Free short films

There's not always the time to catch a full length feature, but that need be no reason to deny yourself free film viewing from Indie Movies Online. Simply try our short films – cinematic hors d'œuvre for the discerning palate.

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Naked Culture 2006 U

Naked

These amusing personal stories about puberty are told by children between the ages of 10-13 and illustrated with quirky animations. 

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Aleksander Macasev Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Aleksander Macasev

The Belgrade based artist Aleksandar Macasev discusses his politicised take on art and design and shows us around his home city.

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Kustaa Saksi Culture U

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Kustaa Saksi

Finnish graphic designer Kustaa Saksi talks about his move towards 3D design while he prepares for an exhibition – and shows a cool 3D printer at work.

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Erwin Wurm Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Erwin Wurm

Photographer Erwin Wurm discusses how pop culture iconography influences the powerful but humorous images he creates, and how his father’s career as a police detective almost ended his artistic life before it began.

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Ivan Sijak Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Ivan Sijak

Video artist Ivan Sijak talks about his music videos and his background in advertising, particularly his part in the national campaign to end Slobodan Milošević’s rule in Serbia.

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Mike Mills Culture U

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Mike Mills

The graphic designer and director of seminal music videos by AIR talks about his suburban Californian childhood and the cool punk/skate kids who influenced his aesthetic.

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Miranda July Culture U

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Miranda July

Writer and performance artist Miranda July talks about ‘Learning to Love You More’, her exhibition of assignments, in which people are asked to do things such as take a photo of their parents kissing, or write down a recent argument.

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Taika Waititi Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Taika Waititi

New Zealand film director Taika Waititi discusses the origins of his comedy movie Eagle vs Shark, as well as the more general influence that 1970s and 80s pop culture exerts over his work.

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Tommy Pallotta Culture 18

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Tommy Pallotta

A long-time collaborator of Richard Linklater, film-maker Tommy Pallotta talks about American Prince, the quasi-sequel he has created to Martin Scorsese's 'lost' documentary American Boy.

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Tom14 Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Tom14

Brazilian-born street painter Tom14 lives in Barcelona, where he creates murals that seek to provide a sense of identity and community for residential areas under threat of redevelopment.

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Studio DDT Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Studio DDT

A look behind the scenes at Studio DDT, the Spanish special effects house who won an Oscar for the incredible prosthetics they created for Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.

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Sixeart Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Sixeart

Bad children, circuits, and a fear of pigeons are some of the preoccupations in the acclaimed art of Barcelona-based painter Sixeart.

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TKV Culture 15

Pretty Cool People Interviews: TKV

TKV is a young street artist living in Belgrade, keen to inspire reactions from the public to her stencilling.
 

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Rutu Modan Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Rutu Modan

Exit Wounds is Rutu Modan’s first full-length graphic novel. She talks about her experiences as an illustrator, bringing everyday occurrences into her ironic storytelling methods. 

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Valerie Pirson Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Valerie Pirson

Animation is changing the way we see things but it’s not a new form. Valerie Pirson takes animation back to its stop-motion roots, favouring the time-consuming but precise art form for her short films and ad campaigns. 

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Martha Cooper Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Martha Cooper

Graffiti is not vandalism to Martha Cooper; it’s a secret language used by gangs. Fascinated by young people’s desire to market themselves through personalised logos, Cooper photographs their artwork in a positive light. 

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Geneviève Gauckler Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Geneviève Gauckler

Illustrator Geneviève Gauckler talks about her exhibition, Food Chain. The ambiguously named work addresses food issues through the use of colourful and childlike imagery alongside stark words. 

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Alex Courtes Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Alex Courtes

Video director and graphic designer Alex Courtes is fascinated by colour. He shows off his work on The White Stripes and U2 music videos, as well as his eBay animations. 

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Anna Biller Culture PG

Pretty Cool People Interviews: Anna Biller

Anna Biller talks about her movie Viva. She directed and edited it, wrote the script, made the costumes and set and played the lead. She addresses the issues that come with being a female artist. 

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Creature Comforts Aardman 1989 PG

Creature Comforts

Interviews with the public are used to put words in animal mouths, in the Oscar-winning film from the creator of Wallace and Gromit.  

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