New York filmmaker Colin Read: “A man suddenly and mysteriously gains the ability to transform anything he touches into a hat—starting his descent into hat-induced madness.” [Watch]
Stockholm 3D animation specialists Milford just released their first venture into longer-form content, a rollicking inhouse film about the misadventures of “An Ordinary Seal”, written and directed by animation supervisor Antonio Deiana. [Watch]
The simplest of shapes interact and multiply into a complex and dynamic macro view of how humans spread a virus in this passion project by Miami-based director/animator Carlos Rivero and composer/sound designer Ivette Carmona. [Watch]
Just before Christmas in 2012, London artist/animator Steve Cutts released “Man”, an ironically jaunty short film about the Anthropocene apocalypse in all its dark and ridiculous glory. [Watch]
From superdesigners in Moscow: “This is a PSA for a world where every bite of data is under surveillance. The glass samples are a metaphor, with the laboratory as a material embodiment of the soullessness of neural networks. [Watch]
An allegory about the dangers of following your deepest instincts, “Sous la Glace” (Under the Ice), a CG short film by six students at École des Nouvelles Images comes wrapped in the most sublime digital cinematography we’ve seen this year. [Watch]
