Four Gobelins animation students Eric Bradford (Sweden), Techin Chen (Taiwan), Virág Negyedy (Hungary), and Jose Alejandro Segura Mena (Costa Rica), find common ground in a bittersweet story about hierarchies and archetypes in the modern workplace. [Watch]
Director Pablo Alfieri and his team at Playful in Barcelona merge dance, fashion, art, and technology into what he calls “a ritualistic film… that celebrates the wonders of Mother Nature and her relationship with human beings.” [Watch]
Inspired by interviews of people with autism spectrum disorder, four students at MoPA in Arles, France, translate the quirks and isolation of eight-year-old Louis into a crowd-pleaser that found massive success on the festival circuit. [Watch]
Ilya Lindberg, founder and art director at Kdbra in St. Petersburg, Russia: “When you hear about plastic recycling, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe You think of separate garbage cans on the street. Or you think of taking one plastic and turning it into another. But it’s a lot more interesting than that.” [Watch]
Ton Roosendaal, EP and Chairman Blender Foundation in Amsterdam: “Blender Studio’s 13th open movie is an 80’s-inspired horror-comedy: When a group of rowdy teenagers treks into an isolated forest, they discover peaceful mushroom creatures that turn out to be an unexpected force of nature.” [Watch]
A beautiful morning in an abandoned laboratory takes a magical turn when a pair of rats share a sample from the mushroom jar in this beautifully lit diploma film from a team of students at École des Nouvelles Images in Avignon, France. [Watch]
