Animated shorts 2012
All animated short films of 2012.
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- DirectorJohn KahrsStarsJohn KahrsKari WahlgrenJack GoldenbergAn office worker meets the girl of his dreams and uses a fleet of paper airplanes to get her attention.
- DirectorNathan GrenoByron HowardStarsMandy MooreZachary LeviDonna MurphyThe magically long-haired Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but now that a runaway thief has stumbled upon her, she is about to discover the world for the first time, and who she really is.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanMaggie Simpson spends the day in the Ayn Rand School for Tots.
- DirectorMark A. WalshDylan BrownStarsTom HanksTim AllenWallace ShawnWhen Rex finds himself left behind in the bathroom, he puts his limbs to use by getting a bath going for a bunch of new toy friends.
- DirectorChristian De VitaWes AndersonStarsBob BalabanKara HaywardThis is a preview to the movie Moonrise Kingdom, In which Bob Balaban describes Suzy's books and Suzy reads from them. There is also some animation involved when Suzy reads from each book.
- DirectorDaniel SumichAn ordinary looking guy wakes up one morning feeling the worse for wear and realizes he's run out of milk. As he drags himself out of the house to go and buy some, an extraordinary sequence of events draws him into a journey of mayhem on the streets of San Francisco.
- DirectorDuke JohnsonStarsScott AdsitJay JohnstonCarolyn LawrenceThe story of Orel before Moral Orel.
- DirectorDavid CageStarsValorie CurryTercelin KirtleyHanako DanjoKara is a visually stunning and emotional PS3 technology which is here "represented" by a female android who becomes self conscious.
- DirectorTimothy ReckartStarsNigel AnthonyRayyah McCaulWalter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, the couple must face their equilibrium.
- DirectorLeah ShoreStarsCharles MansonMarlin MarynickFor more then 20 years Charles Manson has refused to communicate to the outside world. Until now. These are actual never before heard phone conversations between Canadian best selling author Marlin Marynick and Charles Manson.
- DirectorShinji HiguchiStarsMegumi HayashibaraHayao MiyazakiThis short focuses on the God Warrior from Nausicaa of The Valley of The Wind (1984). Super-powered bio-weapons in ceramic armor begin attacking Tokyo, annihilating human civilization.
- DirectorLee HardcastleJohn Carpenter's The Thing as performed by the claymated, Antarctic cast of the hit children's animation Pingu.
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsAna Lily AmirpourHalina DyrschkaUlrich MatthesIn a world where people hate you without exception and kill you mercilessly, it's no wonder this cockroach is suicidal.
- DirectorLee HardcastleThe story of a boy who secretly keeps hamsters hidden under his bed away from his mother. Does he know the meaning of responsibility? He soon will.
- DirectorMarsha OnderstijnA story about the day Death fell in love with Life through a beautiful doe.
- DirectorLouis LefebvreI, Pet Goat II is an animated film brimming with silent messages and esoteric symbolism. While the movie has no dialog, each symbol tells a piece of a story that covers the fields of history, politics, war, occultism and spirituality. This film explores the Fire of Truth at the Heart of Suffering in a lyrical way.
- DirectorPESTransforming familiar objects into fresh guacamole.
- DirectorHiromitsu KanazawaStarsAsami ShimodaAzumi AsakuraSuzuko MimoriDue to an error, newly-enrolled Otorinashi Academy student Yuuki Kagami is assigned a room in the girls dormitory, even though Yuuki is a guy. Since none of the other rooms for guys are available, he ends up having share the room with Ayana Kakinozaka, his beautiful but ditzy homeroom teacher who made the mistake in the first place. To avoid getting kicked out of the school for being a boy in a girls dormitory, Yuuki has to share his room with Ayana, his self-proclaimed guardian, and cross-dress whenever he is outside his room and when he is not in his classes. Yuuki meets several other characters in Otorinashi Academy, the first being Risa Takabane, whom he accidentally walks into, leaving a bad impression. Risa finds out about his situation, but decides to keep it a secret, on the condition he becomes her slave. Over the course of the series, he encounters other girls including student council president Patricia Bepouin, most of whom have a romantic or at the least a strong sexual attraction to him.
- DirectorShûhei MoritaStarsKôichi YamaderaAoi YûkiTakeshi KusaoOne night of the eighteenth century, in the depths of the mountain, a human being is lost and finds a small temple. In the moment when he enters the room space is transformed into a completely different world.
