Armenian director and motion artist Hasmik Mkhchyan combines her appreciation for American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick and new forms of visual storytelling into a personal short film created with Stable Diffusion. [Watch]
London studio Optical Arts and director Fabrice Le Nezet continue their in-house visual experiments with Babel, a short film “blurring the lines between history, illustration, typography, print, animation, architecture, and design.” [Watch]
London-based French animator Jonathan Djob Nkondo, who we last saw opening the GLAS Animation Festival with an eccentric and enigmatic sequence, just released this exhilarating short film “Little Taste of Joy”. [Watch]
From the team at Sehsucht in Berlin: “We spent the last few months delving into the magic of Mercedes-Benz technology in order to synthesize a new visual tone for them. This was not only a transformative creative journey for Mercedes-Benz Digital, but also for us, challenging our approach to design and storytelling. [Watch]
If you’re looking for feel-good vibes and a happy ending, this is not your short film. But if you love satire, fearless art direction, and 1920s-influenced character design, we highly recommend watching Mr. Pete & the Iron Horse. [Watch]
Brazilian director/animator Filipe Consoni and the animation team at Fern in Atlanta mark Mental Health Awareness Month with a dramatic journey through surreal worlds to drive home the message “no one is ever truly alone”. [Watch]
