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  Dances with atoms: IBM researchers create a short film using only microscopic particles

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on May 1, 2013 12:01 am + 40 comments

  A group of IBM researchers took a break from studying atomic data storage to work on something a bit Continue reading…

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  Tribeca Film Festival Vine competition winners are stop-motion masterpieces

  By Dieter Bohn on April 26, 2013 07:30 pm + 4 comments

  The Tribeca Film Festival has announced the winners of its #6SECFILMS Vine competition. With 400 Continue reading…

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  Jaguar and Ridley Scott's company release short film 'Desire' for F-Type

  By Carl Franzen on April 25, 2013 09:44 am + 24 comments

  Jaguar thinks its new F-Type sports car is sexy enough to be the star of its own movie. So the Continue reading…

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  Vine creator Dom Hofmann on the evolution of six-second storytelling

  By Casey Newton on April 22, 2013 10:05 pm + 18 comments

  Vine co-creator Dom Hofmann says the app's appeal lies in its immediacy: "A post on Vine takes you Continue reading…

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  Submit your six-second Vine films to the Tribeca Film Festival by Sunday night

  By T.C. Sottek on April 6, 2013 06:29 pm + 20 comments

  Are you ready to bump shoulders with filmmaking royalty? If so, you've got until 11:59PM ET tomorrow Continue reading…

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  How Disney's 'Paperman' turned old school animation into Oscar gold

  By Amar Toor on February 25, 2013 04:37 am + 43 comments

  Disney's Paperman won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film Sunday night, marking a triumph not Continue reading…

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  Watch this year's Oscar contenders for best animated short (update)

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 9, 2013 11:13 pm + 14 comments

  2013’s Oscar nominees for Best Animated Short Film are out, and with the exception of Maggie Continue reading…

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  Watch this: 'Voice Over' will strand you on an alien planet, bleed you dry, and drown you in hope

  By Andrew Webster on January 27, 2013 06:52 pm + 20 comments

  "I will not tell you whose voice leads us through three extreme situations that are actually the Continue reading…

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  Watch these Sundance short films to learn the dangers of catnip and zombies

  By Andrew Webster on January 19, 2013 06:32 pm + 7 comments

  In what's becoming an annual tradition, YouTube has partnered with the Sundance Film Festival to Continue reading…

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  Guacamole, chair sex, and spaghetti: PES discusses his quirky stop-motion style

  By Amar Toor on November 19, 2012 03:57 am + 7 comments

  Stop-motion artist PES first garnered attention in 2002, when his short film, Roof Sex, suddenly Continue reading…