The 2010 Sundance Film Festival starts on January 21st, and I spotted some interesting animated films included in the line-up. I don’t have a clip for the one I’m perhaps most excited about – Don Hertzfeldt’s latest film Wisdom Teeth, which I believe is loosely based on this comic strip he created a while back.

So here goes:

Let’s Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates – animated by Chris Weller

One Square Mile of Earth – by Jeff Drew

Rains by David Coquard-Dassault

The UK-based Bradford Animation Festival has come to a close this year, and while browsing the website, I spotted a number of outstanding films. If you went to Ottawa, SIGGRAPH or the LA Shorts Fest this year, you may have already seen these, but here’s clips from the Professional Category at the BAF.

Alma by Rodrigo Blaas

Here’s a short I saw at a recent animation Flip Festival in the Midlands UK. It won Best of the Festival and I wanted to share it with you too. It’s called Kudan by Taku Kimura. And it must be good because I’m quite an ambassador for 2D and this is 3D.

CTN-X (the CTN Animation Expo) kicks off this Friday in Burbank, and runs through to Sunday, November 22nd. There’s heaps of great panels and speakers over the 3-day event, and I was lucky enough to be invited to participate. I’m hosting a panel titled 1 + 3 + 5 = The Making of 9, where I’ll be quizzing a number of crew members about this feature film. Shane Acker, the creator and director of the CG-project will be on stage, and afterwards the team will be available for Q&A.

With a little help from Isam Prado, Fran Krause created this intro animation for the International College Peace Film Festival, which takes place in Seoul between November 26th and 29th.

The 2009 Ottawa International Animation Festival has come to a close, but below you can enjoy Head Gear Animation’s signal film. It was directed by Julian Grey, who animated the piece alongside Isaac King and Sean Branigan.

Finland’s Anima Boutique was handed the chance to create the trailer the 22nd Helsinki Film Festival, which features the theme of Love & Anarchy. This same theme was incorporated into the trailer film by co-directors Eliza Jäppinen and Falconauts. Love in the Mountains is an anime-inspired film that adds some horrifying graphics and sound design to a rather romantic tale set in a raw mountain environment.