Powered by the words and voice of poet/activist Warsan Shire and released for World Refugee Day 2019, “UGLY” combines the directing talents of Anna Ginsburg at Strange Beast with the illustrative talents of London painter Melissa Kitty Jarram. [Watch]
From Giant Ant: “Up here in Canada, it was a pretty big deal that our one team, the Toronto Raptors, came out on top this year. We followed along and made some stuff to hype our boys. We like to think we helped just a little bit.”
Visual art and graphic design studio Fustic in Vietnam: “Bathrobe Kids Do Nothing But Dance’ is a short film depicting how we imagine our inner child expressing what it feels like to be a kid.” [Watch]
Director Gavin Kelly and the Piranha Bar crew in Dublin reimagine characters from Epic Games’ defunct multiplayer online battle game Paragon into a body switch mockumentary about gamers trapped as their alter egos in the real world. [Watch]
The all-Swiss duo of animator Michael Frei and game developer Mario von Rickenbach, who released the fabulous and award-winning Plug & Play in 2015, are back with a teaser for more interactive fun called KIDS. [Watch]
Director/animator/illustrator Oliver Sin in Cheltenham, U.K.: “‘Helping Hands is the first film under my studio name Good Sin. [Watch]
