Studio AKA’s David Prosser designed and directed this new spot for Statoil, the Norwegian energy company. Live action seamlessly blends into gorgous CG animation, telling the tale of a father and his daughter at storytime. The 60 second spot is titled Goodnight.

The BBC just aired a biopic titled Holy Flying Circus, which takes us back to 1979 when Monty Python was making their controversial, religious satire, Monty Python’s Life of Brian. You can see a clip or two from the hour and half film on YouTube, but below is the behind-the-scenes assembly from the Nexus-produced title sequence. BAFTA award winning Animation Director Jim Le Fevre illustrates the extremely complicated process of building his largest Phonotrope creation to date. Around the 2:15 mark you will see the entire title sequence, even a part that was cut from the final production. It’s a real tribute to Terry Gilliam, the American-born member of the troupe, who created all of the animated elements in the vast Monty Python library. More background on the effort on Le Fevre’s blog.

The UK’s Mustashrik Mahbub served as the animation director for this new Müller yogurt spot. Antoine Bardou-Jaquet directed the spot, titled Wünderful Stuff, which features a number of familiar animated characters, including Yogi Bear, Muttley and the Mr. Men cast. The piece was produced by PartizanLab and The Mill.

A few years back, Sarah Wickens, while studying at The Royal College of Art in the UK, created this unique, stop-motion piece titled What Light.

The talented gang at A Large Evil Corporation have awakened a new CG animated short titled Gawper. It’s a comedic horror-themed piece, in the vein of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and they’ve fashioned the characters to look like marionettes. Beautifully executed with excellent acting as well.

With the support of Passion Pictures, Julia Pott has wrapped up her latest student short, titled Belly. As you can see in this trailer below, it’s an abstract film, with an aquatic theme. Pott’s animation team included Robin Bushell, Ben Cady, Eamonn O Neill, Stephen Middleton and Theo Nunn. The 7-minute film was produced at the Royal College of Art.

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared doesn’t appear scary at all. Until it does. This acid-trip in pre-school clothing was created by This is It, “a collective of illustrators, animators, artists and designers based in London.” This short features puppets and some 2D animation, and it was directed by Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling. Green isn’t a creative color, stupid!