Halloween is upon us, and to help put fear into your soul, I present The Last Train, a CG short directed by the Irish team at Giant Creative. The film is the product of The Animation Hub, “a collaboration between staff and students of the Irish School of Animation (ISA) at Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE).” While the score was dramatic, and fitting, I think this film would be more powerful if it were also filled with sound effects. There’s so much going on, it would have added to the intensity and fright.
Here’s an intriguing trailer – it’s for Alex Sherwood’s graduation film from the Irish School of Animation. His short is titled The Apple Tree. It’s NSFW, but in what appears to be a very innocent way. We’ll keep you updated when the full film is available for viewing.
Brown Bag Films’ Darragh O’Connell, fresh off an Oscar nomination for Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, is ready to offer up a peek at his latest work. It’s titled 23 Degrees 5 Minutes, and we’re invited to the frigid Arctic, where an explorer reflects on a pursuit for the unified theory. The cast includes John Hurt, and the full film will come out this summer. Here’s a trailer:
Aardman Animations director Chopsy lead the charge on this animated stop-motion commercial spot for Ireland’s National Consumer Agency.
The Secret of Kells, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 2010 Academy Awards, is now available on DVD here in the US. Tomm Moore and crafty crew at Cartoon Saloon in Ireland created a critically-acclaimed film that also brought new attention to the realm of traditional 2D animation. Here’s a clip:
The wonderful, traditionally-animated feature The Secret of Kells is playing in multiple cities across the US, including Los Angeles (at the Landmark on Pico). If you’re not already excited to see this Oscar-nominated feature, this review from Kenneth Turan should entice your clicking finger to go buy tickets.
With an Oscar nomination in hand, the team behind Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty dusted off ol’ Granny for a little gloating. Big congrats to the whole team at Brown Bag Films.
