200 Great Animated Shorts on YouTube (2000s)
Shorts from year 2000 onwards. Randomly ordered. Mostly independent and young animators from schools of animation. A few conceptual pieces, too! Most of them are silent, in English or have English subtitles but a few are in their vernacular language. Different genres, styles and stories, mostly for adults. If you find any broken link or anything out of the ordinary, please let me know! I hope you enjoy the shorts!
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- DirectorFrédéric DoazanAn update of our classic human anatomy.
- DirectorColin LevyStarsHalina ReijnThom HoffmanThe film follows a girl named Sintel who is searching for a baby dragon she calls Scales.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMfvqqw5efg&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorCarl ZitelmannAfter being shot and left for dead, Rio finds himself in a dream of revenge where, as an old man, he must confront his own Shadowside in order to find peace.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRHUMQvYTGo&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorAlex WeilThe rat fights for survival in the New York City subway.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa0JZjfLlR0&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorKonstantin BronzitIn the strangest of places, a lonely public lavatory attendant who dreams of romance will find excitement and perhaps love, when a chivalrous secret admirer keeps leaving flowers in her tip jar. But, what good is an invisible lover?[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajLrFugsdMw&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorValentin GueuRomain MaleyrotJérôme OudotAn old watchmaker turned toy maker is spending the last days of his life trying to recreate his happiest moment in life through a miniature set and a bunch of mechanical toys.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7dK9m7ZNkM&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorMatthieu DeltourMélissa LafonElodie LegrosAn infertile male is left alone when his people form couples to perpetuate their family trees.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyQMcSmyDI&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorAri GibsonEddie WhiteStarsNick CaveA city of singing cats is preyed upon by a shadowy figure intent on performing a twisted feline symphony.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4RBmU-PIo&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorKunio KatoStarsMasami NagasawaTo save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V9BYAZP3yU&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorPatrick CunninghamHeiko van der SchermStarsWhoopi GoldbergChristy Scott CashmanA 3-D animated film about the dream of reaching the unreachable and about the fact that something good can evolve from something evil.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhutLj3SVzQ&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorFerenc RofuszA boy is forced to face the hardships of war alone.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSWakvv6Im4&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorFlorian ThouretThe life of a coastal town is under the spell of the movement of a windmill's sails.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HCJdlkL1rs&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorTobias Gundorff BoesenA family of rabbits are having a birthday party under a big tree, unaware that a mischievous wolf is approaching.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmNXShbCUZI&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorJérôme BoulbèsIn the middle of the desert, a fierce combat between two warriors is taking place. Only one can survive, and the tribe is watching.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Xba8-fxp4&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorJuan Pablo EtcheverryA trip into Picasso's creative mind. We enter his imagination to find the creatures and stories that populated his psyche.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VTWWUJvMRo&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorBo MathorneStarsZebulon WhatleyLucien DodgePhillip SacramentoBackwater is doomed by the regular visits of the undertaker and its dwellers blame a tramp.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVkDrIacHJM&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorJosh StaubThe Mantis Parable is the charming tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector's jar and in need of a helping hand.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPZPxGoNnn0&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorSean McNallyFrancisco Ruiz-VelascoStarsTom KennyAshley WalshChuck WojthiewiczA seemingly innocent tea party is transformed into mega technological mayhem when two imperious aristocrats compete for the affections of a lady.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kVMv_VGZ1I&list=FLQcBOCBwDTOifEfqt1nNmGg[/link]
- DirectorFranck DionStarsGaëtan GallierMister Cok is the owner of a large bomb factory. Looking for efficiency and profit, he decides to replace his workers by sophisticated robots; however one of the workers does not accept being discarded so easily.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wam0bluq5cM&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorArthur de PinsStarsAnne-Charlotte GuillotCamille SerceauGerard is dealing with an unwanted sex change.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vErJFmUF7DM&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorSamuel TourneuxStarsFrédéric SaurelBernard JungClémence CournacA priest tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven.In French
[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqsa31mMnzI&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link] - DirectorJérôme BoulbèsIn an uncertain time and place, a group of animated shy rock cubes come out from the anonymity of their quarry to mate. Powerful and indescribable forces made them move towards others in the sky, in a sort of dance that attracts some cubes to others, until those compatible latch on each other and produce a fresh new rock cube.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dmAYr7vNHE&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorDerek RoczenAn allegoric fable of the relationship between humans and Nature through the relationship between a bear and a woman.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrwRE66wZIA&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]
- DirectorMichael Dudok de WitStarsJames LauferA father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQfOFVMth5Q[/link]
- DirectorAdam FoulkesAlan SmithStarsChris GrantMarc SilkOn their way to deliver a coffin to a graveyard, a grim duo of undertakers go through hell and back, as formidable and tangled obstacles stand in the way.[link]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxrn56SHG3U&list=PL1CBAAFE4E4756C03[/link]