Video: New Doctor

"New New New New Doctor" by OnlyLeigh

In the “New New New New Doctor” by the wonderfully talented animator Leigh Lahav, the 13th iteration of Doctor Who quickly finds out what life is going to be like as a woman after so very many years as a man.

Short Film: No More Stuff

"No More Stuff" by Blue Zoo Animation

Santa brings the pain to his gang of naked elves in “No More Stuff,” Blue Zoo's new animated action film trailer packed with movie parodies. It's is a follow-up to their short musical animation from last year, titled "More Stuff."

Continuing the theme of parodies onwards from animated musicals, we made an epic action movie trailer full of movie parodies… can you spot all 20 references? Movie coming soon… if Santa brings us a few $million for Christmas!

Short Film: The Present

"The Present" by Jacob Frey

In this touching short film by German animator, Jacob Frey, a mother gives her video game-obsessed son a surprise present, in hopes it will encourage him to go outside.

Video: Old Star Wars Meet New

"6 Star Wars Characters Meet Their New Equivalents" by Dorkly

Six classic Star Wars characters meet their new equivalents from The Force Awakens in a new animated short by Dorkly.

"If you live long enough, you see the same eyes in different people..."

Video: Brief History of Time

"Pause 2016 Motion Response - A Brief History of Time" by CraveFX from Pause Fest

“A Brief History of Time” is a colorful animated short, created by CraveFX for Pause Fest 2016 in Melbourne, about a group of characters in a small space who are trapped in an infinite loop.

"In this conceptual animated short, we aim to create a comedic performance where the past, present and future realities overlap and interact in an environment where time has no start or end.

A modern take on Zbigniew Rybczyński's Tango, every actor that participates in this space is trapped in an infinite loop where their actions simultaneously bare and yet bare no consequence to another. Starting with a single actor that performs the same series of mundane actions, followed by another and yet another, we start to discover the motivation of these characters and their performance do not simply coexist but are correlated in a complex chain of events. Hilarity ensues as every absurd action cumulates in an amalgamation of intricately choreographed antics."

Sketches: Star Wars Doodles

Star Wars Doodles by Wahyu Ichwandari (Pinot)

Vine user Pinot is really talented at “doodling,” and in this series of Star Wars inspired vine videos, he uses his incredible drawing skills to make his illustrations jump off the page.

Video: Star Wars Death Scenes

"Star Wars - Deaths" by pipocaVFX

Animator Filipe Costa of PipocaVFX and artist Matheus Muniz collaborated on this animated pixel art compilation of some of the most shocking death scenes in Star Wars series. The chiptune Star Wars medley and music and sounds for their video were created by Paulo Bohrer II.

"Through the years, many have faced this wicked destiny. Mighty heroes have been betrayed, powerful foes have been defeated… and a few accidents happened. For those who faced death, all has ended. But their memories live on, in another galaxy…"

Video: Martin Scorsese's Mario

"Martin Scorsese's Mario" by Animation Domination High-Def

FOX’s Animation Domination High-Def offers this animated short that imagines what it might look like if Martin Scorsese directed a Goodfellas style Super Mario Bros. film. For the record, Mario is not here to be funny and f*cking amuse us.

Short Film: Nowhere Line

"Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island" from Lukas Schrank

"An animated short film, narrated by two asylum-seeking men detained in Australia's Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre, recounting the dangerous journeys that brought them to the island and their memories of the riot that erupted in 2014.

In July 2013, the Australian Government introduced a controversial immigration policy, transferring asylum seekers arriving by boat to remote offshore detention centres on foreign Pacific islands. Seven months later, the Manus Island centre erupted in violence when police and guards put down protests with sticks, machetes and guns, and 23 year-old asylum seeker Reza Barati was killed."

Short Film: Obsolescence

"Obsolescence" Written and directed by Andrea Cristini

"Obsolescence is a graduation film from Vancouver Film School. Three ghosts, representing three different generations, keep a portrait of themselves as the unique sign left of their own identity after death. Two of the ghosts have an analog portrait (a black and white photography and a painting), while the third one has a digital portrait contained within a computer. Soon they will experience the obsolescence of technology, which will challenge the preservation of memories and data through time."

Short Film: When the Day Breaks

"When the Day Breaks" Directed by Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby

"In this animated short, Ruby the pig seeks affirmation in the city around her after witnessing the accidental death of a stranger… and finds it in surprising places. With deft humour and finely rendered detail, When the Day Breaks illuminates the links that connect our urban lives, while evoking the promise and fragility of a new day. Winner of over 40 prizes from around the world, the film also features singer Martha Wainwright."

Short Film: How to Cope With Death

"How to Cope With Death" by Ignacio Ferreras

"Death, the Grim Reaper, will fall foul of an old lady that appears ripe for the harvest. But the exterior can be deceiving and this is an old woman who knows how they must deal with death."

