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Animation Link Roundup: February 5, 2022

A restoration of a bizarro Romanian sci-fi gem, fusing mo-cap and animation pipelines in Unreal, GIRAF selections winning awards, and other news from the world of animation

A spaceship lands on the cratered surface of an alien world. Large purple tendrils swirl through the air around it.

• Animated series Super Giant Robot Brothers! is using a very cool blend of live action and animation pipelines with the help of the Unreal engine
• Curious what an animation screenplay looks like? Deadline has shared the full screenplay for Disney/Pixar's coming-of-age story, Luca
• Canadian media giant Corus Entertainment has purchased a majority share in Aircraft Pictures, the Oscar-nominated studio behind The Breadwinner
• GIRAF17 feature selection The Crossing, which bills itself as the world's first paint-on-glass animated feature, is nominated for a César Award
• Another GIRAF17 selection, Joe Hsieh's grisly short Night Bus, was named the year's best animated short at Sundance

We're already on the record as big fans of Winston Hacking's collage films, but his video for Animal Collective's "We Go Back", co-directed by Michael Enzbrunner, is on another level.

LA-based distributor Deaf Crocodile Films is releasing a 4K restoration of cult Romanian sci-fi feature Delta Space Mission, with Blu-Ray pre-sales opening earlier this week