Korean 3D motion designer and CG artist Haram Jung introduces us to a sci-fi adventure that combines Narcissus from Greek mythology and the planet Mars in a short film created for Pause Fest’s latest round of Originals. [Watch]
Shanghai motion director/concept artist Leon Liang indulges his love of building out sci-fi worlds in this vision, created for Pause Originals, of a future where orbiting solar stations have solved the energy question. [Watch]
Guy de Maupassant’s classic 1883 short story “The Piece of String” finds a new audience among Gen Z students with help from this concise animated version by Cape Town studio We Are Batch for education technology platform Nearpod. [Watch]
In a refreshingly upbeat take on the future of the environment, director Artem Shcherbakov and the ZHEESHEE animation crew introduce a trash-powered robot with existential problems for the 2023 portfolio of Pause Originals short films. [Watch]
Director Julian Chen and the team at Taiwan design and motion studio MixCode take a lighter approach to the theme of a sustainable and hopeful future by casting an irrepressible robot and sidekick drone in their new Pause Originals short. [Watch]
In what may be the most fun dental care animation of all time, motion designer Gabriele Calvi and Milan’s Reframe Studio create a branded music video for Italian toothbrush/toothpaste brand SilverCare. [Watch]
