Daniel Sierra explores the varying elemental and scientific aesthetics of the wave in his short animated thesis entitled OSCILLATE.

The animated short film Astigmatismo takes us on an adventurous play of cat-and-mouse through beautifully assembled depth of fields. Story and vision directed by Nicolai Troshinsky, with character designs by Gina Thorstensen, background designs by Cecilia Ramieri, music by Shogun Kunitoki, and sound design by Pierre Sauze.

How do you make the world’s smallest movie? With atoms of course! Check out Nico Casavecchia’s IBM-charged 1stAvenueMachine-fueled animated short for A Boy And His Atom.

James W. Griffiths’ (previously posted on EK here) Room 8 presents the theory-turned-reality version of the ultimate prison. From an original story by Geoffrey Fletcher, and in association with Bombay Sapphire.

The logic of love can be a downright dangerous thing, in director / writer Rob McLellan’s sci-fi short ABE.

Wow your brain with the camera trickery behind SCREENGRAB. The latest experimental endeavor by Willie Witte. With accompanying sound aid from Kevin McAlpine.

A dialogue of interpretive dance embellishes the search for communal / societal meaning in the short film Gravity of Center. Directed by the minds of Thibaut Duverneix and Victor Quijada.

Christopher Bell’s short Bridges contemplate the mixed emotions felt through a would-be mother and her loyal babysitting routine. A quietly moving and subtly tinged drama. Check it out all out after the jump.

What better way to create new and interesting forms of technological art, than to combine all of our pre-existing ones? Meet studio Marshmallow Laser Feast, with their amazing showcase of Musical Laser Forests, Light Painting, and Quadcopters. In association with The Creators Project

A hunter balances the fate of both herself and a newly encountered stranger in Alexis Fradier’s student short film La Nuit de L’Ours. Beautifully constructed backdrops with painterly textures, check it out after the jump.

Evan Viera’s Caldera is a vividly serene personal recollection of mental illness. Executed beautifully in animated form… Watch it all unfold after the jump.

Ülo Pikkov’s darkly penetrating stop motion short BODY MEMORY reflects on historical tragedies of the past with complex and stunning visual craftsmanship. Check it all out after the jump.

Nightingales in December depicts a painterly sequence of images unearthing the terrifying / nostalgic remnants of song-bird-human hybrids. An awesomely animated and enigmatic short by Theodore Ushev. Check it out after the jump.

Summer meets winter and winter meets summer, in the beautifully picturesque animated tale entitled Premier Automnie. Directed and crafted by Aude Danset & Carlos De Carvalho. Produced with the aid of Je Regarde, Melting Productions, and InEfecto.

Yan Giroux’ Surveillant depicts a quietly and wonderfully tense environment of territorial teenagers. The short’s intriguing choice of edits and long takes add to the narrative’s awesome ultimatum. Check it out after the jump.

Michael Frei’s Not About Us is an awesome play on light and darkness, positive and negative. The animated short’s characters reside in a world where shadows and mirrored reflections play as “doors”, ready and open to those willing to be more than just curious.

The blank and white short DEATH TO THE TINMAN depicts the origin story of one of Oz’ famous protagonists. Adapted from L. Frank Baum’s The Tinwoodman of Oz, directed by Ray Tintori, and produced in support by Court 13 and NoBudge.

Hypoly presents Circa. A majestic short sequence of camera tracking shots that ends on a haunting note of a questionable future. Check out more media goodness after the jump.

JO JO IN THE STARS is a black-and-white animated short produced by Studio AKA (previously featured on EK here), with the directorial vision of Marc Craste. A story encompassing an imaginative circus of drama, danger, tragedy, and the ultimate bond of love.

Don’t worry, that’s not an incendiary ripple punched through the front of your browser. It’s just the experimental audio / visual creation of director / editor / sound designer Sam Spreckley. Check out more Celluloid Warfare II after the jump!