
Los Aeronautas by León Fernández
2016-01-25
Latin America is the birthplace of magical realism and it is certainly alive and well with this transporting dreamscape by León Fernández of the Guadalajara-based powerhouse Outik Animation. Rita Basulto, another member of Outik, won an Ariel for her moving short about a little girl dealing with grief, “Lluvia en los Ojos.” Juan J. Medina,
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The Invisibles by Alter Eddie
2016-01-18
Hardship of spareness is often its own spiritual guidance in both life and art. This truly arresting short by Edgar Alvarez provokes us to reexamine both. Subtle gesture is king in this piece of attention warping filmic bravado. Alvarez masterfully plays with scale, the pace and relation of time, depth of field and visceral perceptions-
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Visual Beat by Max Moertl
2016-01-12
A sultry cybernetic piece from Max Moertl for the award winning interactive music video app he created, ‘Visual Beat’. We have followed the Hamburg native from his student days. Still quirky and inventive, his work only gets more refined. No app-rehensions about this rising star, only kudos to the Max!
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Kubo and the Two Strings by Laika
2016-01-04
While CG is indeed a refined animation technology, Hollywood is increasingly recognizing the power of stop-mo to subtly portray story, wordlessly engage emotion and directly transport us into fabulously crafted alter-realities that we can almost touch and feel. Laika, maker of Coraline, Paranorman and Boxtrolls, has once again taken on another jaw dropping project with
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The Force Awakens – Tippett Studio
2015-12-27
STAR WARS……Ok, we just need a moment to collect ourselves here at Dragonframe HQ. Like so many people in the animation and film industry of a certain age, the creators of Dragonframe were greatly inspired by the early Star Wars films. Even more inspiration came from those amazing ILM “Making of” documentaries on television in
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