A young girl’s disappointment at having to spend New Year’s eve with her grandma slowly turns to delight in this enchanting and richly illustrated short film from Armenian director/animator Natalia Mirzoyan. [Watch]
Brussels-based animator Soetkin Verstegen calls her attempt to use ice for a stop-motion film “the most absurd technique since the invention of the moving image.” [Watch]
Pandemic or not, and no matter the genre or tone of the project – in 2020 characters remained the single most reliable way to ensure an audience’s emotional engagement with your work. [Watch]
Whether you crave a break from client work or you’re about to graduate, short films offer a powerful vehicle to expand your visual, narrative, and production talents while asserting your commitment to the art and craft of motion. [Watch]
As more directors and designers added powerful and affordable 3D tools to their arsenal in 2020, the scope and quality of work continued to mature – finding broader acceptance in commercial work and exhibiting a wider emotional range. [Watch]
For their annual holiday film, Passion Animation enlists their directing duo Tezo Kyungdon Lee and Magnus Lenneskog (aka Tjoff Koong Studios) to create “The Lights”, a set of quietly emotional vignettes anchored by a gentle hymn. [Watch]
