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Stas Santimov and the Art of Macabre Motion

Combining his talents for illustration and motion, Ukrainian creative director Stas Santimov creates a singular species of haunting animated comic strip, exploring mysterious characters through macabre looping vignettes. [Watch]

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Blender Institute’s “Cosmos Laundromat”

Once in a while Monty Python’s segue “and now for something completely different” rings very true in life or in art. Case in point: Project Gooseberry aka “Cosmos Laundromat,” the sixth film from open source CG pioneers Blender Institute helmed by French director Mathieu Auvray. [Watch]

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Arvind Palep’s Vision of New York City 2050

Leap forward in time 35 years and join 1stAveMachine director/co-founder Arvind Palep as he follows an NYPD patrol into the bowels of a dangerous and dystopian Manhattan. [Watch]

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Trip into Aixsponza’s “Seed”

The crew at Aixsponza in Munich show off their collective skills for surreality in this startling full-CG in-house project called “Seed,” a hyper-detailed trip deep into photoscanning territory. [Watch]

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NY Times Modern Love: “A Kiss, Deferred”

Nikolina Kulidžan was 12 when civil war interrupted her first romance. Her warm, tear-inducing tale of remembrance and reconnection anchors the latest installment in the New York Times’ Modern Love series and features the formidable illustration and animation talents of London’s Moth Collective. [Watch]

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The Liquid Dreams of Hiraoka Masanobu

Self-taught Tokyo freelance director/animator Hiraoka Masanobu first caught Stash’s attention in September 2012 with his mesmerizing work for video sharing social network Sincho.tv. Now he’s back with a personal film, a narrative-free, metamorphic liquid-dream that defies prediction and proves relaxing despite its restless pace.
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