Grad Short Tag Archive

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Animation, Premiere

Luca Cioci Examines the Destructive Life of Routine in CalArts Short ‘Medium Rare’

Recent CalArts graduate Luca Cioci joins us to discuss why stop-motion was the perfect form for his short film 'Medium Rare'.

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Live Action

The Events of a Party Derail an Intimate Mother-Daughter Bond in Renée Marie Petropoulos’ ‘Tangles and Knots’

Learn why director Renée Marie Petropoulos wants to spark "provocative internal dialogue" in audiences with her challenging short 'Tangles and Knots'.

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Live Action

The Female Spirit Wins Out in Amanda Milius’ Post-Apocalyptic Western ‘The Lotus Gun’

DN talks to Director Amanda Milius about morality and clashing cultures at the end of the world in her USC thesis film 'The Lotus Gun'.

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Animation

Jonah Primiano Draws Out the Empty Monotony of Late Night Ennui in SCAD Grad Short ‘IDLE’

When young and old come together in an isolated gas station in Jonah Primiano’s 'IDLE', we discover that each is bound to the other by a shared plague of

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Art & Fashion

Tal Mor Delivers the Mad Max Fashionista Fix You’ve Been Waiting for in Post-Apocalyptic Short ‘Once Upon a Time

For those of you still craving a Mad Maxesque hit of post-apocalyptic adrenaline, Israeli Director Tal Mor puts a fashionista spin on the road warrior in his

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Live Action

Humanising the Struggle of America’s Undocumented Workers in Camille Stochitch’s ‘Interstate’

We speak to Director Camille Stochitch about the development and production of her Student Academy Award-winning and BAFTA nominated short film about

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Live Action

Dystopian Worlds & Coen Brothers Inspiration in Max Lincoln’s ‘Thyme’

If the aim of a graduation film is to impress your audience with stunning production design and a unique plot, then Arts University Bournemouth alumni Max

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Animation, Asides

Job, Joris & Marieke Find Their Voice in Animation ‘Mute’

In a world populated by people born without a mouth, the inhabitants go to extreme measures to find their voice. Created by animation/illustration studio Job,

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Animation, Asides

The Guardians Tale

A lonely, fearsome monster finds its friendship with a little girl turns out to be not quite as it seems in Queensland College of Art animated graduation short

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Animation, Asides

Keith Reynolds can't make it tonight

Animator, writer and director Felix Massie employs a simple stickman animation to tell a gruesome, blood-splattered story in his 2007 graduation film Keith

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Animation, Asides

Bor Sood

There is a certain confidence in Kazakh animator Anna Shevchenko’s Bor Sood that you don’t see very often in short films. Her film progresses at an

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Animation

The Scent of Seth – Anita Shukla

In partial homage to the sensation of dark imagination in the work of Tim Hope, Roman Dirge and Tim Burton, Anita Shukla’s animated short The Scent of

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