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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Keywords: animation, monday short, short film
Anna Mantzaris and Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen’s 2012 film But Milk Is Important can be very cute, but that doesn’t mean it’s simplistic. It’s a film […]
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Keywords: land, masanobu hiraoka, monday short, psychedelic, sound design
The first thing you notice about Masanobu Hiraoka’s animation is its incredible fluidity. Nothing in his films is constant; everything is in a state of […]
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Keywords: animated short, animation, hug, monday short
Everything you need to know about Saki Iyori’s 2013 student film is right there in the title. Hug is simple and blissfull, a warm embrace that […]
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Keywords: animation, experimental animation, johan rijpma, monday short, short film
A quick short this week, but one that packs a lot into its two-minute run-time. In his notes for his most recent film, Extrapolate, Johan […]
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Keywords: alice dunseath, animation, monday short, short film, you could sunbathe in this storm
As idiosyncratic as animation can be, it’s rare to find a film that truly shows you something you’ve never seen before. Alice Dunseath’s You Could […]
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Keywords: animation, birds, monday short, zeitguised
Berlin design house Zeitguised is mostly known for their stunning fashion videos, using bold colours and impossible physics to create “0% organic” fabrics in films […]
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Keywords: animation lockdown, les autres, monday short
Like every May long weekend, it’s Quickdraw’s Animation Lockdown, a four-day challenge where local animators spend sleepless nights and caffeinated days trying out new ideas […]
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Keywords: cosmic, dr d foothead, form of space, monday short, pastel
A funny thing about watching hundreds of festival submissions every year is seeing films come in waves. Some years, you’ll see a few dozen films […]
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Keywords: animation, indie animation, monday short, nick cross, yellow cake
Although it isn’t nearly as dark as his follow-up, 2011’s The Pig Farmer (NSFW), Nick Cross’ Yellow Cake is still pretty bleak. In his words, […]
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Keywords: brandon blommaert, e:e:e:e:e, monday short
Brandon Blommaert’s 2015 film e:e:e:e:e: might just be the most successful exploration of synesthesia I’ve seen. The clattering sound and pulsing visuals of the first […]
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Keywords: animation, belly, indie animation, julia pott, monday short
About a minute into Julia Pott’s Belly, there’s a moment where Oscar, the main character, dismounts his friend/steed/monster by pushing through him, splitting him in two. […]
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Keywords: half wet, indie animation, monday short, sophie koko gate
Sophie Koko Gate’s Half Wet strikes a tone that is really difficult to describe—somewhere between a poem and a parody, and it’s pitched at a level […]
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Keywords: independent animation, monday short, nicolas menard, wednesday with goddard
Watching the Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival at ACAD last Friday reminded me how much I love Nicolas Ménard’s Wednesdays with Goddard. I’m […]
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Keywords: animation, monday short, risd, sub!
Ten seconds into Jesse Schmal Strauss’ Sub!, I was already 100% sold on it. The style is immediately striking, crude but still completely charming. Nine […]
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For International Women’s Day, here is just the tiniest sampling of some of our favourite films from rad female animators, in no particular order. There’s […]
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