Yet another amazing student film has emerged from the French school Gobelins. Le Royaume (The United) is the creation of Nuno Alves-Rodrigues, Oussama Bouacheria, Julien Chheng, Aymeric Kevin, Sébastien Hary, Franck Monier and Ulysse Malassagne. It’s surely an original tale. We watch a King boss around forest creatures, demanding a castle be erected in his honor.

I enjoyed the creative twists in Natalie Piotrkowski’s traditionally-animated short, Have a Chase. It was created in her final year at Vancouver Film School in the Classical Animation program.

After Monday’s post of the Gobelins student film Smoke My Christmas, I was thirsty for more. This morning, I drank in Jean-Luc, an equally wonderful film, that is infused with the rubbery lunacy that made me fall in love with animation in the first place. This traditionally-animated short was directed by Arthur Peltzer, Fabien Guillaume, Jean-Baptiste Maligne, Jerémy Macedo, Julien Daubas and Paul Nivet, third year students at the French animation school. It’s a fast-paced romp about a video game nut named Jean-Luc who suffers a seizure, only to be rescued by an amorous, dashing doctor.

…. and here’s a slideshow Paul Nivet put together of the development process behind the short.
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Yum Yum is Beth Algieri and Jonny Plummer, two London-based, world-class designers who also direct. This short below was made simply to “brighten up your day.” Mission accomplished.

The talented folks at Make have crafted a stylish short that pits conservation vs. industrialization. Using no dialog, director/writer Danny Robashkin asks if it’s possible for these two concepts to live in harmony. The short, titled Envirometer, has travelled the globe, screening at dozens of festivals including the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

It’s a little early to start talking Santa Claus…. or is it? Seems we start this Christmas stuff earlier each year. Well, what better way to do it than a brilliant animated short. Smoke My Christmas was directed by Clément Desnos, Jean-David Fabre, Julien Perron, Rémi Salmon and Vincent Vernier students at Gobelins. The 3-minute short feels a bit anticlimactic, but the dance floor sequence on it’s own is worth the watch. [NSFW - nudity]

From the folks at Bird Box Studio and BBC Comedy who brought us Blues, and Ice Creams, had this little gem hidden away until now. Ok, maybe not hidden, but we just stumbled upon this short called Duel.

Credits Include:
Writer and Animator – Ant Blades
Producer – Jon Petrie
Exec Producer – Ash Atalla