Category Archives: Animation

A short by The Animation Workshop of VIA University College in Denmark wherein a disaffected young woman is lured in to the realm of a charismatic figure where she is free to follow her instincts and explore her deepest desires.

Steady on.

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The Great Filter – one possible reason why we may never detect another extraterrestrial civilisation in the observable universe (everyone chill, it’s just a theory). Kurzgesagt says:

Finding alien life on a distant planet would be amazing news – or would it? If we are not the only intelligent life in the universe, this probably means our days are numbered and doom is certain.

Hurray!

Oh wait now.

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A festival-favourite 2016 short by Tel Aviv based animators Hani Dombe & Tom Kouris. To wit:

Lili refuses to let go of her childhood and fights a sandstorm that threatens to take it away. In the heart of the storm she rediscovers the joy of childhood, but forced to choose between illusion and reality.

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The plot of Breaking Bad neatly truncated by Cineytele into one minute in the style of a 1A4 Studio speedrun on the occasion of the series’ first transmission 10 years ago this week.

Spoiler alert, eh, we suppose.

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Or, ‘Short But Sweet’: a frenetic and hilarious animation by Netherlands-based studio KLOMP! that manages to pack in every cliché of the fantasy movie genre, while still rescuing the princess in record time.

If your Dutch is any less than fluent, keep captioning on.

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An impressive 2015 graduation short by five students of SUPINFOCOM Valenciennes telling the tale of a legendary sea monster.

But who are the real monsters here?

It’s humans. It’s always humans.

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