- DirectorWarren FuStarsThe KillersIzabella MikoBrandon FlowersPart live action and part animation, "Miss Atomic Bomb" has been dubbed "the epic companion to Mr. Brightside", and the video continues the love triangle depicted in the 2004 hit "Mr. Brightside" music video. "Miss Atomic Bomb" sees actress Izabella Miko and actor Eric Roberts reprise their roles from the "Mr. Brightside" video. As "Miss Atomic Bomb" is considered to be a companion to "Mr. Brightside", the premise of the music video is similar but broader.
- DirectorJonah D. AnsellStarsChristopher LloydTavi GevinsonKathy BatesA cadaver wakes up to say a last goodbye to his wife, but discovers a truth in death that he didn't know in life.
- DirectorAlyse MillerPhillip SimonStarsVictoria FragnitoChildren often pick on one another, but Vivian has had enough. After being tormented on a daily basis by her schoolmate Nancy, Vivian uses her knowledge of the dark arts to summon a demon servant who'll do her bidding. However, her ritual produces unexpected results.
- DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsShelley Calene-BlackLuci ChristianSaori HayamiFollows the story of honor and tradition caught between the roaring flames of a village set on fire.
- DirectorGeorge O'ConnorGodzilla must stop Mechagodzilla and Gigan from destroying Lego City.
- DirectorGenndy TartakovskyStarsRose AbdooCorey BurtonBigfoot checks into Dracula's resort,where he meets an energetic witch-maid.
- DirectorLei LeiThomas SauvinStarsLei LeiThe following images were sourced over the years from a recycling zone in the outskirts of Beijing. This archive of more than half a million 35mm color film negatives is a photographic portrait of the capital and the life of her inhabitants over the last thirty years. Here, we selected 3000 photos to create the animation you are about to see.
- DirectorJohn StevensonDavid ScottStarsLin-Manuel MirandaArmie HammerJonathan AdamsA short about a family of polar bears. Made by Coca-Cola.
- DirectorKim PagelStarsMarc GraueMike LaneMatt NolanThe animated history of the LEGO company.
- DirectorCole DrumbJennifer Wai-Yin LukStarsTricia HelferUlric TysonA genius hacker and his dog help an enigmatic young woman to free the remaining test subjects of a black ops ESP test lab.
- DirectorMinkyu LeeStarsAlexander JashoAdam, and a dog, in the Garden of Eden.
- DirectorDaniel SousaStarsElsie McKendryBrett TobaskyA 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.
- DirectorKaz KobayashiStarsMayuka Thais
- DirectorDaniel BrunetNicolas DousteStarsRichard DarboisPhilippe PeythieuThierry RagueneauA spoof of action movies. Based on the French short film, "Bad Toys II".
- DirectorSimon RippingaleStarsCate BlanchettDavid WenhamBarry OttoA little girl is born with a tail that expresses her emotions. As a child, her parents celebrate their daughter's uniqueness and her tail inspires magical make-believe adventures with her friends. As she grows up, however, the young woman faces pressure to fit in, and must choose between conformity and self-expression. An animated short film starring Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, using a striking collage of 3D animated characters and hand-made miniature sets.
- DirectorThomas RidgewellStarsThomas RidgewellJamie Spicer-LewisJenny BinghamA 2 minute sketch comedy created by Tomska.
- DirectorYeon Sang-hoSergeant Jeong Cheol-Min's squad are in a renovated stock room with no window. The squad members are well known to be a hardworking group until Councellor Hong Yeong-Soo comes in and starts causing trouble. Hong Yeong-Soo seems to have difficulties adjusting to this environment. Things in the army changes rapidly, Jeong Cheol-min and his crew find themselves under attack perceived as the aggressors.
- DirectorMatthew O'CallaghanStarsMel BlancBilly WestJames Arnold TaylorWhen Daffy Duck tries to express his life about being constantly hunted down through a performance, Elmer Fudd can't help but use this as an opportunity to finally successfully hunt Daffy.
- DirectorFred BurdyStarsKatie McGrathA bereft widow forces a Banshee to take her to the underworld to rescue her husband.
- DirectorSivan KidronStarsEfrat Ben-ZurA 100-year-old Whale-Grandfather moves back in with his family, sitting in his place by the table, drinking his tea and hiding the sea.
