Self-promotional videos can be a slippery slope for motion studios, often sliding into over-earnest or over-confident manifestos but Animagic strikes the right tone with this two-minute look at the importance of stories in human history. [Watch]
Veteran UK director/designer/illustrator/animator Al Boardman mines his challenges with dyslexia and ADHD to craft a very personal and appropriately frenetic short film about the increasing “feelings of constant distraction that we all feel.” [Watch]
Doug Alberts, director/designer/animator in Chicago: “In early 2020, my girlfriend and I found ourselves at one of the hardest moments of our relationship and friendship.” [Watch]
Working from designs by Dutch illustrator and comics artist Viktor Hachmang, director Maurice de Bruijne and the crew at Anikey Studios in The Hague conjure a magical tale about a pair of strangers and their enigmatic encounter while floating in space on their rudderless ships. [Watch]
Pixel Farm studio in Minneapolis gives a shout out to the magic of multiple twos on Feb 2, 2022 (auspicious in both the Chinese calendar and numerology) with an in-house project built around a digital art gallery. [Watch]
Eddy director Olivier Lescot draws inspiration from Hollywood westerns, graphic novels, and classic manga into a new personal film he describes as “an exploration of immersive camera movement capturing all the essence of pure action.” [Watch]
