Gul by Adnan Hussain

Adnan Hussain’s short film Gul (Flower) draws the viewer in with its striking impressionistic CG imagery, but keeps the viewer engaged …

RX’s “Bumble” Video

RX’s “Bumble” video, directed by Bad American, may not suit all tastes, but it wins points for making creative use of stock 3-D models. …

Sony to produce CG 3D Popeye feature

Once again we take note of a new Popeye project, again in CG, and for the second time in his career – in 3D. Variety is reporting on …

Cold War CGI

Computer animation from Russia in 1968 (yep, that’s forty-two years ago!): A group of Russian physicists and mathematicians with N. …

Megamind Teaser

Here’s the teaser for a godawful looking low-budget European co-production… waitasec…my bad…this is DreamWorks’s Megamind. By now, …

Descendants by Heiko van der Scherm

Writer, director, designer and modeler Heiko van der Scherm took three years to produce his CG short film Descendants. Whoopi Goldberg …

Plumiferos (Free Birds)

This time I’m not going to say a word: Plumiferos premiered in Buenos Aires last Friday. It’s the first CG animated feature to …

Animated Euro-Trash

Each year I’m dismayed at the lack of U.S. distribution for several high quality theatrical animated features, out of the dozens of …

Quantum Quest – the next Delgo?

Here’s a heads up on Quantum Quest – the Movie, a 50 minute 3-D Large Format film with an amazing ensemble cast of recognizable voice …

Pivot

The push back against realism in computer animation continues with Pivot, a striking and confident CG short from The Netherlands. It’s …

See Through by Jokelate

We don’t see much independent animation from China – but you really need to see this one. After working on it alone for three years, a …

BBC Winter Olympics Promo by Marc Craste

This spot promoting the BBC’s Winter Olympics coverage is one of the finest examples I’ve seen of an illustrative style applied to …

The Third & The Seventh by Alex Roman

This is one of the most beautiful short films of the year. Everything you see is CG except for the photographer (shot on greenscreen), …

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