SHOWCASE
SHOWCASE
kangaroos can’t jump backwards by motiphe
The mechanically artistic engineers of animation at Motiphe provide us with yet another playground for the clever. Here Director Rafael Mayrhofer wantonly toys with ideas, statistics, disturbingly fun facts, camera angles, tinfoil, storied layers of
move mountain by lepore
Another completely charming piece from animation-world darling, Kirsten Lepore. Her quirky, sweet and very pure films always have such beautiful pacing and plenty of quietness for the viewer to fill in with spirit. A ‘celebration
but milk is important by bjørnsen & mantzaris
Delightfully disturbing, this is a studly student piece indeed. The trailer for this short from joint directors Anna Mantzaris and Eirik Bjørnsen, hailing from Volda University College in Norway, proves to be as much a
sasquatch rides! by larsen
Really beautiful character animation on this psychedelic journey by Lars C. Larsen. Felt and fur and glo-paint were never so elegant. The creature's mono-marble is also quite distinguished. Lars was a set-builder for
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 around
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 Katsuhito