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“Perpetual Motion” by Béla Vajda

Moto Perpetuo (Perpetual Motion) by Béla Vajda (1935-2011) is a Hungarian short that won the Palme d’Or at the 1981 Cannes Film …

Little over a year ago we posted an live action parody of Nickelodeon’s Doug. NYC Comedy trio, DrCoolSex, are back with another Nicktoon …

Quite simple and quite effective. Fresh off the festival circuit this beautiful film, a metaphor of the life cycle, was the graduation …

If Hollywood were to take Pac Man seriously and produce a live action blockbuster movie of it – it would probably feel like this. …

Just in time for Easter, Oli Putland’s cute stop motion egg-stravaganza Easter Eggs. The film was shot using an iPad 2 and iPhone 4 …

I watched all the UPA theatrical shorts back when I was writing Cartoon Modern, but seeing them restored on TCM’s new 3-DVD “Jolly …

Five friends, five musicians, one garage. Here’s a killer sample piece created and directed by Toronto’s Sam Chou, for a TV series in …

The Museum of Modern Art in New York continues to be one of the most animation friendly museums in the US. This week they announced an …

George Griffin is one of the stalwarts of the New York indie scene, a filmmaker with an inspiring DIY approach who has been making films …

Australian artist Tom Bone was laid up in a hospital bed for three weeks due to a broken pelvis. He made the best of his time and …

My Way is a sweet-natured short about the anxieties of growing up, and the unknown forces (represented by the metaphorical pebble) that …

A NSFW (Not Safe For Work) history lesson about vampires…

Hauke Scheer is a character designer from Germany, designing 3D characters for computer games, animation and advertising. He just …

It’s the time of year when many of our student readers are finishing up their student films, and inevitably there will be lots of …

Easy Way (Camino Fácil) by Juan David Velasquez Bedoya is from Bogota, Colombia, a country where CG animation is just starting to …

To fully appreciate Opus III by German filmmaker Walter Ruttman, it’s worth it to first look at a typical cartoon from 1924, such as this …

Not too sure about the animation and story, but this guy is a helluva background stylist. Childhood Of A Circle is directed and animated …

Read UPDATES at bottom of the piece. When I speak to indie filmmakers, there’s always a lot of confusion about the potential money …

Red is a modern day silhouette film based on the classic fairy tale. Directors Jorge Jaramillo and Carlo Guillot, with musician/composer …

Wes Ball spent two years making Ruin out of his L.A. based Oddball Animation studio. Technically, this is a sample piece for a …