Wonderfully minimal and melancholy vignettes by London director/animator Calum Macdiarmid provide a perfect compliment for a poem by Todd Boss reflecting on quarantine and the social trigger of George Floyd’s death. [Watch]
Recircle studio in Zagreb, Croatia, shifts away from their usual focus on animated content for kids to craft this beautifully illustrated synopsis of Frank Herbert’s landmark 1965 sci-fi novel “Dune” for TED-Ed. [Watch]
UK director/animator Cyriak brings all his mastery of subversive weirdness to this music video for “The Existential Threat”, a track off the newest album from venerable American pop innovators Sparks. [Watch]
For his third deadmau5 music video, Toronto director/animator Nick DenBoer slathers his talent for CG comedy all over an epic chunk of intergalactic nonsense featuring The Neptunes (aka Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo). [Watch]
Back in late 2019 when Sydney motion designer and illustrator Ben Marriot invited an international crew of animators to rally around the theme of Love, he could not have known just how much the world would need such a film in 2020. [Watch]
Category Animation, Character Animation, Featured, Short Films · Tags Adam Olds, Alek Saharovsky, Alex Goddard, Ben Marriott, Bernd Bousard, Brian Neong San, Bryce Pemberton, Carlotta Notaro, CE Bilibili, Chris Phillips, Derek Lau, Elena Dunwoodie, Fafa Motion, Felipe Pinheiro Rocha, Francisco Catão, Gabriel Gareso, Garath Chang, Glen Miralles, Ignacio Osorio, Its Got Stealth, Jake Bartlett, James Boorman, Jason Poley, Jasper Hilgers, Jess Herrera, Johan Eriksson, Johana Kroft, John Grist, Jordan Turner, Josh Edwards, Joyteeth Bilibili, Karolin Gu, Kirstin Smith, Lara Lee, Liz Smith, Luke Saunders, Lykke Dalum, Manon Sailly, Manu Correa Soto, Martin Gunnarsson, Marvin Te, Megan Pelto, Michael Wilkinson, Mike Russo, Miles Hellyer, Nancy Li, Nidia Dias, Phillip Tibballs, Pip Williamson, QB Sound, Rodrigo Germano, Ross Plaskow, Ryan Bird, Sam Van Ingen, Scarlett Starling, Sha'an d’Anthes, Sofia Pashaei, Stephen Elliget, Tim Krakowiak, Vanta Collective, William Pietsch, YMY, Yuki Yamada, Zoe Lagos Crocker
This brave mixed-media film directed by Golden Globe-winner Nisha Ganatra and punctuated with animated sequences from Framestore aims to “dispel myths, encourage a positive conversation, and address the life-changing moments in a woman’s life”. [Watch]