Join director Jonatan Schwenk for an insightful and comprehensive look into the challenges of combining stop-motion, CG, 2D, and live action into the short film “Sog,” his multi-award winning animated allegory for tolerance and understanding. [Watch]
Motion studio Illo in Turin Italy: “Sometimes we take electricity for granted. Liquidstar brings electricity to powerless 1.1 billion people in the world. It does so with a rechargeable battery and a blockchain-based smart contract.” [Watch]
In her second animated video for NPR’s Invisibilia podcast, art director and motion designer Francesca Cattaneo explores the “fascinating mystery of locusts and our sense of self.” [Watch]
If you need a break from the speed and greed of the media rush, I recommend watching “Forget Me Not,” a gentle animated short about friendship and letting go rendered in atmospheric 3D by students from The Animation Workshop in Denmark. [Watch]
In an effort to reduce traffic fatalities caused by distracted drivers, Travelers Insurance and TBWA\Chiat\Day New York commissioned a series of animated films imagining unfinished chapters in the lives of actual victims. [Watch]
Blur founder Tim Miller (aka the director of Deadpool) and David Fincher, who both tried gallantly to make Eric Powell’s Goon comics into a feature film, have another adult animation treat dropping March 15th on Netflix. [Watch]
