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The CalArts Story
Fascinating 1964 promotional film created by Walt Disney that lays out his vision for CalArts. Sadly, Walt’s dream never came to …
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Sassypants & Sweetieface: Animated Dreams
If you’ve ever made an animated film, you’ll be able to relate to Sassypants & Sweetieface: Animated Dreams by Phylicia Fuentes. Goofy …
Mars! by Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham
Mars! is a visually striking and sophisticated marriage of animation and graphic design created by Joe Bichard and Jack Cunningham at …
Salesman Pete Trailer
French animation students–yes, students–continue to push the envelope for cel-shaded CG animation more than anybody else within the …
Sign Up for the John K. School of Animation
Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi is starting an animation class in the LA area. The six-week course will include two classes a week …
37th Student Academy Award Winners
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the winners of the 37th Annual Student Academy Awards competition, and …
CalArts Producers’ Show (Guest Review by Fran Krause)
NY animator and filmmaker Fran Krause (Moonraker, The Upstate Four) attended the CalArts Producers’ Show in LA last week and took some …
Above Then Beyond
In 2005, a group of students at ESRA made a short film called Above Then Beyond. It has just surfaced on the internet and is worth a …
Official Selections for Cartoon Brew TV’s Student Animation Fest
The time has come to announce the selections for Cartoon Brew TV’s Student Animation Festival. When we put out the call for entries for …
A Bear Film by Kris Anka
A Bear Film is a third year CalArts effort that looks like an animated version of a Lou Romano colorscript. It’s created–entirely in …
Cartoon Brew TV Student Animation Festival
It’s the time of year when lots of students are adding the finishing touches to their films so it’s a perfect time to announce Cartoon …
Most Unpaid Internships Are Illegal
A piece about internships in yesterday’s New York Times has been making the rounds, and it’s worth a peek for all animation students. It …
Elk Hair Caddis
Elk Hair Caddis is another mini-masterpiece from those crazy kids at Denmark’s Animation Workshop: Peter Smith, Alice Holme, Anders …
Volgens de vogels by Linde Faas
I woke up this morning (this afternoon, to be honest) hating animation. Blame it on last night’s interminable ASIFA-East screening of …
A Leg Up by Bevin Carnes
Speaking of the Oscars (isn’t everyone?), when I attended the Academy Feature Animation Symposium the other night I briefly met Bevin …
Out of a Forest by Tobias Gundorff Boesen
Tobias Gundorff Boesen’s Out of a Forest is a stop-motion effort out of Denmark’s The Animation Workshop, the same school responsible for …
Vegeterrible
Animation students Henril Sonniksen and Benjamin Neilsen made Vegeterrible in their third year at The Animation Workshop in Viborg, …
Electropolis
Electropolis is “the product of roughly 7 months of work from 13 students in the 3rd year of the BAA Animation program at Sheridan …
Pellet Gunn by Tim Beckhardt
I saw Tim Beckhardt’s Pellet Gun in Ottawa a couple weeks ago. It’s a student film from RISD. I liked the crisp linear style and it made …
Cardboard by Sjors Vervoort
A graduation film by Sjors Vervoort of The Netherlands, with sound design by Steven Aerts. While I would have liked to see the interplay …
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