Here’s a little something to wake up your first Wednesday of 2017: a wonderfully NSFW-ish short capturing the tension and miscommunication of many relationships called “Forward.” The film was created by 23 year-old Sydney illustrator and animation student Haein Kim. [Watch]
Having lived in Edinburgh for six years, Romanian-born director/designer Andrei Staruiala set out to capture the wit and peculiar charm of Scottish sayings in a series of 31 animations released as an animated advent calendar during December 2016. [Watch]
Join director, animator, and illustrator Benjy Brooke as he walks us thru his latest labor of love, a vibrant and kinetic animated mini-masterwork called “Power Hungry,” a twisty, future-adventure about a road-tripper whose self-driving electric car runs out of batteries. [Watch]
So, just how insane would it be if your true love actually followed the “12 Days of Christmas” as a their gift-giving guide? Fortunately, Anomaly and English actress/writer/director Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) are here to straighten the whole thing out. [Watch]
With Xmas only 12 days away it’s high time we rounded up some offbeat animated holiday videos including Maki Yoshikura’s surreal looping magic in “Christmas Sausage,” Superfiction’s stylized quest for missing reindeer in “Merry Christmas,” and Mill+’s understated look at over-indulgence in “The Dinner.” [Watch]
Creative duo Burcu Sankur and Geoffrey Godet began combining their respective illustration and 3D talents while attending French animation school Supinfocom. Now, with representation in Europe, the UK, and the US, they still make time to create personal projects like this :60 charmer about the snack food chain. [Watch]
