Ted Wiggin’s ‘MIMT’ Is A Visually Rich And Conceptually Daring Minimalist Wonder
The film offers an inventive and hypnotic narrative following a cat, a butterfly, and a snake.
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Unconventional Historical And Experimental Themes Enliven Thomas Renoldner’s Short ‘Stampfer Dreams’
A new animated short delves into the life and work of one of the earliest practitioners of animated images.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Intermission’ By Réka Bucsi
Departing from her usual lush, almost neon-like visuals and serene dreamscapes, award-winning filmmaker Réka Bucsi shifts gears with this minimalist, abstract exploration of line, image, and sound.
Tsz-wing Ho’s Student Short ‘Hand’ Is A Gripping Musical Trip
After screening at dozens of festivals, ‘Hand’ is now available to stream.
‘Glimpses’ Is An Abstract Postcard Of Places Both Real And Imagined
Emanuele Kabu’s new short is made digitally on paper. We asked him how that’s possible.
Making Bread With Alex Boya: How The Canadian Artist Is Worldbuilding In Reverse With ‘The Mill’
Using Giphy, Boya is baking up an expanded universe called ‘The Mill’ to generate interest in a short film and/or series.
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Elizabeth Hobbs
Welcome to a new series in which we profile the most interesting independent animation filmmakers working today.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Money Is The One True God’ By Lachlan Turczan
A kaleidoscope of currency reveals what humans have valued over time.
Watch Whimsical CG Creatures Parade Across Your Screen Forever In ‘Infinity’
Artists’ collective Universal Everything have created an endless parade of code-generated characters. We’re entranced.
Book Review: ‘Pulses Of Abstraction: Episodes From A History Of Animation’
An insightful, if sometimes dryly academic, look at the development of abstract in animation, chiefly between the 1950s and 1970s.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Carnaval’ By Oerd Van Cuijlenborg
Joyful abstract animated visual poetry set to the music of Camille Saint-Saëns’ entire ‘The Carnival of the Animals’ suite.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Altomare’ By Davide Prati
While observing abstract shapes, can one feel in ‘alto mare’? An experimental short by Davide Prati.
How To Turn A Parasol Into A Beautiful Tribute To Animation History
French artist Marie Paccou has added a new invention to the long history of animation production: the umbrellotrope.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Lizard Ladder’ by Ted Wiggin
Animals caught between planes of existence and an egg.
The Animation That Changed Me: Kim Keukeleire on ‘Begone Dull Care’
“This film had everything for me: experimentation, creativity, visuals, sound, movement, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, pace, energy,” says Keukeleire.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘The Flounder’ by Elizabeth Hobbs
One day a humble fisherman catches an enchanted fish. Can the fish help him and his wife improve their lot?
‘Kill It And Leave This Town,’ The Striking Polish Feature That Was 14 Years In The Making (Interview)
Ahead of its Annecy screening, director Mariusz Wilczyński tells us how he made “the first feature animated art film in the history of Polish cinema.”
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Don’t Know What’ by Thomas Renoldner
A slapstick avant garde film…
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘American Totem’ by Theodore Tagholm
A film that combines video footage of the American West with digital effects.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Blow To The Head’ by Caleb Wood
Music video for Lightning Bolt’s song “Blow to the Head,” from their new album Sonic Citadel.