The in-house animated short films program at London’s Blue Zoo studio continues to push staff in new directions. The latest example is “Mamoon,” an experiment in storytelling with physically projected CG animation. [Watch]
Written and directed by CD Sean McClintock, Hue&Cry’s upcoming animated short follows an overworked, unfulfilled salesman named Floyd Waters whose life unravels when his wife leaves him to join a Lepidoptera cult. [Watch]
Paris art director and motion designer Matthieu Braccini pays his respects to M.C. Escher and the British father/son team of Lionel and Roger Penrose by extending their optical paradoxes into playful 3D animation. [Watch]
“Otto,” the lovely new animated short from Oscar-nominated Dutch trio Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, and Marieke Blaauw is a great way to end your Friday (or any day, really). [Watch]
Rousing, heartwarming, and nostalgic all in one go, this brilliant take on Queen’s 1975 operatic hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” finds Blink director Dougal Wilson and the MPC VFX crew together again and bound for awards glory. [Watch]
Join irrepressible French director Victor Haegelin as he reveals the stop-motion process and unlikely origin behind “Captain 3D,” his superhero adventure starring a girl, a monster, and a guy with no superpowers at all. [Watch]