- DirectorSteve DildarianStarsEddie PepitoneSteve DildarianJon DalyA disgruntled shark finally decides to bite someone.
- DirectorSteven SupticStarsTim GouletteSteven SupticSteve finds himself in a winter wonderland, filled with mysterious buttons.
- DirectorNina PaleyAn animated short set to the tune of Pat Boone's Exodus Song satirizing the history of the land called Israel/Palestine/Canaan/the Levant. "I envisioned This Land Is Mine as the last scene of my potential-possible-maybe- feature film, Seder-Masochism, but it's the first (and so far only) scene I've animated. As the Bible says, 'So the last will be first, and the first will be last.'" -Nina Paley
- DirectorSascha CiezataStarsLarry DavidLarry recollects what Thanksgiving was like at the David house.
- DirectorLuis Pelayo JunqueraStarsAndrés BarrialesAlvaro GomezEnol JunqueraA man down on his luck hits rock bottom and takes a diner hostage. Frank Castle drops in to make sure people are taken care of.
- DirectorKyle MowatLife forms struggle to assert and organize themselves within a hostile environment.
- DirectorSamm HodgesStarsBingo O'MalleyOptical illusions serve as a reminder that things are not always what they seem. They are a reason to doubt our perception. The ramifications of that doubt play out in this film, exploring 'how strange it is to be anything at all.' Illusions is the first in a series of films exploring personal and familial epistemology. It is meant to stand on it's own while still being an entrance point to the series.
- DirectorDani BowmanKevin Sean MichaelsStarsWill ClayTom KennyKen MoraThe Namazu (voice of Tom Kenny) is a mythical fish that lives under the island of Japan. When an incident of bullying takes place at an amusement park, the ground shakes. The fish is allergic to people being mean to each other. A young girl named Dani (voice of Stella Ritter) removes the rock from the Namazu's back, freeing him. She vows to educate all people about the dangers of bullying.
- DirectorYuzuru TachikawaStarsYuka IguchiYoriko NagataRumi OkuboA time researcher and a group of children in a depopulated world find themselves stuck in time. In order to save humanity, some of the characters are chosen to travel to the future (depicted in the anime), and others to the past (depicted in the manga), while those who are deemed unsuitable for the technology stay in the present (depicted in the novel).
- DirectorJeff SchweikartStarsJonathan LarroquetteSeth Romatelli
- DirectorEmma De SwaefMarc James RoelsForced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.
- DirectorAnna HumphriesStarsMatthew LewisAlexandra RoachLouise GoldNigel is a lovesick teenager living under the tyranny of his wicked sex-obsessed stepmother, Barbara. But he gets more than he bargained for on Valentine's Eve when he accidentally brings his old girlfriend, Felicity, back from the dead.
- DirectorMikhail TankStarsJessica RisticMikhail TankWorried his fiance might miss their train, David follows her to a local honky-tonk where he makes a surprising discovery about himself and the other passengers.
- DirectorTom AntosStarsTom AntosGreg KarpTorianna LeeBruno is a disgraced Pokemon, trying to survive as an average Joe in a world that has banned Pokemon fighting.
- DirectorMathieu AmalricSophie BarthesDominique BlancStarsPierre BauxMarilyne CantoAntoine ChappeyA series of 8 short films. Each film was inspired by an Edward Hopper painting. The series has been commissioned by Arte France and produced by Didier Jacob, En Haut des Marches. The 8 shorts are 'Next to Last' by Mathieu Amalric with Frederick Wiseman as Edward Hopper, 'The Muse' by Sophie Barthes with Michael Stuhlbarg, 'Hope' by Dominique Blanc with Clemence Poesy, 'First Row Orchestra' by Sophie Fiennes, 'Conference at Night' by French director Valerie Mrejen, 'Rupture' by young animation director Valerie Pirson, 'Berlin Night Window' by German director Hannes Stohr, 'Mountain' by Danish director Martin de Turah.
- DirectorJaime MaestroA magician announcing himself as a "smoke seller" rolls into a little town and changes the lives of its inhabitants, if only for a day.
- StarsBen Barnes
- DirectorMike LucianoPhil MatareseStarsMike LucianoPhil MatareseTwo New York City horses - one a Central Park carriage driver, the other a member of the police force - introspectively muse on parades, wages and the prohibitive shackles of horse existence, until one of them clumsily fires a handgun and kills a man.
