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Dragonframe is proud to provide evolving tools for masterworks of animation such as this. Exquisite lighting, framing, subtle gesture and sumptuous attention to every haunting detail in this surreal short by director Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso. The result is a quiet symphony of broken poetry, depicting the fractured existence and spare isolation of the aging daughter of a general in the argentinian dictatorship. While the lead character may be trapped in her own head, this film will much more pleasantly remain in our minds for a long time. Read on for the generous making of video for this production.

ioa by Gabriel möhring

2014-07-13

2017-03-292014-07-13

Deep from the bowels of the vowels comes impeccable timing, pathos and tightly wound suspense in this short by Gabriel Möhring. The piece is garnering much attention as it rounds the festival circuit. Almost excruciatingly well done! The sound design, crisp animation and orchestration of the breath work nearly affect a viewer’s heart rate. Torture … Read more

the bigger picture by daisy jacobs

2014-06-01

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This director really knows how to paint herself out of a corner. Painting and animating 7 foot tall 2D to 3D sculpture conversions? “The Bigger Picture” could also have been named “The Logistically Daring Masterpiece.” Director Daisy Jacobs has deftly drawn a razor’s edge between flat art and life size puppetry, between richly subjective inner experience and bleaker real outer circumstance; ripping open a very fluid pandora’s box of poetic imagination. The story (which she also wrote) chronicles the dry and dark difficulties of two brothers as they ambivalently care for their aging mother. The 8 minute National Film and Television School MA Grad Film has just won a joint third prize at Cannes, the prestigious Cinefondation award. Jacobs previously studied art at London’s Central Saint Martins for five years before attending NFTS. After Cannes, the short has been selected to screen at Animafest Zagreb (June 8th), Official selection at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2014 (June 14th), and Brazil’s Anima Mundi (July 25th and August 6th). The film boasts wonderful lighting and sound design as well. Read on to watch the inspiring and insightful making of video and as lead animator Chris Wilder, a beautifully experimental illustrator in his own right, shares some interdimensional production details with Dragon.

from dad to son by nils knoblich

2014-04-06

2017-03-292014-04-06

Gestalt, indeed! Bold and subtle, this graphically grabbing student short blends a lo-fi approach with the high fidelity of polish, classic framing and story. Hitchcock might even approve. One of the superpowers of animation is to communicate a whole lot with very little. We certainly look forward to more daring prison-breaks from the norms of technique from director Nils Knoblich.

goodbye mr. de vries by halberstad

2013-12-25

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Another gift lands on our doorstep with this subtle and powerful piece of filmmaking from veteran animator and director Mascha Halberstad. Inspired by a real person, the touching and exquisitely crafted short has skated around the world’s film circuit, taking winner’s place at the International Short and Animation Film Awards at the Schlingel Film Festival, Germany. Read on as the director graciously shares with us details about the production of this purely hand made labor of love.