Starting with illustrations by Gabriel Alcala, director Ben Jones and the animation crew at Bento Box in Los Angeles whip up a batch of appropriately hallucinatory visuals for “Genius,” featuring Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo (aka LSD). [Watch]
If Hikari Toriumi’s poignant 4th year Calarts film “Polaris” (about a young polar bear leaving home for the first time ) doesn’t make you tear up, seek help. [Watch]
Director Paulo Garcia and São Paulo animation house Zombie target your heartstrings in this animated story of the challenges faced by a child and her family while fighting cancer “showing there’s no better treatment than love.” [Watch]
First year CalArts Character Animation student Chalky Wong combines prodigious drafting skills, an organic feel for visual storytelling, plus careful attention to the emotional quotient of his characters. [Watch]
The first VR and 360 interactive Google doodle celebrates filmmaking pioneer and VFX innovator Georges Méliès. The project was co-directed by Fx Goby at Nexus Studios and Hélène Leroux at Google. [Watch]
From Tolm animation studio in Tallinn, Estonia: “Series of idents we created together with design collective Stuudio Stuudio for a new popular science TV channel Smartzone. [Watch]