- DirectorLee HardcastleAfter an uninvited guest attacks her boyfriend, the unsuspecting hot babe is forced to fight for her life while wearing nothing but a chainsaw. This babe is gonna get dirty.
- DirectorNatalia MirzoyanStarsAnna ParandeyDzhangir SuleymanovSergey MardarAn ant dreams of visiting the Taj Mahal.
- DirectorRaakesh RawatStarsSulabh PahariA boy's monotonous life which he living alone in a suburb, and how random and small his life has become with no goals to achieve except to keep living and repeating same life day after day.
- DirectorRobb PrattStarsJohn NewtonJennifer NewtonLeela Newton
- DirectorAinslie HendersonStarsJude CrookMackenzie CrookA surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing.
- DirectorCarlos LascanoStarsKalei Bernaldo De QuirozRocio GamaVeronika JanouchovaA touching story in which fantasy and reality merge to make dreams come true. How determining can reality be, and how can fantasy unleash an unexpected freedom? Can a fragile world of lights and shadows show us more than a silhouette drawn against the sunlight? A mixed-technique animated short film, by Director Carlos Lascano
- DirectorMusa BrookerStarsGunnar SizemoreAlison SudolAfter her forest has disappeared, the last remaining Pine, together with the help of an adorably sincere and insightful little Bird, embarks upon an remarkable journey to try and find her home again.
- DirectorCarlos Fernandez de VigoStarsAnton EtxeitaAndrés BellasCharo Pena"Morti" is the loss of innocence, is a reflection of how man yearns for his childhood innocence, it is also the desire to care for, preserve... and prevent the pain and suffering that sometimes surrounds us, truncate what should be a happy childhood.
- DirectorAlex Brüel FlagstadNina HirschbergStarsTurner BattleLani MinellaKenneth O'BrienClay-Motion, Stash House Stick-Ups, West Baltimore, and fluffy pancakes. The Hopper is not your average clay-animation story. 16 year old Dexter lives with his grandmother in west Baltimore, Maryland. One night Dexter and his friend Kevin rob local drug dealers, but things do not work out as planned and violence spins out of control.
- DirectorNorm FassbenderStarsNathania BernabeDarrin HagenLinda KarenkoMumba Jumba Wang, Larry the Unicorn, and Super Vixen Deb alleviate all your sexual conundrums.
- DirectorRegina PessoaStarsChristopher PlummerThis is the story about a boy not like the others that dreams about finding his place in the world.
- The Forest, explores a changing landscape in a monochromatic world where nature is fragile and affected by a rapid urbanization.
- DirectorMark ParsonsStarsMark ParsonsHarry StylesThe One Direction boys save all the pussy cats from Lord Faptiguise. Harry introduces TAC-Os. They get a call from Psymon and its a new mission. They realize Harry's pussy cat went missing. Many times where Harry gets whacked in the balls. Niall and Zayn dress as girls. Liam knows Unix System.
- DirectorIsabel PeppardStarsRachel GriffithsNicholas HopeHoney SpenceA young artist sits on the sidewalk, struggling to make a living. She makes drawings for the passersby. A businessman recognises her talents and offers her a paying job. The prospect seems inviting but the reality threatens to kill her imagination....
- DirectorAndrew CadelagoStarsMontserrat EspadaléWaiting to board the train, an old lady just wants to eat her cookies in peace, but hijinks ensue when a teenager on the platform next to her seems intent on sharing them, too.
- DirectorCarlo Olivares PaganoniStarsJames BlakelySophia ViggianoRicky MartinezCameron is a 10-year-old boy who can't afford a video camera, so he creates a cardboard camera instead. Hoping to enter a kids film competition, he will need to use his imagination in order to create a movie with the help of his two friends.
- DirectorMatt MeindlStarsMadison GibbsThis film is total garbage.
- DirectorGalen PehrsonStarsJena Malone
- DirectorKunihiko YuyamaStarsJames Carter CathcartJason GriffithEli JamesPikachu and his friends have gathered to listen to a song performed by Meloetta at the melody tree. Meloetta is soon interrupted by a Sandstorm attack which breaks the tree and causes the Melody Berries to scatter. Before the performance can continue the Pokémon must retrieve the lost berries.
