US designer/director Matt Smithson warms up the revolutionary (and somewhat scary) breakthroughs in mind reading technology with eccentric, light-hearted visuals for the Future of Storytelling speaker Marvin Chun, the Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology at Yale. [Watch]
Zombie Studio in São Paulo, Brazil make a brazen grab for your heartstrings in this promo for the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (NYC, October 17-24) with a mix of utopian and tragic imagery powered by the drama of the Les Misérables track “I Dreamed a Dream.” [Watch]
Join Pixar animators Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj for a look into how they challenged current expectations of animation with their CG short film “Borrowed Time,” an emotional sledgehammer with music by Gustavo Santaolalla (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Babel”) and awarded Best in Show at SIGGRAPH 2016. [Watch]
The French word poilus (hairy one) is a term of endearment for a French WWI infantryman and provides the title for this emotional, atmospheric and ambitious graduation film created by seven students at ISART DIGITAL, the Paris-based video game and 3D animation school. [Watch]
Animade animator Stew Harvey – the talent behind this warm and cozy Valentine Day film – returns with a quick blast of existential fun. [Watch]
Young SoCal animator/director Victoria Vincent follows up “Find true Love,” her one-minute animated ode to the pitfalls of online dating with “Fluffy’s Third Eye,” an equally off-balance allegory on the perqs and perils of getting what you wish for. [Watch]
