Hot on the heels of his Oscar-shortlisted film “The Missing Scarf” with George Takei, Eoin Duffy reveals his obvious issues with hot girlfriends and the destruction they’re capable of in this heart-wrenching and minimalist tale of serial arson. [Watch]
Hot off its tremendous festival run, “A la Française” seems like the perfect post for Valentines day: first because the animated short was created in France where romance was apparently invented, second it features a clandestine poultry hookup, and third it will put a smile on your face even if you’re very single. [Watch]
Here’s a light and snappy confection to warm your chilly Thursday: Brazilian AD and motion man Pier Paolo expands on Antonio Vicentini’s “Camera Collection” to travel a timeline of classic films complete with the reworked music themes by Marcelo Baldin and a serving of Aphex Twin’s “Donkey Rhubarb.” Paulo is [Watch]
After winning the praise of festival audiences and juries for his charming and low key animated short “Fear of Flying” last year, Dublin’s Conor Finnegan spun 180 degrees to create the twisted tale of a malevolent sphincter in “Asshole.” His latest project, uses “stop-motion paint on puppet parts and lots of After Effects” to conjure this vibrant/cryptic music video for Irish-born, Berlin-based-artist Candice Gordon. Conor is represented by Nexus.
Matt Pyke and Universal Everything invite you to spend seven hypnotic minutes with their “slowly evolving video sculpture” called Walking City, a fusion of architecture, evolution and movement “referencing the utopian visions of 1960’s architecture practice Archigram” who, according to Wikipedia, “was an avant-garde [Watch]
Ryan Honey and the Buck team show off their mastery of cel animation (and sense of fun) as they illuminate an eccentric ditty from CHI & Partners in this light and lithe :40 for the Hive next-gen thermostat control system from British Gas. [Watch]
