2012
Gadea Finishes Off The Unrepentant
The Unrepentant is Luis Gadea’s classically-animated graduation film from Vancouver Film School. It’s quite short, but full of lavish designs and fluid, stylish animation. Dude can draw – and there’s proof over on his blog.
2012
Huang Takes Home Award For A Divorce
Sydney-based animator Beini Huang took home the top prize at the 2011 Toronto Student International Film Festival (TSIFF). The award was for A Divorce, a 4-minute film about a man reflecting on the dissolution of his marriage.
2012
Space Stallions Fueled By Student Horsepower
Saddle up for a magical pony ride, animation fans. Here’s a new CG animated student film emerging from The Animation Workshop in Viborg. Space Stallions was directed by Thorvaldur S. Gunnarsson, Jonatan Brüsch, Ágúst Kristinsson, Arna Snæbjørnsdottir, Esben J. Jespersen, Touraj Khosravi and Polina Bokhan. You have my permission to sing along – fist pump!
2012
Gobelins Grads Team Up For Theatrical Short
A new dialog-free short, titled Cinq Point Hein, is now in distribution in France, playing in theaters for The Week of Sound. It’s directed by former Gobelins students Chloé Bury, Daniel Ferretti, Maïté Xia and Mathilde Le Moal, along with supervising director Aïda del Solar.
2012
My Pet Skeleton Gives Life to The Lady ParaNorma
Did it just get cold in here? I think a window is open. Or maybe it’s this eerie ghost floating on my laptop screen. It’s the star of The Lady ParaNorma (not to be confused with the upcoming Laika feature ParaNorman), a new CG short written and directed by Vincent Marcone, a.k.a. My Pet Skeleton. Here’s a trailer:
2012
SVA Student Produces Animated Mirror
Q-hyun Kim, an animation student at New York’s School of Visual Art has revealed a teaser for an upcoming thesis project titled Mirror. Eighteen months in the making, the project follows two cats from different worlds who swap places. The full short will arrive next month. Stay tuned!
2012
Steele and Spielberg (I think) Make Jurassic Park 5
Just when you’re ready to sit down and have a nice delicious breakfast, a damn dinosaur always screws things up. Am I right? This has got to stop, people. Here’s Jurassic Park 5, from Jason Steele: