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: 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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Keywords: birds, felipe de poi, joseph bennett, monday short
Released as part of the FXX series Cake, Joe Bennett’s short Birds is maybe the sweetest memento mori you’ll ever stumble across. It’s a quiet […]
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Keywords: émilie tremblay
MLE is a cartoonist and art instructor with an ambition for comic writing. After two years of animation at Sheridan College, she has returned to […]
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Keywords: member spotlight
From Ana: My name is Ana and I love cartoons more than anything. I was born and raised in Venezuela where I studied Arts and […]
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Keywords: monday short, nagmeh farzaneh, scent of geranium
Nagmeh Farzaneh’s 2016 student film, Scent of Geranium, is about the shock of confronting a foreign culture, and seeing your preconceptions challenged at every turn. […]
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Keywords: troy kokol
An award-winning Canadian singer, producer, video director and songwriter, @TroyKokol is also a talented animator. We’re proud to share his new video for “Like a […]
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Taking the day off? Looking for some Canadian shorts to watch? We’ve got you covered with a collection of films new and old that we’ve […]
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Keywords: lénaig le moigne, monday short
L’après-midi de Clémence (Clémence’s Afternoon) is as muted in tone as it is in its colour scheme. It’s a mood piece, set on a lazy […]
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Keywords: calarts, huntress janos, monday short, upside downtown
If I describe Huntress Janos’ 2018 CalArts film Upside Downtown as a proof of concept, it’s only because it sets up its world so fully […]
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In a sense, all animated movement is choreographed. Although it’s more often described in terms of acting or puppeteering, the conscious arrangement of movement within […]
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