SHOWCASE
SHOWCASE
kangaroos can’t jump backwards by motiphe
2014-03-04
The mechanically artistic engineers of animation at Motiphe provide us with yet another playground for the clever. Here Director Rafael Mayrhofer wantonly toys with ideas, statistics, disturbingly fun facts, camera angles, tinfoil, storied layers of perception and expectation, clay, soap, scale and lighting. Nothing is really safe in this arena, but, there is one certainty.
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move mountain by lepore
2014-02-09
Another completely charming piece from animation-world darling, Kirsten Lepore. Her quirky, sweet and very pure films always have such beautiful pacing and plenty of quietness for the viewer to fill in with spirit. A ‘celebration party’ of the medium, this piece tips its hat to many other animation superstars, including Mikey Please. Perhaps this is
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2014-01-20
Delightfully disturbing, this is a studly student piece indeed. The trailer for this short from joint directors Anna Mantzaris and Eirik Bjørnsen, hailing from Volda University College in Norway, proves to be as much a mystery as it is a masterpiece. What is this film about? Is it a warmer and fuzzier Donnie Darko? Is
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2014-01-20
Really beautiful character animation on this psychedelic journey by Lars C. Larsen. Felt and fur and glo-paint were never so elegant. The creature’s mono-marble is also quite distinguished. Lars was a set-builder for Coraline and is currently a rigger on Boxtrolls. Animated by Suzanne Twining, the film’s music is by the Sepiatones. Blog written by
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2013-12-25
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,
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