Student

The Big Girl by He Weifeng

A film that answers the eternal question: “Will you still love me the same as before if I was a fatty?” This Chinese student-made …

BrewTV

CBTV Student Fest #3: August by Matthias Hoegg

Unwanted visitors disturb the tranquility of a campsite at the height of summer. While mayhem breaks out on the lawn, a group of ants makes brave new discoveries in the grass.

Shorts

Seventeen by Hisko Hulsing

It’s surprising that I’ve never written about Hisko Hulsing’s film Seventeen considering how much I enjoyed it when I saw it at Annecy in …

Feature Film

Deep Green

The images above and below are from a new environmental documentary currently making the rounds, Deep Green. The feature contains several …

3-D

Rayman Origins

Based on email received this week from several Brew readers who attended E3 – this is the game with the most interesting animation and …

Pixar

Day and Night clip

Here’s a 15 second clip from Teddy Newton’s Pixar short Day and Night which will be released with Toy Story 3 on June 18th. The short is …

Comics

Bone–What Could Have Been

Just for fun, animator Andrew Kaiko created this hand-drawn Flash animation test of Jeff Smith’s comic Bone. He took the audio from an …

Animators

Miami World Cinema Center

We try to avoid political commentary here on the Brew, but the above by Miami Herald’s Jim Morin is a fine example of the new wave of …

Music Videos

Glock Cereal

I posted this music video yesterday on my Cartoon Dump facebook page and since then this funky thing has grown on me. It was directed by …

Disney

Henry Selick returns to Disney

No joke – and good news! Variety is reporting that Henry Selick has signed an exclusive long term deal to produce and direct movies for …

Shorts

Elk Hair Caddis

Elk Hair Caddis is another mini-masterpiece from those crazy kids at Denmark’s Animation Workshop: Peter Smith, Alice Holme, Anders …

Ideas/Commentary

The Disappearing Cartoon

Director and animator Will Finn made a thought-provoking observation on his blog a few days ago. He began the discussion by surmising …

CGI

Whatever Happened to Foodfight?

In 2004, CG animation studio Threshold Entertainment and Motion Picture Magic, a product placement company in Encino, teamed up to …

Games

Run Hamster Run

No one knows where hand drawn animation is headed – but one outlet seems to be thriving: mobile video games. Here’s another for the list …

Bad Ideas

Craigslist Job Offer of the Day

Are you a 2D animator? Today’s your lucky day! Somebody on Craigslist wants to hire you for a “very special project.” All they need you …

Advertising

This Little Light of Mine

Dave Way directed this commercial, Light of Mine, another beauty from New Zealand animation collective Watermark – the same gang who …

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