Venice Film Festival Selects ‘Boxtrolls’ And Two Animated Shorts

The Venice Film Festival, which is the world’s oldest film festival, announced the line-up today for their 71st edition. The festival is known for not giving much consideration to animated cinema, but they always throw in a few animated films.

‘Between Frames’ Documentary Spotlights A Century of Brazilian Animation

When you think of countries that are known for their animation, Brazil is probably not among the first that comes to mind. However, the country has nearly a century-long history of producing animation, and while historically most of the animation they have made hasn’t been seen outside of its borders, there have been notable contributions to the art form throughout the country’s history. With the animation industry growing quickly in Brazil—they are ranked seventh for countries that visit Cartoon Brew most often—it is a great time to explore the country’s animation legacy.

‘Doctor, My Son is an Animator’ by Marcos Magalhaes

“He doesn’t play football… he’s only drawing, all the time. What’s his problem, Doctor?” Only a specialist can find out… Real animators were asked to give their animated and live action testimonies about their childhood as animators. It is indeed a strange condition…

Rio Carnival Pays Tribute to Ayrton Senna with Cartoon Characters

Media conglomerates export American culture throughout the world, but other countries often don’t consume that culture in its intended manner. Here’s a great example: a performance that took place yesterday at Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Animated Fragments #20

It’s been a while since the last installment of Animated Fragments so here’s another random assortment of short animation tests, …

“O Rei Gastão” By Diogo Viegas

O Rei Gastão (King Gaston) by Rio de Janeiro-based animator Diogo Viegas picked up the best children’s animation award at this year’s …

“Mr. Skrutnik’s Space Zoo” Teaser

I don’t know if this series will ever make it to the US – or will even get made – but here are some tantalizing clips from a new TV pilot …

Animated Fragments #19

Goodbye by Flavio Santana (Brazil): This piece was the winner of February’s edition of the 11 Second Club. Test by Josh Parpan …

“Neomorphus” by Animatorio

Sao Paulo, Brazil-based Animatorio created this stunning piece of stop motion animation. There’s some CG effects thrown into the mix too. …

“On the Other Side” by Iuri Araújo

Iuri Araújo, an illustrator/animator in Brazil, has put his student short on the web and its worth a look. Do Outro Lado (“On The …

TV Promos by Rodrigo Leme

Rio de Janeiro-based animator Rodrigo Leme directed and animated these spots while working in-house at Globosat TV in Brazil. The top …