Animated Fragments #17

Think Brilliance by Diego De la Rocha (Canada): “This is my animation final project from Vancouver Film School. Shot #1 (Head Title …

FEATURE TRAILER: “Asphalt Watches”

Canadian cartoonists Seth Scriver and Shayne Ehman recently finished raising over $10,000 to complete their animated feature Asphalt …

“Satori” by Abhilasha Dewan

Satori is another recent Sheridan thesis film that has popped up online. Along with yesterday’s A Good Wife, the film offers a glimpse of …

“A Good Wife” by W. Scott Forbes

The story of A Good Wife is fairly well summarized by its ironic title. What remains is a tribute to mid-century modern aesthetics and an …

Animated Fragments #15

Welcome to the first 2012 installment of Cartoon Brew’s “Animated Fragments.” Covering the animation world used to be a lot easier five …

Music Video Roundup #1

Some days it seems that there are as many music videos as there are songs. We receive far more video submissions than we can possibly …

The Cautionary Tale of Fatkat Animation

Depending on how you look at it, this is either an inspirational story about an animator’s resilience in the face of adversity or an …

“The Scarf” by Carla Veldman

Today is World Alzheimer’s Day, which gives us the opportunity to share this 2010 stop motion film by Carla Veldman, who made it while …

Tattoo Step

“Tattoo Step” by Mike Maryniuk

I’ve been a fan of Winnipeg-based Mike Maryniuk ever since I saw Cattle Call, a 2008 short he co-directed with Matthew Rankin. Mike …

“Second Hand” by Isaac King

I posted the trailer for Second Hand a few months ago, and knowing Isaac King’s track record as a commercial animation director, I had …

“Get Myself A Gun” by Jesse Davidge

A nice little animated music video for the band Jon And Roy, directed by Jesse Davidge, produced at Blatant Studios in Vancouver. For a …

“The Pig Farmer” by Nick Cross

The Pig Farmer, the latest short by Canadian filmmaker Nick Cross (The Waif of Persephone, Yellow Cake), debuts online today. Cross’s …

“Sorry Film Not Ready” by Janet Perlman

What happens if you fill out a festival submission form and submit a film that you haven’t actually made yet? That’s the situation that …

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