CalArts animation student Rob Gilliam takes a good-natured snip at the relationship between beards and the fragile male ego in his pointed and perfectly-structured 3rd-year film. [Watch]
The Istanbul trio of director/animator Tiber Ergür, art director Muhammet Altun, and 3D artist Hasan Salih Akan collaborate on an enigmatic personal project full of drama and beautiful light. [Watch]
Take a peek at the storymatic and animatic stages behind Le Cube’s latest pop culture out-burst for Cartoon Network Latin America – packed with “enough geeky 90’s culture, video games, and worst-best-movie references to make your heads explode.” [Watch]
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]
Animator/illustrator Nata Metlukh (now based in San Francisco) created her graduation film “Pura Vida” while studying at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn under the mentorship of acclaimed animator Priit Pärn. [Watch]
Three amped-up animated films anchoring the campaign for Nike’s new PhantomVSN soccer boot crafted in concert with Nike’s design team by London’s Golden Wolf who also created in-store visuals. [Watch]