- DirectorHoward E. BakerJoshua WexlerStarsBrian BloomPaul DobsonTom KennyTony Stark is holding a presentation for the press about his new satellite when Doctor Doom breaks in to take over the facility. Spiderman jumps in to help Stark, but that's when Loki shows up. Only the Avengers can save the day now.
- DirectorDylan KohlerStarsFrank PiciulloTom KennyJill BrownAs the heat rises in a stuffy hotel room, a talking ice cube pitches the wonders of modern refrigeration to a strangely distracted man.
- DirectorLars JandelAs a child gets in danger, a man sacrifices his world and unveils another truth.
- DirectorYukie Nakauchi
- DirectorDavid FirthStarsDavid FirthTwo young children are controlled by a severed head.
- DirectorIker MaidaganDana TerraceStarsMarc DiraisonJack SchramVeronica TaylorA young Inuit boy finds the rear entry to the Bermuda Triangle while trying to fish in the Arctic wilderness.
- DirectorBen BocqueletStarsKwesi BoakyeLogan GroveDan RussellGumball and Darwin tease Richard throughout the week by poking him with a sock on a stick.
- DirectorAnna HanHave you ever gave thought about where your nice juicy burger comes from? Human Meat Factory takes us into real human meat slaughterhouses, and discover the disturbingly shocking truth about the burger we eat everyday.
- DirectorFranck DionStarsBérangère BonvoisinBenoist BrioneGaëtan GallierWhen his co-workers tease Edmond by crowning him with a pair of donkey ears, he suddenly discovers his true nature. And though he comes to enjoy his new identity, an ever-widening chasm opens up between himself and others.
- DirectorRaul GarciaA traveler arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become nearly catatonic. That evening, Roderick tells his guest of an old Usher family curse: any time there has been more than one Usher child, all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths. As the days wear on, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax.
- DirectorHideaki SenaFast food restaurants use robots to help serve customers, the level of automation makes human staff almost superfluous. Her friend Hiromi has taken on a computer-based part-time job, that she is presently working on while waiting for Mako in the restaurant. Recently an artificial intelligence passed the high school examinations. Since Mako's examination is only six months away, it slightly depresses her to potentially fail at something an AI already has passed.
- DirectorConor FinneganStarsMark DohertyAoife DuffinSteven CourtneyA small bird with a fear of flying tries to avoid heading South for the winter.
- DirectorNicholas PetersonStarsJenny AllfordDaniel BallAmanda ChismTold with animation and live-action, 'Drained' tells the story of how a man's selfish addictions can destroy the woman he cares for.
- DirectorFranka SachseThe ends of the earth - here lives Angelika, 26 years old, 292 lb.
- DirectorVince AllenMarcus FolmarStarsVince AllenMarcus FolmarVargus MasonGreatest freak out kids vs. fat kids.
- DirectorPeter PoppA lady bug and a glow worm use visuals and comedy to teach their class about the amazing things trees do. On the way they must fight an evil spider, befriend a talking tree and find the true meaning of friendship.
- DirectorAasa ErsmarkThe film developed while the artist started photographing and documenting the lunar cycle from her balcony. Ersmark suggests a return to a natural way of experiencing time, while at the same time experimenting on something completely unnatural. Through the film we become part of the uncanny and even psychotic experience of existing simultaneously within several points in time as the different phases of the moon flicker in front of our eyes. Time appears not as a linear structure, but rather as a structure consisting of several parallel planes. The work features music by artists Simon Mullan and Theodore Trottner. The haunting pulsation of the beats builds the sensation of being out of control, a sensation amplified by the hectic rhythm of the images.
- DirectorPhilippe Leonard
- DirectorClaude BarrasA road in an arid desert. A car pulls off on the parking of a motel. A man holding a cardboard box comes out of it and rushes into the room number 69 of the motel.
- DirectorMilen VitanovStarsSebastian SchulzFelix FreeseAll know the Way, but few actually walk it - Rising Hope, once the fastest horse in the world, dares to be one of the few.
- DirectorRobert CabreraStarsBailee MadisonRobert CabreraTom ClarkA young girl named Monica has her life changed forever when she makes a startling discovery while protecting her little brother from a nasty bully.
- DirectorSomnath PalStarsAjit RathoreA little kid saves his last candy only to sow it in his backyard for more delightful possibilities. In a sequence of events recording his efforts to foster and defend the tree, the film tries to capture his love for the idea and his struggle to nurture the dream that he has sown.