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Ernest and Celestine Head to Cannes

Aaron — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:31:39 +0000

On the heels of A Town Called Panic, the 2009 stop-motion film you simply must watch, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar have adapted, along with Benjamin Renner, Gabrielle Vincent’s book series, Ernest and Celestine. The 80 minute, 2D feature will soon screen at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, and the producers have uploaded a number of French-language clips from the film for your previewing pleasure. You’ll see beautiful water-color world inhabited by bears, mice and lots and lots of candy.

GlossyRey Cooks Up Vegetarian Animation

Aaron — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:14:30 +0000

The team at GlossyRey Animation and Design have barfed out a new animated short that urges us to give up meat. Nemanja Zivkovic came up with the story for Be a Vegetarian, and Stanko Stupar provided the animation. Lots of background on the piece and sketches over at the GlossyRey site.

Gobelins Team Gives Life to My Bloody Lad

Aaron — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:16:17 +0000

Four first-year animators at l’Ecole des Gobelins directed this new animated short, titled My Bloody Lad, about a boy who gets a zombie for his birthday. Working under the team name of DeadWalter, Cyrille Chauvin, Guillaume Dousse, Thibaud Petitpas and Pierre Rutz produced the video in about a month in conjunction with the team at Wizzprod°.

Veitch Has a Tiny Animated Chainsaw

Aaron — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:57:15 +0000

Joel Veitch may be best known for his bizarro Quinzno’s commercials, or maybe his looney, animated cat shorts. His latest is in support of a new album, titled The Ham Machine. Veitch teamed up with animator Ross Butter for this animated take on the track Small Chainsaw.

StoryCorps Keeps Kay Wang’s Stories Alive

Aaron — Tue, 03 May 2011 16:49:03 +0000

The StoryCorps project is one of those things that only comes along once in a blue moon. It’s thoughtful, timeless, entertaining and executed with world-class production values. This episode, directed as always by The Rauch Brothers, features the late Kay Wang’s stories. She was a reluctant storyteller, and that’s half the charm. Credits below.

Directed by: The Rauch Brothers
Executive Producer: Dave Isay
Supervising Producer: Donna Galeno
Producers: Mike Rauch & Lizzie Jacobs
Co-Producers: Michael Garofalo & Isaac Kestenbaum
Production Assistant: Nina Porzucki
Animation: Tim Rauch
Assistant Animation: David Sheahan
Backgrounds: Bill Wray
FX and Compositing: Gary Leib
Audio Produced by: Michael Garofalo
Music: “Alina’s Place” by Fredrik
From the Album Na Na Ni (2008)
The Kora Records
Published by House of Hassle
Special Thanks to Kathrina Proscia

Hoegg Releases Thursday Today

Aaron — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:09:13 +0000

Back in 2010, we featured the teaser for Matthias Hoegg’s 7-minute short Thursday, which was nominated for a BAFTA award. This week Hoegg released the full film online, which is here below. Enjoy!

Captain Awesome Hurtles Students Through Graduation

Aaron — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:50:27 +0000

I just spotted a new graduation film out Denmark’s Animation Workshop. Captain Awesome is the creation of Ercan Bozdogan, Mikkel Aabenhuus Sørensen, Andreas Husballe, Jonas Mølgaard Jensen, Ninni Munch Pettersson and Lars Kramhøft.

Archer Back For Seconds Tonight on FX

Aaron — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:18:00 +0000

You are hereby allowed to like both Archer and Bob’s Burgers, which each feature the hysterical vocals of lead actor H. Jon Benjamin. However, only one show begins airing it’s 2nd season tonight at 10pm on FX. This clip is your first clue:

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Zebra Herded Into Red Bull Spot

Aaron — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:18:30 +0000

Here’s the latest in the long-running series of animated Red Bull Ads. This one is titled Zebra:

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Gobelins Students Sharpen Their Animation FX

Aaron — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:35:04 +0000

Second year students at Gobelins, Joël Corcia, Noé Lecombre, Corentin Penloup and Thomas Reteuna, recently finished a special effects exercise titled Raspail. They effectively included smoke, electricity and an explosion in this short super-hero vignette.