Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Elizabeth Hobbs
Welcome to a new series in which we profile the most interesting independent animation filmmakers working today.
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Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Money Is The One True God’ By Lachlan Turczan
A kaleidoscope of currency reveals what humans have valued over time.
Watch Whimsical CG Creatures Parade Across Your Screen Forever In ‘Infinity’
Artists’ collective Universal Everything have created an endless parade of code-generated characters. We’re entranced.
Book Review: ‘Pulses Of Abstraction: Episodes From A History Of Animation’
An insightful, if sometimes dryly academic, look at the development of abstract in animation, chiefly between the 1950s and 1970s.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Carnaval’ By Oerd Van Cuijlenborg
Joyful abstract animated visual poetry set to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns’ entire ‘The Carnival of the Animals’ suite.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Altomare’ By Davide Prati
While observing abstract shapes, can one feel in ‘alto mare’? An experimental short by Davide Prati.
How To Turn A Parasol Into A Beautiful Tribute To Animation History
French artist Marie Paccou has added a new invention to the long history of animation production: the umbrellotrope.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Lizard Ladder’ by Ted Wiggin
Animals caught between planes of existence and an egg.
The Animation That Changed Me: Kim Keukeleire on ‘Begone Dull Care’
“This film had everything for me: experimentation, creativity, visuals, sound, movement, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, pace, energy,” says Keukeleire.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘The Flounder’ by Elizabeth Hobbs
One day a humble fisherman catches an enchanted fish. Can the fish help him and his wife improve their lot?
‘Kill It And Leave This Town,’ The Striking Polish Feature That Was 14 Years In The Making (Interview)
Ahead of its Annecy screening, director Mariusz Wilczyński tells us how he made “the first feature animated art film in the history of Polish cinema.”
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Don’t Know What’ by Thomas Renoldner
A slapstick avant garde film…
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘American Totem’ by Theodore Tagholm
A film that combines video footage of the American West with digital effects.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Blow To The Head’ by Caleb Wood
Music video for Lightning Bolt’s song “Blow to the Head,” from their new album Sonic Citadel.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Twin Towers’ by Tony Comley
An animated film based on the poetry of Leke Oso Alabi.
How They Did It: Inventing A New Animation Technique For ‘The Physics Of Sorrow’
For his new film, acclaimed animator Theodore Ushev adopted a style of painting pioneered by Egyptians thousands of years ago.
Watch The Trailer For ‘Violence Voyager,’ The Strangest (Almost)-Animated Feature Of The Year
The film, by Japanese artist Ujicha, is made with a lo-fi cutout technique known as “gekimation.” It will be available for streaming on October 21.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘The Immortality Of The Crab’ by Giacomo Manzotti
An experimental animated short film shot on Super 8 film, made with in-camera editing and no post production.
How They Did It: Animating Hong Kong’s High-Rise Buildings In ‘Serial Parallels’
A new way of looking at Hong Kong through animation…
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Gyre’ by Florian Guibert
An abstract music video for Piloot’s “Gyre.”
