by Al Young, February 6, 2012 2:37 PM
Any child of the 80's cartoon era can take a trip down to memory lane with Space Stallions, a 2012 Bachelor film project from Denmark-based The Animation Workshop. The retro CG animation is seemingly a mash-up of something between He-Man...
by Simon de Bruyn, February 2, 2012 7:20 AM
If his music videos are any judge, I wouldn't be surprised if Aussie musician Gotye has now overtaken both children's television and Dr George Miller as the main supporter of young, upcoming animators in Australia. Over the past few years Gotye...
by Al Young, January 31, 2012 2:04 PM
I'm a full year late in posting this touching music video/animated short Sunshine Girl, yet its just too awesome to not give it some well-deserved love here. Directed by animator Yoon Jung Wook with the indie Korean rock band The...
by Simon de Bruyn, January 24, 2012 12:19 PM
Every so often an Australian actor makes the leap into directing (with various degrees of success) by joining the overpopulated Australian short film circuit. Some recent examples that spring to mind are Damien Walshe-Howling, Damon Gameau, Angus Sampson and Matilda Brown. Now we have...
by Al Young, January 21, 2012 11:22 AM
The official site for Aaron Sims' sci-fi short Archetype has been updated with the online premiere of the 7-minute film. As mention before in our previous post, Sims is a veteran creature/concept designer with a prolific resume in some of...
by Al Young, January 18, 2012 4:57 PM
Just like the title implied, Philippe Gamer's animated short The Chase is an exercise of pure, unadulterated vehicular mayhem that gives Michael Bay a run for his money. With four petal-to-the-metal femme fatale, insane 360 roller-coaster-esque highway roads and a...
by Ryland Aldrich, January 17, 2012 1:30 PM
As the clock ticks closer to Sundance kick-off on Thursday, we thought we'd give you a little bonus preview of some of the Short Films that caught our eye. Most have a trailer and a couple of the full shorts...
by Matthew Lee, January 16, 2012 6:29 PM
Just before Christmas 2011 I got the opportunity to fly to Estonia to see a truly special piece of cinema; a one-off project to be screened once and once only anywhere in the world; a compilation of short films featuring...
by Al Young, January 11, 2012 1:57 PM
Disney visual development artist Minkyu Lee of The Princess and the Frog is keeping the traditional animation spirit alive in his own written/directed independent short Adam and Dog. The animators that worked on the project span from various studios including...
by Simon de Bruyn, January 6, 2012 12:59 AM
Despite the whole internet-age thing, many filmmakers still seem remarkably reluctant when it comes to putting their short films online. Every year when I attend short film festivals I am blown away by some of what I see, but then...
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