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goodbye mr. de vries by halberstad
Another gift lands on our doorstep with this subtle and powerful piece of filmmaking from veteran animator and director Mascha Halberstad. Inspired by a real person, the touching and exquisitely crafted short has skated
Boxtrolls trailer by Laika
Christmas has indeed come early this year. The excitement mounts as Laika releases a tantalizingly gorgeous peak at the behind the scenes art construction and animation wizardry of their upcoming feature
foamy by puertas
Amazing cardboard control meets good clean fun in Edu Puertas’ bathroom adventure, “Foamy”. We can’t wait to see what smoothly mischievous animation Puertas and the team at Citoplasmas whips up next.
the cycle by ashman
Jessica Ashman, at the RCA, gives us a miraculous lesson in biology with “the Cycle.” It reads like an awesome mashup of Brazil with a 70’s educational film, also calling to mind Japanese director/animator
the bear & the hare by blink
Blinkink delivers yet another masterfully executed production, this time mixing 2D hand drawn animation with stop motion. This is part of their ongoing series of commercials for John Lewis Insurance in the UK. Blink
beelzebub by landau
Ivan Landau’s latest music video for the band “Beats Antique”, featuring Les Claypool, is on the exciting forefront of film blended with live music performance. The piece nicely recalls classic sci-fi horror and also
tim horton’s coffee by poon
Coffee has long been the animator’s best friend. But, rather than being medium roast, this roast is the medium. This is a spot from Common Good and Director of Animation Alan Poon for Canada’s ubiquitous
mooon by kwan
A big animation and puppet-hand applause to James Kwan, a student at Pratt Institute, who created this fetching little film. It is a great example of the power of beautiful lighting and refined simplicity.