A typically excellent Disney/Pixar short by Kristen Lester (inspired by the director’s own experience as the only woman in her workplace).
The tale of a bright pink ball of wool making her way in all-male startup, B.R.O. Capital.
Category Archives: Animation
A very impressive science fiction short created by All In Pixel for The Verge’s Better Worlds project and based on a short story by Justina Ireland tells the tale of a woman determined to leave Earth for a new life on an off-world colony restricted to the wealthy.
F1/NASCAR commentary and famous movies lines – two of many literally interpreted animated vignettes based by Nick Murray Wills.
More here.
Cope and Robbers – a graduation short by Florian Maubach dealing with the uncertainties of adolescence. To wit:
While playing Cops and Robbers with his friends, Daniel begins to realise that between catching and being caught there is something more going on.
A short by Parisian motion designer and animator Raphaël Bluzet in which an astronaut (voiced by Gary Dourdan) discusses the challenges of life in space.
A surreal stop motion claymation by Guldies Konst which uses sound effects to satisfying effect – imbuing the constantly morphing forms with solidity and weight.
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A short by Chinese animation student Enge Xue in which a Rubik’s Cube-headed man in a Rubik’s Cube-headed world attempts to maintain connection when the colours of his face become mixed up. Also, he’s in his tights-whiteys.
A very impressive stop motion short featuring a mysterious quest set in a biomechanical alien world, created by Brett Foxwell, who spent ten years working on it.
And here’s how it was done.
Shallow vessels cut and glazed with precise patterns by ceramicist Kenny Sing, which transform into animated zoetropes when spun on a potter’s wheel.