Using image and text prompts, ArtClass director Paul Trillo teams with Runway’s Gen-2 multi-modal AI system to explore memory and what might have been in this moody and melancholy new short film Thank You for Not Answering. [Watch]
CD Doug Alberts and his crew at Noodle in Chicago dial up the whimsy knob to 11 in this new in-house short combining 2D, 3D, and cel animation into a charming and cheerful exploration of pure fun. [Watch]
After a successful festival run, CalArts grad and Pixar animator Lucas Fraga Pacheco (Soul, Coco, Cars 3) just released his short film Sopro, a wonderfully told childhood drama, online. [Watch]
Director Juan Delcan and the crew at Sandblast Productions in New York used AI to generate select visual assets for this 16-minute animated doc about the AI revolution including all of the environments and several character designs. [Watch]
French directing duo Mathilde Loubes and Antoine Bonnet, who created the outstanding Un Diable dans la Poche animated short during their students days at Gobelins, just completed this lyrical five-minute opus for the Paris Opera. [Watch]
Fantoons co-founders David Calcano and Linda Otero in LA: “Animation is something that lives in our bloodstream; when combined with a heartfelt story, it makes you feel alive like nothing else. [Watch]
