Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Nikita Diakur Learns to Stand in “Fighting Gravity”
“Ugly” co-director Nikita Diakur describes “Fighting Gravity,” his latest adventure into low-poly “accidental” animated comedy, as “Machine and me learning to stand up and balance.” [Watch]
“Ugly” (Full Film) by Nikita Diakur and Redbear Easterman
Sweet, silly, sad, and ultimately sublime, the culmination of Nikita Diakur’s intriguing and innovative Ugly Project is a 12-minute animated fever dream the director describes as “a broken simulated short film about kindness and coexistence.” [Watch]
Nikita Diakur Keeps it Ugly for MTV
The Ugly Project makes it’s break into the mainstream with Nikita Diakur applying his singular talent for severely busted 3D marionettes to this :15 MTV Ident. [Watch]
The Evolution of the Ugly Project
The expansion of the so-bad-it’s-good 3D sub-genre continues unabated with the latest addition to Redbear Easterman and Nikita Diakur’s Ugly Project – 50 seconds of spasmodic, busted, and ultimately smile-worthy dancing in a parking lot. [Watch]
