SEED

This crazy little short won best animated short at Slamdance last year, and it absolutely deserved it for having the most bizarre premise I've ever seen. An apple and a bird compete for supremacy over a radio signal by building bigger and bigger broadcast towers in a strange tale of survival and supremacy. Ben Richardson directed this incredibly strange stop motion short, which channels the work of Dali, Jan Svankmajer, Rick Baker, and Alejandro Jodorowski all in one. I enjoyed the unorthodox storytelling and quirky, demented visuals.