitar solos and belt out choruses right on par with Patti Smith. This black and white music video is primo. What begins as a shaky, DIY, handheld camera home video picks up as these girls begin to sing and play Because the Night. Like what you see? Then all you vinyl fans will be glad to hear that the cover was just released as a limited-edition vinyl 10-inch on Record Store Day.

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This hilariously dark (pun intended) short film by Ian Henderson stars my good friend and occasional editor Joe Vaz as the demented chocolatier. Like a short, dessert portion of Jeunet’s Delicatessen.

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Alex Reuben’s focus is always predominately sound. But having worked alongside Reuben, his enthusiasm for the moving image is infectious. Big Hair is a performance piece where spoken word, space and colour are explored. Two special agent supermodels are trapped in the virtuous reality of a shampoo commercial. Philosophy may be their only escape. Big Hair refers to ex UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s hair. Following the change of values in British politics during the 1980′s, what does it mean to be ‘good’?

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In the 90s, if it said Teenbeat on it, I would buy it (and usually did). So take two members of great 90s Teenbeat bands (Unrest and Blast Off Country Style) and get them covering jingles? I’m listening. After all, what is a jingle if not just a really short pop song? The Bumblebee Tuna song is totally hummable, this version even more so.

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I’ve come to this action packed short a little late, but ‘better late’ and all that. Without giving away the ending, interesting things happened within the Republic of Ireland during the Second World War. Nick Ryan who directed this short triggers some questions for me with the ending, and the score composed by Nick Seymour and Brian Crosby (of Crowded House and BellX1 notoriety respectively) fits perfectly with Ryan’s story. I’d be interested to see this turned into a feature.

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After the positive response to the mini animated short Planet One here is the second installment, aptly called Planet Two. ‘While spending some time on Planet Two we follow a day in the life of one of it’s typical inhabitants… ahh the rat race, a struggle people from all over the cosmos have to deal with’. Planet Two is the second animation from my ongoing illustration project ‘Handymartian’s Illustrated Aliens’. You can follow the progress of this project where a new alien illustration is uploaded every day, building up to a monthly illustration of their planet. Planet Two was created during February 2013.

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There’s something so touching about Isabella Rossellini’s short films for Burt’s Bees explaining the various dramas that unfold in the honeybee kingdom. Rossellini is at once humorous and serious, conveying the playful spirit of these little creatures while also making the details of their important roles clearer for us humans. I’m hard-pressed to pick a favorite character, though Rossellini as farmer Burt with his newspaper beard is certainly the sweetest.

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You’ll have to watch this video at least twice to get the full effect. The first time through, you’ll be watching with your jaw on the ground. The second time, you’ll be staring at the screen intently trying to make sense of what you just saw. This short film is incredible, and will make you feel excited and terrified at the same time. Brilliant in every way. Strap yourself in.

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When was the last time you sent a paper airplane love letter to a complete stranger? Well, maybe you should take a hint from Paperman and try it out. It seemed to work for him. Paperman is a short film that came about when director John Kahrs began to wonder if his interactions with strangers on a public train could ever amount to anything more. The short was executed using a gorgeous animation style that fuses hand-drawn illustration with top of-the-line computer animation.

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New ideas don’t come around very often, but John Wilson actually has something to say. His hilarious video tutorials quickly derail into personal life commentary funny enough for a stand-up stage. With only a couple of handmade short films under his belt, he’s established himself (along with his Future Machine collective) as a distinctive new voice in indie cinema. How to Live with Bed Bugs is the second in his tutorial series.

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‘Success is striking a balance between art and commerce’. This is the line that starts Riley Blakeway’s debut film, Thom: A Portrait of Modern Youth, a fitting line considering the subject matter. Thom is a teenager from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, who works as a concreter and enjoys surfing and skateboarding. For Thom (and so many other young Australians), work is a means to an end – a place that is hated but provides money. Blakeway provides a real look into the underlying ideology and attitude of Thom; a dark and futile view at times.

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The Rest is Science is my short follow up to Brave New Old. The orignal idea with Brave New Old was to employ a mechanical storytelling element to the work, almost like a toy theatre. In the follow up, I decided to try extending this literally by placing all the characters in a giant machine that would tell the story. I also wanted to work directly with a musician from the start and cut the film to their track. So I worked with Brendan Hogan and our collaboration here has lead to a much larger project altogether.

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It’s been two years since Erwin Olaf presented us with this clever and magnificent short. I still keep going there once in a while. It’s brilliant and wise.

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Check out this series of short films considering the notion of ‘home’. I particularly love Hill, about a guy who became the caretaker of a remaining part of the crumbling Packard car plant in Detroit. Also check out Prime, about a burger joint that has been in Manhattan since 1938 and has remained unchanged since the 60’s – a true time capsule.

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