Keywords: coda, monday short
Coda opens with its protagonist suffering a quick and violent death, but it’s a very gentle film. The initial shock of the accident is balanced […]
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Keywords: jennifer zheng, monday short
Tough packs a lot of emotional and cultural heft into a five-minute short. A conversation between British-born filmmaker Jennifer Zheng and her mother, who grew […]
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Animator Laura Goncalves based her film Three Weeks in December on sketchbook drawings done at an extended family gathering. The resulting film is wonderfully informal, […]
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Keywords: Matthew Rankin, monday short, nfb
A brilliant inventor who was more motivated by curiosity and benevolence than profit, Nikolai Tesla has become almost a mythical figure in recent years. After […]
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Keywords: monday short
Commissioned by Michelin-starred restaurant La Grenouillére, Danse Exquise looks nothing like your typical promotional film. But then, a restaurant that serves things like lobster served […]
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Keywords: frogs, jodie haslam, monday short
Sometimes this blog gets a bit too highfalutin’ for its own good. At times like that, it’s good to take a step back and remember […]
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Summer is rapidly approaching and that means we’re looking for some talented folks to help keep Quickdraw in tip-top shape! Before we talk about the […]
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Keywords: michele lemieux, monday short, national film board, pinscreen
A meticulous medium requiring extraordinary patience and ambidexterity, pinscreen animation has had very few virtuosos over the years. For artists up to the challenge, though, […]
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We recently had the pleasure of showcasing some of our favourite recent Canadian shorts at the MONSTRA festival of animation in Lisbon, Portugal. For those […]
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Keywords: monday short, nicolas fong, yin
Nicolas Fong’s YIN takes its name from the symbol of yin and yang, but it’s hardly a straightforward depiction of Chinese philosophy. Instead, Fong pulls […]
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Keywords: monday short, once in the fields of boredom, teele strauss
There’s always been a certain magical element to animation, the way it takes drawings that are obviously unreal and gives them life. It’s an inherently […]
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Last year we shared a list of some of our favourite female animators for International Women’s Day, and since that seems like a pretty solid […]
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Keywords: amanda strong, cris derksen, leanne betasamosake simpson, monday short
How to Steal a Canoe is a quiet film, but there’s no mistaking its hushed tone for hesitance. There’s a strength behind every frame, a […]
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Keywords: andy kennedy, monday short, sleep disturbance, slow wave
Andy Kennedy’s 2016 short Slow Wave is split neatly into two parts, each of them depicting a different kind of restlessness. The first half of […]
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Keywords: animation, Floatland, monday short, Victoria Vincent
With their simple, stylized characters, canted camera angles and distinctive colour palettes, Victoria Vincent’s films all share an instant appeal. For all her visual flair, […]
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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
(Unfortunately, the full version of the film has been taken offline, so this teaser will have to do) After all the excitement of GIRAF and […]
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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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