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In the year 20001, three aliens arrive on the ruins of Earth to investigate the extinct human race. Revering humanity as a highly intelligent civilization, they wildly misinterpret the artifacts left behind: mistaking playgrounds for sacred places, umbrellas for communication devices, and graveyards for farmland. The team consists of a warm-hearted yet misguided captain, a highly logical but often inaccurate analyst, and their innocent, instinctive young member. While the two adults obsessively analyze human civilization through logic and theory, the youngest slowly begins to understand humanity through emotion, contradiction, and empathy, discovering that what science cannot decode, the heart just might.

A short animation visualizing images of the year 2001.

A remixing of Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe prints.

An exploration into the world of Electronic Dance Music.

A recreation of the interview with Stanley Kubrick that Playboy magazine published in its September 1968 issue and that has become essential when approaching the reflections and theories that led the director to shoot one of his masterpieces.

Experimental short film by Michio Mihara.

2008 is a 10-minute comedy-drama starring Nickelodeon actress Michaela Jill Murphy and Anja Kao Nielsen, following a young girl navigating her dysfunctional queer household as California voted to repeal gay marriage during the 2008 election.

Two internet lovers meet up for the first time.

Collective screening of the Academy Award nominated short films from the Animation category for 2015. “The Bigger Picture,” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees - 8 min, “The Dam Keeper,” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi - 18 min, “Feast,” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed - 6 min, “Me and My Moulton,” Torill Kove - 14 min, “A Single Life,” Joris Oprins - 3 min

A collection of the animated short films nominated for the 2017 Academy Awards. 1. Blind Vaysha ("Vaysha l'aveugle", Canada, 8') 2. Borrowed Time (US, 7') 3. Pear Cider and Cigarettes (Canada/UK, 35') 4. Pearl (US, 6') 5. Piper (US, 6')

Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is no longer just for the novice. Shorts have and will continue to be an important part of cinema, storytelling, and culture. The Sundance Film Festival has always been proud to treat short films with the highest regard and to give a home to new (and old) projects for audiences to discover and celebrate.

The year’s most spectacular Animated short films.

2019's most spectacular Animated short films .

Bela struggles with the ongoing lockdown and tries to keep busy with trivial tasks. The fact that he is spiraling is obvious from more than just the disarranged state of his apartment. That is, until he realises he doesn't need to let himself be limited by isolation.

UCLA Animation Workshop Student Film, made collectively by the Stop Motion Class. Revealing the technical and inter-personal frustrations with holding a class on Zoom, the animated figures video-camera boxes give windows into their digital lives.

This is the opening sequence for the 2021 edition of the Mix Brasil Festival, an annual cultural event with a focus on films related to sexuality in its various forms of expression.

2022, Russian-Ukrainian war. During a rocket attack on the city, a newlywed couple expecting a child is killed. Two victims of terrorism – who are actually three.

For more than fifteen years, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe. This special release features the year's most spectacular short films and for a limited time is available to watch on the big screen. Each nominee is released in one of three distinct feature-length compilations according to their category of nomination: Live Action, Animation or Documentary.

Boxballet (Anton Dyakov, Russia, 15 min.) … Affairs of the Art (Joanna Quinn and Les Mills, UK/Canada, 16 min.) … Bestia (Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz, Chile, 15 min.) … The Windshield Wiper (Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez, USA/Spain, 14 min.) … Flowing Home (Sandra Desmazières, France/Canada, 15 min.)