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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 …
Shorts
CalArts Experimental Animation Online
CalArts: 20 Years of Experimental Animation, 1970-1990 is a website that offers for viewing nearly twenty experimental shorts created at …
NFB’s Hothouse
Every year, for the past four years, the National Film Board of Canada has been running a neat program called Hothouse. The idea is …
Chris Ware Animates
Superstar cartoonist/designer Chris Ware (Acme Novelty Library) apparently animates too. Here’s a four-minute segment he did for …
Homage or Rip-off? (II)
First, London based Matt Clark and Matt Everitt created this short, using dialogue from a Ricky Gervais Xfm radio show. This is one of a …
Annecy 2007 Selections
The official competition selections have been announced for the world’s longest-running animation festival, the Annecy International …
The Animation Show on iTunes
Last week our friends at The Animation Show started selling independent animated shorts on Apple’s iTunes. The films from their touring …
Homage or Rip-off?
“Homage or Rip-off” should be a new category on Cartoon Brew. Certainly we have enough material. In the comments of the Lee Lennox’s …
The Fly by Ferenc Rofusz
Another contemporary animation classic on YouTube. This 1980 Hungarian short by Ferenc Rofusz won an Oscar. Hungary was at the …
Russian Pooh
Russian animation director Fyodor Khitruk once said in an interview that the best award he ever received was when Disney director Woolie …
Alexei Karayev’s Welcome (1986)
What would happen if some Russians took a Dr. Seuss story and turned it into a paint-on-glass animated short? The results would be …
Random Cartoon Postcards
Fred Seibert has posted a group of publicity postcards created to promote his new series, Random Cartoons. Thirty-nine animated shorts …
Mel Brooks’ The Critic
Brew reader Charles Brubaker wrote in to tell me that Mel Brooks Academy Award winning animated 1963 short, The Critic, had popped up on …
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I’ll probably regret posting this in a few hours but the animation at Technicolon.com is some of the most trippy (innovative?, annoying?) …
Japan Media Arts Festival
The Japan Media Arts Festival has announced the winners of it’s 10th annual competition and have set up a very nice website offering …
Waif of Persephone Arrives on DVD
Nick Cross has released a limited edition dvd of his wonderful 12-minute animated short The Waif of Persephone. The dvd, which includes …
“The Studio of Tomorrow” by Teddy Newton
Yes, that’s me as “Scientist #3” in Teddy Newton’s new film, THE STUDIO OF TOMORROW. I’ve been spending the last few days helping Teddy …
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