Short films

[seal!]

I've just found this excellent short film on the internet, and i was wondering if anybody knows where i can download anymore. They don't have to be in the same style as this but equaly goood would be nice. what is your favourite short film of all time?  http://www.despair.com/happyproduct.html

[tonymclark]

Why not support British Animation by buying the DVD, rather than wanting to download a low resolution quicktime.

[seal!]

I'm not just talking about animations, i mean short films in general. Anyway i don't buy off the internet, and i'v never seen a short fim in a shop. I would be happy to buy one if i saw one.

[LeMarchand]

Try http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/home/ or http://www.theforce.net/theater/ the latter is mainly "Star Wars" shorts by fans, but has other things. You have got to see "Troops" - a spoof of "Cops" where you find out what really happened to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru... (It's probably my fave)

[johngammon]

Don't know about all time, but I thoroughly enjoyed a very clever short film called Treacle made by Peter Chelsom, the director of Hear My Song and Funny Bones. It's a black and white British short about three generations: grandfather, father and son. Father and son live under the shadow of grandfather, who once had an enormous music hall hit but since he sold the rights for nearly nothing, his descendants got naff all out of it.  The father is a failed Northern seaside entertainer, played by Freddie (Parrot Face) Davies, who spends a lot of the film just looking at his grim surroundings in silence.  The climax of the film is when the grandson exorcises the demons with a brilliant punk version of the song, in which even the old folk in the audience bop along. Probably hard to find this film, but it's highly recommended.  Shame that so many small classics such as this slip through the cracks, because some ******* at UCI cinemas think showing them might cut into our popcorn spending time.