Think or Sink: The Flebus of Famous Studios

Usually, the posts about Famous Studios are reserved for Jerry, but just this once, I have to share a Famous short. I ran across Think or …

AOS and The Bathroom by Yoji Kuri

Whereas the age of a live-action film, no matter how classic, can always be discerned by the appearance of its actors, the …

News! by Darcy Prendergast

Melbourne-based artist Darcy Prendergast, explains that his latest film, News!, was “inspired by my constant hatred for news and current …

Heart of Refuge by Piotr Kamler

Polish animator Piotr Kamler (b. 1936) won the Grand Pix at Annecy in 1975 for his film Le Pas, but I’ve chosen to display an earlier …

Cows & Cows & Cows

Tons of artists create photo cut-out animation using After Effects, but few do it as creatively as Brighton, UK-based Cyriak. Be sure to …

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 …

The Animation Show of Shows (Vols. 19-24)

Back in 2007, we reported on Acme Filmworks’ incredible 3-boxed set of 18-discs collecting 54 award winning animated shorts, The …

Tarboy by James Lee

Here’s a stylish flash animation about robots and revenge, Tarbooy: (Thanks, Thorsten Fleisch)

Bill Plympton’s Guard Dog Global Jam

Bill Plympton is remaking his Oscar-nominated short Guard Dog–with your help. He’s calling it the “Guard Dog Global Jam” and he’s …

In the Fall of Gravity by Ron Cole

Ron Cole, the person who made the cable-controlled skull mechanism for the Chuck Liddell puppet in the Lipton Brisk ad, directed and …

“Mashed” by Anthony Holden

Mashed was student Anthony Holden’s final project at Brigham Young University. Holden did all the art and animation. It was completed in …

The Blank Page by George Metaxas

Student George Metaxas made this short stop-mo animated film using only card board materials. The results got him accepted this year into …

‘Fluffy McCloud’ by Conor Finnegan

Conor Finnegan’s cute l’il graduate film from the IADT National Film School in Ireland, is a mix of stop-motion, live action and hand …

Giants: Army by Celine & Yann

Here’s the first of a series of little shorts about Giants created by designer/animators Yann Benedi and Celine Desrumaux. They say the …

The Subway Time by Dongzhen.Li

Our “Saturday Morning Cartoon” this week is an amazing student film mixing CG backgrounds with hand drawn “anime”. The Subway Time was …

Glüko & Lennon Pilot

Here’s a funky CG kids’ show pilot from Buenos Aires, Argentina called Glüko & Lennon. Created by Federico Radero and Tomi Dieguez at …

Snack Track by Lori Samsel

Brooklyn-based animator and bona fide biker chick Lori Samsel made this cute animated piece entirely out of Japanese rice crackers. I …

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