Starting with the true story of American twins Jim Lewis, Jim Springer, and their freakishly identical lives after being separated at birth, Richard Noble’s RCA grad film looks beyond the spooky coincidences into the concept of free will. [Watch]
Removing client briefs and budget concerns from the creative equation can result in paralyzing indecision or, in the case of these eight short films, it can spark a confident quest for narrative and visual innovation. [Watch]
Watching a cast of eccentric and wonderfully observed apartment dwellers spiraling into chaos makes this six-minute grad film by Hochschule Luzern animation students Amélie Cochet and Louis Möhrle time well spent. [Watch]
Inspired by Sylvain Tesson’s 2019 travel memoir of stalking a snow leopard in Tibet, five GOBELINS grad students craft a stark but finely textured tale of patience, polar bears, and photography. [Watch]
A powerful allegory about the plight of climate refugees, the multi-award-winning and Oscar-eligible CG short film “Migrants” was directed by five 5th year students at PÔLE 3D, an animation school based in Roubaix, France. [Watch]
Inspired by an exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay on various forms of prostitution in Paris in the last half of the 19th century, five GOBELINS animation grad students craft a harrowing tale of a young ballerina in 1895. [Watch]
