Looking for the Ocean: Simona Mehandzhieva’s Quirky Quest

Posted on June 29, 2025

Director/animator Simona Mehandzhieva, who’s off-kilter brand of narrative charm we previously featured here, is back with a labor of love about love. And loss. And not settling for less than you deserve. [Watch]

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Moon Panda “Vacationer” Music Video by Simona Mehandzhieva

Posted on October 15, 2021

Bulgarian director/animator Simona Mehandzhieva, who graduated with the Narrative Animation class of 2020 from the Royal College of Art, applies her vibrant and idiosyncratic style to a piece for Denmark-based space-pop duo Moon Panda. [Watch]

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Hot and Tasty animated short film by Laura Jayne Hodkin | STASH MAGAZINE

“Hot and Tasty” by Laura Jayne Hodkin

Posted on July 21, 2019

Laura Jayne Hodkin: “Hot and Tasty is my graduation film from The Royal College of Art (2019) – Two drunk friends accidentally walk into a crime scene.”
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