Dear Basketball
USA, 2017, 6 Minutes
On November 29, 2015, Kobe Bryant penned a letter in the Players' Tribune announcing his retirement from basketball at the end of that season. This film is the visualization of that letter, narrated by Kobe, scored by John Williams and animated by Glen Keane. The hand-drawn animated film speaks directly to the game of basketball and conveys Koby’s gratitude, love, and passion for the sport before leaving it behind.
The Friends
USA, 2017, 2 Minutes
A film that will remind you of yourself, in all the funniest ways.
Hasta La Vista
USA, 2015, 23 Minutes
After mistakenly offending a woman at a party, Andy goes into an emotional tailspin, going to desperate measures to prove his innocence.
349
USA, 2015, 3 Minutes
Created from 349 illustrations comes this animated dance film that explores the idea that we're all imperceptibly connected. More than 300 illustrators were prompted with, “Draw yourself and someone with whom you have a significant connection.”
Never Happened
Canada, 2016, 8 Minutes
When colleagues Laura and Grady have an impulsive fling on a business trip, they decide it might be for the best if it all just never happened. Take note of the earring.
Nerd Cave
Denmark, 2017, 11 Minutes (Subtitled)
An avid computer gamer lives with his mom. One day the power fails, and his world collapses. In a desperate attempt to get the power back, his mother tries to reconnect with him.
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Dead Friends
Canada, 2016, 2 Minutes
A short and sweet tale of the ongoing and everlasting relationship of an old man and his dog. They are still going strong even after what appears to be the zombie apocalypse, which turns the old man into a zombie. Quirky, dark and utterly charming, this lovely little story tells us that friendships last forever and that zombies can have pets.
Knife Skills
United States, 2017, 40 Minutes
What does it take to build a world-class French restaurant? What if the staff is almost entirely men and women just out of prison? What if most have never cooked or served before, and have barely two months to learn their trade? We follow the hectic launch of Edwins restaurant in Cleveland. In this improbable setting, with its mouth-watering dishes and its arcane French vocabulary, we discover the challenges of men and women finding their way after their release.
We come to know three trainees intimately, as well as the restaurant's founder, who is himself haunted by his time in jail. These men and women all have something to prove, and all struggle to launch new lives, an endeavor as pressured and perilous as the ambitious restaurant launch of which they are a part.
Moonlight (Clair de Lune)
USA, 2018, 5 Minutes
This visualization attempts to capture the mood of Claude Debussy's best-known composition, Clair de Lune (moonlight in French), published in 1905. Clair is quiet, contemplative, and slightly melancholy, evoking the feeling of a solitary walk through a moonlit garden. The viewer follows the Sun throughout a lunar day, seeing sunrises and then sunsets over prominent features on the Moon.
The visualization was created as part of a celebration of NASA's 60th anniversary, using a digital 3D model of the Moon built from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter global elevation maps and image mosaics. The lighting is derived from actual Sun angles during lunar days in 2018.
Negative Space
France, 2017, 5 Minutes
A poignant stop-motion work about a father and son bonding over the shared ritual of suitcase packing for his frequent business trips. The directors resonated with the idea of ritualized connection, this thing that people connect through, and not speak directly about emotion. Therefore, the clothes are more animated and vibrant-looking than the father and son. They move, fold, or slither elegantly like characters.
The Eleven O'Clock
Australia, 2016 12 Minutes
The delusional patient of a psychiatrist believes he is actually the psychiatrist. As they each attempt to treat each other the session gets out of control.