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On Holiday with Edwin and Ugo Bienvenu

French director/designer Ugo Bienvenu applies his signature golden age of comic books style to a quirky and perky retro-future holiday promo for Japanese clothing brand Edwin. [Watch]

Wonderlust Explores “Some” Sottsass

Drawing inspiration from a poem by Italian architect, designer, and Memphis master Ettore Sottsass, director Ryan Rumbolt and the Wonderlust team in Halifax “explore the spectrum of emotions in everyday life.” [Watch]

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Nikita Diakur Keeps it Ugly for MTV

The Ugly Project makes it’s break into the mainstream with Nikita Diakur applying his singular talent for severely busted 3D marionettes to this :15 MTV Ident. [Watch]

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Preschool Poets “Supergirl” by Henrique Barone

Conceived and produced by artist and poetry teacher Nancy Kangas and filmmaker Josh Kun, the Preschool Poets is a series of eight poems composed and performed by preschool-aged kids and interpreted into short films by animation artists around the world. Director Henrique Barone in Vancouver: “We were very lucky to get Penny’s poem ‘Supergirl’ where […] [Watch]

“Looking for Something” Short Film by César Pelizer

Director/animator César Pelizer and weareseventeen in London just released this surreal (and strangely accurate) look at one man’s search for the meaning of life while drifting off in his cubicle. [Watch]

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The ALT Guide to Character Design

Pictoplasma Berlin 2018 kicks open the doors May 2 with this fun short film which director Jon Dunleavy describes as “a subversive initiation into the art of character design, as told by a malevolent artificial intelligence.” [Watch]