Keywords: a joy, anne beale, geraldine charpentier-basille, jodie mack, now 2
It’s been about a month since our last update, so we’re well overdue for another batch of animated gems. As usual, there’s no theme running […]
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Laura Jayne Hodkin’s graduation film from the Royal College of Art is a brightly coloured dark comedy that builds on her already impressive student work. […]
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Keywords: bloeistraat 11, tjoff koong studios
One more set of new additions before we head off for the holidays. From the tender to the surreal to an explosive celebration of ’60s […]
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Keywords: jean-charles mbotti malolo
Based on a true story from the annals of American soul, Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo’s Make It Soul takes on a difficult task. The film’s central […]
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Despite trying to share shorts that use a wide range of tools and techniques, this blog hasn’t really showcased much sand animation. So consider this […]
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Now that GIRAF has finished for the year, we didn’t want you to end up in animation withdrawal. We’ve been chipping away at our always-ongoing […]
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Keywords: chronosync, monday short, sofia laszlovszky
Some filmmakers choose to tell small stories, finding whole worlds in tiny details. Sofia Laszlovszky takes the opposite approach with Chronosync. The film examines humanity’s […]
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Keywords: natalia spychala
One of the many things I miss about in-person film festivals is the conversations that come after a screening, and especially the way they lead […]
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Keywords: abstract, monday short, non-narratice
Here’s my approach for films like Ho Tsz Wing’s Catgot: put on a pair of headphones, turn up the volume until the outside world is […]
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Keywords: case jernigan, cut-out, monday short, sara, soccer
When the Calgary Underground Film Festival asked us to help put together a pack of short animated documentaries for their upcoming CUFF.Docs festival, Case Jernigan’s Sara quickly […]
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Our 16th annual GIRAF festival is coming up soon, but if you want to warm yourself up before the onslaught of animation, our Indie Animation […]
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Keywords: GIRAF, giraf16, monday short, sheena agnew
Is it maybe sort of cheating in a way to select our own festival’s signal film as a Monday Short? No doubt, we’re biased, but […]
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Keywords: kilian vilim, monday shorts, ooze
The strange subjectivity of animation is one of its most appealing qualities as a medium. The control that animation gives you over every element of […]
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Keywords: monday short
The Mothman is a part of modern folklore and a central figure in the realm of high strangeness, an unsettling intersection of UFO lore, mysticism, […]
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We’ve got some real beauties for you this time around. Split’s sound design is absolutely stunning, while Echo Space brings hand-drawn warmth to an interplanetary […]
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Keywords: julian glander, skybaby
It’s hard to pinpoint the line between Julian Glander’s films for kids and the ones for adults. Maybe there isn’t even a difference. Glander specializes […]
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Keywords: allison schulnik, monday shorts
The small-scale world of insects, fungus and flowers is a fertile ground for metaphor. Its flora and fauna feel familiar enough that it’s rare to […]
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Keywords: Martina Scarpelli, martine frossard, salvation
This week’s additions to the Indie Animation Mixtape (our ongoing Vimeo channel) are mostly quite succinct. Almost half are under two minutes, and the second-longest […]
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Keywords: hugo de faucompret, monday short
If Automne only consisted of Hugo de Faucompret’s hand-painted backdrops it would still be mesmerizing. The rolling hills and rocky landscapes are magnificent, and the […]
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Keywords: edwin rostron, eli, folkion xenos, heatwave
We’ve been adding pretty consistently to our ongoing Vimeo channel, the Indie Animation Mixtape, but if you aren’t following us on Vimeo, you might not […]
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Keywords: monday short, the chaperone 3d
Animation is great at conjuring worlds that never existed, but that’s not all it’s good for. It’s also a perfect medium for showing true stories […]
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Keywords: monday short, ohayo, satoshi kon
It’s been 10 years to the day since the passing of Satoshi Kon, and his films still stand as some of the most perfectly composed, […]
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Keywords: monday short
With last year’s Mountains & Rivers, Beijing-based designer Particle (aka Gao Yang) started an exploration of generative art, using various noise algorithms to generate pulsating […]
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Keywords: early animation, emile cohl, fantasmagorie
On August 17, 1908, French animator Émile Cohl released Fantasmagorie, widely considered by film historians to be the first animated film. Although animation has a […]
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Keywords: dirk koy, flying lotus, lydia lee, marcos sánchez, monday short, music video, run the jewels, winston hacking, yello
Instead of focusing on one film, this week’s Monday Short post is looking at a trio of recent music videos from a set of vastly […]
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