The Best of Short Films

Short films are an under appreciated medium against all the feature length films that are repeatedly churned out each year, a couple of band members from my favourite band The Gaslight Anthem have produced a short 15 minute film which shows the life of an LP record as it's handed from generation to generation. It's an incredibly sweet piece with a powerful score behind it. Here is a link to it: Every Word Handwritten.

The Oscars always nominate in two categories, live action short film and animated short film, which usually produces some impressive and often sweet pieces. Paperman is a short film that I believe has already been chosen as this years winner is an animated short film about a young man who sees a beautiful women on the train then tries to get her attention across the street from his office by throwing paper aeroplanes at her. It's a beautiful piece in black and white with no dialogue that is so simple yet incredibly well crafted. The film is embedded below:

Another film nominated at the Oscars but in the live action category is Asad, a fable about a Somali boy who is struggling in his war torn country. A poignant yet touching short film that is certainly well worth seeing.

The final film I'd recommend is Curfew, it follows a guy called Richie who is at the lowest ebb in his life when he receives a call from his estranged sister asking him to look after his 9 year old niece. What follows is  a slow shift from them not speaking to each other to slowly grow a mutual bond towards each other that is incredibly hard not to like.