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Notes from Annecy

Another edition of Annecy has wrapped and the winners have been announced. The top short film prize, the Annecy Cristal, went to Suzie …

The latest batch of six student shorts from the French animation school Gobelins have been posted online HERE. All these films debuted on …

Wanted to put the spotlight this morning on two young animation filmmakers whose work has caught my attention and who I’m sure we’ll be …

If there’s one question I’ve received more frequently than any other since the release of Cartoon Modern, it’s “Where can I see the UPA …

Now Hear This is without doubt one of the weirder (and more difficult to find) WB shorts that Chuck Jones ever made, but it’s a nice …

Last week I checked out the CalArts Producers’ Show, the year-end screening where the best student films from the school year are …

We may never see a Bill Watterson-approved animated version of Calvin and Hobbes but the following student film from Italy is a nice …

Ok, so imagine you’re the post office and you need to make three animated shorts to illustrate the following concepts: new parcel rates, …

Psst! Pass It On… is a collaborative filmmaking experiment in which three different creative teams work together to create a 90-second …

What a great way to start the week! Your Feet’s Too Big (1983) is a beautifully drawn short by animator/author/teacher Nancy Beiman, set …

The indie animation blog Hydrocephalic Bunny informs about a very interesting looking new stop motion short out of the National Film …

Disney animator Rob Corley (Mulan, Lilio and Stitch) has posted this fun little (80 second) pencil test he made around ’94 or ’95, …

Working on a tight budget? The piece below is a beautiful example of how great artwork combined with creative compositing can be just as …

A quick follow-up to my earlier post about the pixilation shorts of Chuck Menville and Len Janson: another one of their shorts is also …

Today’s post about the pixilated shorts of Chuck Menville and Len Janson makes me want to point out a more recent short in a similar …

All praise the Internet for making available three difficult-to-find LA-produced indie animation classicsÃ¢â‚¬”Vicious Cycles, …

Student films have come along way since my day. Our friend “DeK” has just posted this little gem by three students of the CSC, Italy’s …

CalArts: 20 Years of Experimental Animation, 1970-1990 is a website that offers for viewing nearly twenty experimental shorts created at …

Every year, for the past four years, the National Film Board of Canada has been running a neat program called Hothouse. The idea is …

Superstar cartoonist/designer Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library) apparently animates too. Here’s a four-minute segment he did for …