The racial stereotypes perpetuated by animated shorts from Disney, Fleischer, Warner Bros. and others in the 1930s-40s take on a somber new power in this JAY-Z video designed and animated by The Mill with Titmouse handling character animation. [Watch]
Five students at Gobelins School in Paris make a strong case for switching to decaf (and the single life) in “Morning Coffee,” their Master of Arts in Character Animation project. [Watch]
Without a Mountie or beaver in sight, Anik Rosenblum and Dancing Line Productions in Vancouver help Canada mark 150 years with this jaunty, feel-good animation commissioned by the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. [Watch]
South Korean animator/illustrator Seoro Oh established his knack for finding the laughs in involuntary human behavior with his exploration of drowsiness in “Afternoon Class.” Next up, sneezing. [Watch]
Google treated the 7,000 attendees of their 2017 I/O developers’ conference in San Francisco with this charming and kinetic animated opening short by Nexus director Fx Goby. [Watch]
It’s Zombies versus the Fire Wolves for the Underworld Cup in this frenetic animated adrenaline rush from Le Cube thru Passion Pictures Australia and Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai for Nike’s line of kid’s bandages. [Watch]