Karina Gazizova produced this brief short during her first year at Gobelins, as part of the Cartooning For Peace project. In La Vida, we watch a newborn travel through life, without being able to shed a particular attachment.

Max Winston’s animation test for a Nickelodeon show is now on display. The series, which sadly isn’t moving forward, is titled The Woods. I want to go to there!

Théo Dusapin and Clément Dartigues have revealed their latest creation from their studies at ECV in France. The CG film, titled Piok, follows an alien’s Earthly adventures after he unfortunately bumps into a very loud chicken.

Fraser Davidson and Dan Jones have hatched a new website that features extra-brief animated shorts – each 100 frames in length. Their goal is for them to be both funny and artistic. I think they’ve achieved that so far. Here’s a sample taking on the Olympics:

Jack Bonzom, via Passion Paris, directed this powerful new PSA urging us to act now and bring President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir to court for his crimes.

Here’s a pair of intriguing student shorts recently revealed from CalArts students.

Story Time Confessions – Hannah Ayoubi

Wife of a Farmer – Amanda Winterstein

Check out this super stylish piece from Wield, Ryan Kothe’s studio in New Zealand. Ryan explores the concept that even the experts weren’t experts when they started out.