Director/animator and loop master Eran Mendel in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel: “Thanks to Covid19 I had some free time to create this short, based roughly on my own experience. Working from home has its own challenges, though I did have fun with my wife and baby girl (less fun with the dishes and plants). [Watch]
STASH 141 lands just in time to froth up your quarantined creative juices, adding another two hours of outstanding motion work (plus behind the scenes features and exclusive interviews) to The Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
After 10 years as a VFX animator/previz artist and the success of her first short film in 2017, London writer/director Magali Barbé is back with a near-future heart-warmer starring Timothy Spall and a little robot named Max. [Watch]
From Freshly Baked Animation: “Freshly Baked is an international team, and right now its members are scattered over France, Denmark, and Ireland. Recently we had the chance to gather in a house in the French countryside and make Au Coin du Feu (By the Fireplace), a short film about the small things we can enjoy in everyday life with the people close to us. [Watch]
Art directors/motion designers Swann and Yoann Chesnel (aka Thanksbro) in Paris: “On lockdown, we took advantage of our free time to plunge into our old travel pictures. From them was born the idea to tell a story from visual universes.” [Watch]
Former Pixar animator Erick Oh (Finding Dory, Inside Out, Brave, etc.) breaks free from narrative logic in this six-minute parade of absurdist characters lead by Gunther, a mischievous sausage with an uncontrollable urge to dance. [Watch]
