Alla Kinda and Benjamin Hackman Slide Across “The Algonquin Bridge”

Toronto poet/composer Benjamin Hackman teams with Barcelona animation house Alla Kinda to recount a personal commuting mishap that leads to a frenzied yet thoughtful monologue on the rush of modern life and what it all might mean. [Watch]

Alan Warburton Ponders the Wonder and Panic of Generative AI in New Documentary

London artist, animator, and video essayist Alan Warburton parses the issues surrounding the use and ramifications of generative AI in this thoughtful documentary with most of the footage created with the tools under discussion. [Watch]

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Ecole MoPA Students Align the Sun and Moon in “La Diplomatie de L’éclipse” Short Film

Clear your mind and set aside eight minutes to get lost in La Diplomatie de L’éclipse, the lyrical, thoughtful, and impossibly resplendent short from five fifth-year animation students at Ecole MoPA in Arles, France. [Watch]

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Emmanuelle Walker Loses Control in New Short Film “OMW”

WIZZ director/animator Emmanuelle Walker takes time away from the budgets and deadlines of commercial work to mine subconscious symbols from her life and art for this enigmatic and unpredictable short film. [Watch]

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Sam Southward and Foreal Look to “ESC” in OFFF Mexico 2023 Titles

An accelerating existential crisis drives a young woman to an epiphany about life’s important things (like cats) in this animated comedy from UK director Sam Southward and German studio Foreal for OFFF MX in Mexico City. [Watch]