Director Robert Petrie leads Preymaker’s cloud-based team of 30 artists and animators on a seven-minute family friendly sci-fi adventure made in real-time with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. [Watch]
Yves Geleyn rescues a scarecrow character (designed by fellow Hornet director Renaud Lavency) from the failed pitch graveyard with the addition of expressive choreography by animator Matt Corsillo. [Watch]
Director/animator/illustrator Tsz-wing Ho in Hong Kong: “The idea of the work is to present the weird beauty of hand creatures composed of gestures, geometric shapes, and abstract patterns in order to create a surreal journey for the audience.” [Watch]
Designer/director JM Blay in Valencia, Spain: “On the occasion of the Imadate Art Fair in the prefecture of Echizen in Japan, I was invited to create an audiovisual piece for an art exhibition for the Echizen Museum.” [Watch]
Director/animators Rifat Muharram and Harrison Grant in Melbourne, Australia: “A contemporary gallery featuring a series of thought-provoking installations. This is the first in the series called ILLOGICAL FORMS that explores pressure and how tension can change the behavior of objects. Taking structural elements and re-imagining how they would behave through simulation.” [Watch]
From the release: Short film has long been the training ground for the next generation of filmmakers. Most filmmakers like The Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and Jim Cummings (Thunder Road) find their unique voice while making short films. [Watch]
