Director Kenneth Kegley and the crew at Current in LA team with fashion label Art Comes First to push the Mexican folk sculptures of fantasy/mythical creatures called Alebrijes into new and darker territory for Mezcal El Silencio. [Watch]
Director and CG artist Sava Zivkovic in Belgrade, Serbia: “Influenced by our surroundings and experiences while growing up, this film is a recollection of a distant memory, one that many of us would try our hardest to forget. [Watch]
Almir Nago, a Paris-based art director, motion designer, and member of the eka.studio collective, takes us into a glitchy, enigmatic, and unpredictable virtual world via his new passion project called “Press Enter.” [Watch]
Director/animators Valère Amirault and Lili Des Bellons shatter the convention of rendering future dystopias in depressing tones in this vivid and dynamic CG sci-fi/fantasy for “5th Season” by French artists La Fine Equipe and Fakear. [Watch]
From the NFB: “Fusing elements of Kafka and Kubrick, Caterpillarplasty is a prescient, grotesque CG sci-fi satire that lifts plastic surgery to another level. [Watch]
At least 70% of South Africa’s lions are born in captivity and bred for tourists to hug and take a photo with. When the lions grow too big for cuddles they’re sold to trophy hunters and shot in ‘canned hunting’ facilities. [Watch]
