Keywords: animation, anne breymann, monday short, nachtstuck, short film, weird horror
Anne Breymann’s 2017 film Nachtstück is, in a word, weird. Not in the hand-wavy, dismissive way that word is often used, as in “that was […]
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Keywords: alan warburton, cg, computer animation, goodbye uncanny valley, monday short
Something a little bit different for this week’s Monday Short. Computer graphic technology moves at a breakneck speed, and it can be difficult to wrap […]
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Keywords: andrew onorato, geenie reenie, indie animation, monday short
Hi. Andrew Onorato’s short packs a lot of cuteness into this strange short about the non-adventures of a genie, a ghost and a dozen eggs. […]
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Keywords: animation, jordan wong, monday short, queer art, short film
Jordan Wong’s 2016 short Ugly but Good takes a minute to come into focus. In its opening moments, the narration is buried and the images abstract; […]
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Keywords: christmas, monday short, yule log
As Yule Log 2.0 points out on their website, the WPIX TV yule log was originally a gift of sorts—a chance for New York residents […]
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Maybe this one would be slightly appropriate around Halloween than Christmas, but despite revolving around a strange graveyard ritual, Liisi Grünberg’s Muki ja Kalju seiklus […]
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In 2017, GKids distribution and the Annecy International Animation Festival, along with Variety and ASIFA, teamed up to present a festival aimed at legitimizing animation […]
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Keywords: monday short
Gobelins is such an institution that it’s easy to forget just how consistently good their work is. An animation school in Paris, their student work […]
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Keywords: animation, monday short, pepe le morse, short film
After all the excitement of GIRAF and the myriad other events that made November such a whirlwind, December feels like a good time to step […]
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Keywords: lovecraft, monday short, stop motion, the old man and the goblins
These days, Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh’s Screen Novelties is known for its slick, colourful work on stop-motion adaptations of major properties, like Sponge Bob […]
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Keywords: fleischer, monday short, short animation, swing you sinners
Given their love of surreal imagery and spooky settings, there’s no shortage of Halloween classics from the Fleischer Bros’ 1930s shorts. Bimbo’s Initiation, which runs Fleischer […]
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Keywords: brothers mcleod, indie animation, monday short
Seeing as we’re in the midst of Inktober, it’s as good a time as any to share another drawing-a-day project, this one from animation duo […]
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Keywords: animation, fx goby, indie animation, monday short, short
As long as it’s snowing, might as well indulge in a deep freeze. FX Goby’s To Build A Fire, an adaptation of the short story […]
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Keywords: git gob, indie animation, monday short, nfb, philip eddolls
Git Gob , Philip Eddolls, provided by the National Film Board of Canada The NFB’s HotHouse program is a marvel of condensed creativity, helping emerging […]
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Keywords: animation, monday short, national film board, nfb, yycarts
This week’s short is much closer to home than most of the films we spotlight here. Created by Carol Beecher (Quickdraw’s first-ever paid staff person […]
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Keywords: double king, felix cosgrove, indie animation, monday short
To my mind, Felix Colgrave’s Double King is essentially a perfect film. A fable about greed for greed’s sake, it’s hard to watch it and […]
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Keywords: animation, monday short, pear, sijia ke
Sijia Ke’s film Pear is based on a true story. Maybe. It’s based on a story, in any case — one that Ke was listening […]
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Keywords: Alina Popescu, childish gambino, greg sharp, hermit and the recluse, ka, monday short
Breaking a couple of Monday Short traditions today, but I couldn’t resist. Two films, both of them brand new, both of them music videos (not […]
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Keywords: monday short
Although it’s pieced together from memories, Mehdi Shiri’s 2015 film Still Life doesn’t feel especially nostalgic. There’s a sense of attachment, sure—the ending narration makes […]
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Keywords: animation, jacques drouin, monday short, nfb, pinscreen
If pinscreen animation isn’t the least popular technique for making a short film, it’s certainly in the running. The films it produces can be striking, […]
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Keywords: breakfast on the grass, monday short, monet, priit pärn, stop motion
In 1988, Estonian animator Pritt Pärn created one of his masterpieces, Breakfast on the Grass. Inspired by Manet’s classic painting, the film used the image […]
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Keywords: animation, monday short, sad, snake
Becky James has a knack for blending the cute and the macabre, and while she definitely has films that are more polished than 2007’s Snake, […]
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Keywords: animation, crab revolution, monday short, short film
A hit on the animation circuit in the early 2000s, La révolution des crabes is, in many ways, a very simple film. Its strict black-and-white […]
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Keywords: animated short, mirai mizue, monday short, yukie nakauchi
It is pretty darn summery outside, and I can think of very few shorts that suit that mood better than Mirai Mizue and Yukie Nakauchi’s […]
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Keywords: calgary stampede, independent animation, monday short, yycart
Here’s one from the QAS vaults, and you really couldn’t ask for a better time capsule of Calgary in the 1990s. Its grunge-funk soundtrack wouldn’t […]
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