Up in chilly Vancouver, the Winter Olympics start today, and it’s high time we give a shout out to Meomi. They’re the team that designed the Olympic mascots, Miga, Quatchi and Sumi. Here’s a short animation featuring Quatchi, and there’s a great video interview with Meomi founders Vicki Wong and Michael Murhpy over at the official Olympics site.

The 2010 Winter Olympics start up in Vancouver on February 12th, and the BBC has ordered up a little animation to help kick it off. Marc Craste at STUDIOaka crafted this powerful short that features Akiak’s “quest to find the missing head of Ilanaaq.” To find out exactly what that means, watch the short, then head over to the BBC website for a read.

For the upcoming Forum des Images event in Paris, Sabine Hitier directed this stylish promotional short. She helps announce Tout-Petits Cinéma, an event aimed at children 1 1/2 to 4 years old.

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This opener for the UAF Nanook Hockey team is sports comedy gold. It’s a perfect send-up of all those other CG intros we suffer through at various sporting events. The piece was directed by Jon Dorfman and Szymon Weglarski and Mike Martinez.

Spotted some stylish 2D promo bumpers for MoreFrames, an animation team in Pennsylvania.

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Matt Frodsham has unveiled the first of 5 Cartoon Network IDs he’s been producing.

Montreal’s Pat Desilets created this ident for the 2009 Just For Laughs International event, which was held in Lyon, France.