Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have released a new, animated short film for director Zack Snyder‘s forthcoming film, Sucker Punch. The film was animated by Ben Hibon, who directed The Tale of Three Brothers animated sequence in Harry Potter and [...]
Read moreTRON: The Next Day – 10 Minute Film Picks Up Where Legacy Left Off; Acts as Prize for Flynn Lives Participants
Last month, we brought you the announcement from Walt Disney Pictures about TRON: Legacy becoming available on DVD, Blu-ray, and Blu-ray 3D on April 5th. The original TRON will also be hitting DVD and Blu-ray on the same day, under [...]
Read moreWin a Copy of Lost & Found by Shaun Tan from SciFiMafia.com and Scholastic [Contest Closed]
New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Shaun Tan's Academy Award winning animated short film, The Lost Thing is one of three brilliantly illustrated, jaw-dropping stories included in Tan's new book, Lost & Found, which also includes The Red Tree [...]
Read moreA Way Out: Norwegian Film Student’s Science Fiction Thriller Thingy
Check out this cool Sci-Fi short film from 25 year-old Norwegian film student, Stian Hafstad. A recent assignment in Stian's directing class required that they film a scene that was one continuous shot, without any dialogue. He says that he [...]
Read moreExclusive: They’re Here – A Viral Exposed!
About a month ago, I happened upon a viral site for "something" at theyrehere.net. The site featured a countdown clock which (at the time) was around 38 days + some odd hours and minutes, at the time of this writing [...]
Read moreWatch This! AZUREUS RISING, An Amazing Sci-Fi Animated Short Film
Wow! Check out this CG Animated proof-of-concept short film for a Sci-Fi action-adventure feature film trilogy directed by David Weinstein from Black Sun Entertainment, entitled Azureus Rising. Watch it below (full screen if you can) and let us know what [...]
Read moreStunning Trailer For Kenyan Sci-Fi Short Film PUMZI
Pumzi is a short Sci-Fi film starring Kudzani Moswela as Asha (above) and was created by Kenyan Writer/Director Wanuri Kahui. The film is set in futuristic Africa, 35 years after World War III “The Water War”. Pumzi is currently a [...]
Read moreOscar Highlight: THE LADY AND THE REAPER
As a continuation of our coverage of the eighty-second annual Oscars, I’d like to show you another Academy-award nominee for “Best Animated Short”, called “The Lady and the Reaper”. “The Lady and the Reaper” aka “La Dama Y La Muerte” [...]
Read moreOscar Highlight: GRANNY O’GRIMM’S SLEEPING BEAUTY
As I mentioned in a previous article posted today about the Oscar noms for the year 2009, there are two picks that you really must check out. The first of these two is “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”, an animated short [...]
Read moreNow That Christmas Is Over, Check Out The Short Film THE WINTER STALKER
He sees when you're sleeping, and knows when you're awake, and he might even touch you in special places while you sleep. Santa might as well be Jigsaw, but with rosy red cheeks and the ability to sneak into billions [...]
Read moreSpend Christmas With Alma
Hope you enjoy this awesome short film. It is Rodrigo Blaas’ first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years in Spain and in the United States. This beautiful looking CGI [...]
Read morePANIC ATTACK Makes The Transformers Look Like Wimps
I stumbled upon an incredible little short entitled PANIC ATTACK! Dang I love YouTube. The film is directed and animated by Fede Alvarez, an FX guy and commercial director. With music swiped from the 28 Days Later soundtrack (can't ask for 100% [...]
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