Video: Robots In Movies and TV

"The Evolution Of Robots In Movies and TV" by Sploid

Sploid enlisted animator Elisa Solinas and illustrator Scott Park to create this cool animated video that showcases the evolution and different styles of robots in film and TV history.

Short Film: Post-Human

"Post-Human" Written & Directed by David Simpson

"Post-Human is a scifi proof-of-concept short based on the award-winning and bestselling series of novels by me, David Simpson. Amazingly, filmed over just three hours by a crew of three, the short depicts the opening of Post-Human, drawing back the curtain on the Post-Human world and letting viewers see the world and characters they’ve only been able to imagine previously. You’ll get a taste of a world where everyone is immortal, have onboard mental “mind’s eye” computers, nanotechnology can make your every dream a reality, and thanks to the magnetic targeted fusion implants every post-human has, everyone can fly (and yep, there’s flying in this short!) But there’s a dark side to this brave new world, including the fact that every post-human is monitored from the inside out, and the one artificial superintelligence running the show might be about to make its first big mistake. ;)

The entire crew was only three people, including me, and I was behind the camera at all times. The talent is Madison Smith (Legends of Tomorrow, Supernatural) as James Keats, and Bridget Graham (Pixels, Manhattan Undying, Hemlock Grove) as his wife, Katherine. As a result of the expense of the spectacular location, the entire short had to be filmed in three hours, so we had to be lean and fast. What a rush! (Pun intended).

The concept was to try to replicate what a full-length feature would look and feel like by adapting the opening of Post-Human, right up to what would be the opening credits. Of course, as I was producing the movie myself, we only had a micro-budget, but after researching the indie films here on Vimeo over the last year, I became convinced that we could create a reasonable facsimile of what a big-budget production would look like and hopefully introduce this world to many more people who aren’t necessarily aficionados of scifi exclusively on the Kindle. While the series has been downloaded over a million times since 2012, I’ve always intended for it to be adapted for film, and I’m excited to have, in some small measure, finally succeeded."

Short Film: Singularity

"Singularity" Directed by Samuel Jorgensen of The Bicycle Monarchy

"In the midst of a war between humans and sentient androids, a Delta Force team must battle a dangerous enemy to rescue the US President."

Short Film: 2am

"2am" Directed by New Monday

"2am" is an animated short film that contemplates the concept of loneliness amid a backdrop of robots and alien landscapes.

Short Film: Lone

"Lone" written and directed by Timothy Plain

Starring Tod Puckett and animated by Conrad McLeod, Chris Kelly, Colin Trentor,
Nathan Shipley, Chris Carmichael, Mike Landry and Justin Steele.

"Lone" is an animated short film about an astronaut embarking on a mission to search for life on another planet.  As he leaves Earth behind, he ponders on the place of humanity in the universe and what it might mean if he doesn't succeed in finding other life.

Short Film: Soar

"Soar" written and directed by Alyce Tzue

"Soar" is a gorgeously animated short film about a precocious young girl who befriends a tiny boy pilot after he falls out of the sky in a broken flying machine.  Together, they race against time to repair the boy's ship before he's stranded on Earth forever.

The film is being touted as a cross between Miyazaki and Pixar, and critics seem to agree.  The film recently took the gold at the 42nd Student Oscars and was awarded Best Student Animation Winner at Palm Springs.

Short Film: The Mysterious Lost Orb

"Jack and the mysterious lost Orb" by Gobelins

"Jack and the mysterious lost Orb" is a short animated sci-fi film with an Indiana Jones vibe.  In it, Jack, who appears to be a relative of Rocket Raccoon, steals a MacGuffin in the form a glowing sphere, but once he has it, he must escape the object’s guardian, a giant shadow monster.

The film was created by Pierre-Marie Adnet, Coralie Bruschi, Mylène Cominotti, Marion Coudert, and Valentin Lucas for the French School Les Gobelins.  It's only a minute long, but it still manages to tell a very engaging, self-contained story. 

Video Round-Up: December 29, 2015

"All Star Wars Characters Have Stupid Names" by CollegeHumor

CollegeHumor has created an animated Star Wars: The Force Awakens parody video featuring the character of Kylo Ren pitching a plan to destroy the Resistance with a gang of bounty hunters. But as he reads their names, he begins to realize the utter absurdity of most characters' names in the Star Wars universe.

Chubby Cat Desperately Wants a Bite of Guy’s Sandwich - This cute cat joins his human at the dinner table in hopes of sharing his sandwich with him, but has to resort to some gentle clawing and begging to convince him to hand over a bite.

Disney's VertiGo, A Wall-Climbing Robot - The VertiGo is a wall-climbing robot created by ETH Zurich and Disney Research that can easily transition from driving on the ground to maneuvering up a wall. The robot gets its wall-crawling abilities from two propellers that provide thrust up against the wall, allowing the VertiGo to defy gravity.

Dog Blows Bubbles with His Nose - In this video from Russia, an Australian shepherd dog shows off his amusing trick of blowing bubbles in a creek with his nose.