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]
A major hit on the festival circuit, this surprisingly emotional tale of a satellite technician and his battle with loneliness was created at Team Tumult in Zurich with Frederic Siegel and Benjamin Morard directing. [Watch]
Director/animator Frederic Siegel in Zurich, Switzerland: “On a planet far away, a primeval creature gets banished by the chief of its tribe. Exiled and with the burden of a disgraced honor, it sets foot into the unknown land beyond its home, where it finds an intriguing alien concept to take vengeance.” [Watch]
Zurich animator/designer/illustrator Frederic Siegel draws on his own obsessive-compulsive habits to create “Ruben Leaves,” a five minute study of modern neuroses full of dark humor and spectacular visuals wrought in a stripped down palette. [Watch]
