Indie Animations/Animated Short Films

[Audball]

Hope this is the right place to post about this. I was wondering if anyone here has any favorite indie animations or animated short films they've stumbled across?

My personal favorite is Mr. Jessop by Brian Wood (of The Cramp Twins fame!)

It just really captures how it feels to just exist in modern society to me. I feel what Mr. Jessop feels on a soul level. The art style and animation is also so so pleasing to me, I love it so much.

[Vidknight]

Do I have any indie animations to share?

DO I HAVE ANY INDIE ANIMATIONS TO SHARE

BOY DO I!!!

I got so many incredibly talented animations, films, made by an incredibly small team, or sometime one guy. All of them don't get as much credit as it deserve. I also recommend checking out the creators channels. As the stuff there is so good.

The Artist's mind

The camerawork, the small bits of animation, the story telling, the lighting. All of this is incredible, the story it tells also somewhat relates to me as its about an artist who's trapped in their mind, and then... Actually I perfer it yall watch it because I don't really want to spoil the animation it's only about 7 minutes so you can watch it during a lunch break. One last thing to mention this whole thing was created BY ONE GUY! Which is crazy to think about, from what I saw he has another film like this called The Credit System it was something made for his personal finance class. (I be surprised if he didn't get an A on this)

Dream Catchers

This is an indie show created by some college students, and right off the bat you can tell these guys are incredibly dedicated to the show. Not only does the show already have 4 episodes despite it only being 6 months. They also provided translation to their episodes. Which is wild! I linked the 1st episode, but I urge people to check out the other episodes if you get the chance the story is so interesting, and the animations Is honestly well done.

Olive Place, Luxury Inn

Another indie show with a pretty low view count for the amount of work put into it. This one though only have 1 episode though, but that 1 episode is pretty funny, with some cool little intermission bit. On top all that the show used so many different types of style for one episode it's crazy. I do wish that this show gets continued because I would love to see more!

[Kie]

I've been really into Monkey Wrench lately! It's a sci-fi indie animated show you can find on YouTube. They have 4 episodes out so far and I think they are trying to get founds to produce episode 5 rn

[Memory]

GODDDD I LOVE GOBELINS SHORT FILMS THEYRE SO GOOD. IM LITERALLY ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT DANCE WITH THE SEASHELLS

AND SUNDOWN. OH MY GODDDD... SUNDOWN
 SAVE ME SUNDOWN

and you know oabn star racers? that 2006 show about people racing aliens in the future? yeah i haven't watched it but it began from this awesome short film called molly star racer. it's more of a music video and it's so peak oh my godd . like you dont even need to watch the show. it stands up by itself its so good

anyways im not sure if i pasted the right links as it it midnight and im not checking. ok bye now

[MallRat]

These are bound to be the more well-known of the thread, but I still love them!

(Still sad that this pilot never became a series ☹️)

(This one was shown on Adult Swim, but it was animated by one person. He's extremely talented and it's a shame he doesn't post anymore.)

[lotus_start]

GODDDD I LOVE GOBELINS SHORT FILMS THEYRE SO GOOD. IM LITERALLY ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT DANCE WITH THE SEASHELLS

AND SUNDOWN. OH MY GODDDD... SUNDOWN
 SAVE ME SUNDOWN

and you know oabn star racers? that 2006 show about people racing aliens in the future? yeah i haven't watched it but it began from this awesome short film called molly star racer. it's more of a music video and it's so peak oh my godd . like you dont even need to watch the show. it stands up by itself its so good

anyways im not sure if i pasted the right links as it it midnight and im not checking. ok bye now

GOBELINS SHORT FILMS MY BELOVED... i just rewatched sundown and it reminded me why i love watching indie shorts online so much, i used to do that as a kid. the art styles being so unique and experimental. i have a whole playlist of short films that i used to watch but i'll put them here

rain town by hiroyasu ishida‐tete, has it really been over 10 years? anyways, it's about a girl and a robot :)

chihiro's back - a studio ghibli fan animation by son ha

the breadwinner by cartoon saloon, idk if it counts as indie animation but they're a small irish studio so :0

they also did wolfwalkers!

and finally, this botw loz animation by MelayKH is absolutely stunning

i'll stop for now since i don't want to overwhelm the thread, but i hope you guys enjoy these :)

[MrsMoe]

For indie films, I'd say that my absolute favorites would have to be the folklore trilogy by Cartoon Saloon (Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers), Mad God, The Wolf House, Waking Life, Bird Boy: The Forgotten Children, and Blood Tea and Red String. Apparently Watership Down and Plague Dogs were technically indie films, so those have a very firm place in my heart as well.

As for indie shorts, here's a few of my all-time favs:

The Cat Piano (HEAVY tw for violence against animals)

(I've been in love with this short ever since I was a teen and recently did I realize the narrator was Nick Cave. Holy shit!!!!)

The Backwater Gospel (WARNING: lots of gore)

There's a Man in the Woods

My Little Goat (TW for gore again and themes about sexual violence)

The Kid and the Camera

Moving Parts

I hesitate to call this short one of my all time favorites, but I wanna give a shout out to PRETTY KITTY! because I feel like it might be the best usage of mascot horror ever (other than maybe The Walton Files). Mascot horror is such a dried out and tired genre these days, but the visuals in this one are so good and yummy and creative.

Likewise, shout out to the ENA shorts and anything made by Jack Stauber, Aimkid, DeadlyComics and Product. I also love the stuff made by Glitch Productions, but they don't really need a shout out.

[dark_angel93]

My personal favorite is Mr. Jessop by Brian Wood (of The Cramp Twins fame!)

thank you for sharing this, I loved it!

For me it got to be absolutley Neko Sugar Girls, honestly. When I watch it I understand so vividly that I can make art for myself. It's incredibly fun watch, and freeing for me as an artist - of course I have a different style and I am a perfectionist, but with Neko Sugar Girls I can see that the main element of a piece of art is never pursiut of technical realism, but my own vision, pleasure, taste and a humor rather then empty irony. This series is unique for me and DIY which brings some hope.

[purpleraindrip]

woah mr jessop is rly fuckin good thx for the rec.

i'm thinking specifically of indie animations on the internet but here are some of my faves

its such a beautiful day by don hertzfeldt is also great