Paris-based director Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka weaves rotoscoped dancers into a surreal and “tender metaphor of a city and a world, where many love stories remain prohibited because of homophobia, xenophobia and any form of racism.” [Watch]
Animator/illustrator Yorgos Karagiorgos (aka Yokanima) in Berlin: “This is a pair of animations I made for the Ministry of Economy and Development in Greece (ESPA). [Watch]
Midlands CG maestros RealtimeUK will have you picking shredded rubber out of your teeth as they drop you inches from the mayhem of tearing metal and scraping paint in their newest trailer for the Codemasters’ GRID racing franchise. [Watch]
In this video for “Whodat” by New Orleans band Nola is Calling, French graphic designer/illustrator/director Fanelie Muselier uses a loose and low-fi marker technique to slip between pure abstraction and rotoscoped footage of the band’s hometown. [Watch]
Check this wonderfully eccentric trailer created by members of the Gogo Tanda animation collective for the second annual Sweat & Tears Animation Festival invading Frankfurt, Germany on October 16-17, 2019. [Watch]
Amsterdam director Jamille van Wijngaarden makes the move from live-action to animation with “Catastrophe,” her perfectly paced and carefully blocked twist on Sylvester and Tweetie – a two-minute ode to innocent characters making things worse. [Watch]
