Tag Archives: short films

Courts métrages Annecy

I love the sites of animation schools: they always have cool stuff to watch. One of the most famous, Gobelins, has a site too with a gallery with the last animations realised by the students. Every year the graduate animation … Continue reading

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Raoul Servais

At the Anima Mundi (International Animation Festival of Brazil) of 2001 the Belgian animator Raoul Servais was one of the special guests. To celebrate his presence, the festival did a retrospective with his films and an exhibition at the CCBB … Continue reading

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Buster Keaton on-line

I have always been a huge fan of Charlie Chaplin and for a long time I knew him only as the king of silent comedies. Many years later I discovered other legends: Harold Lloyd, Max Linder and Buster Keaton. I … Continue reading

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Cinémannecy

Association Cinémannecy se met en quatre pour vous proposer une ribambelle d’images nouvelles. Découvrez notre univers emplit de Courts et Très Courts Métrages… The list of films of 2005 contains some great videos and almost all have links to watch … Continue reading

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Le Moulin

Le Moulin (The Mill) is a pretty good animation by the student Florian Thouret . The animation was his project to the to École Émilie Cohl in 2005 and it was in the last Annecy. Through love, a man disrupts … Continue reading

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Adicolor’s Short Films

Everybody talked so much about the adidas adicolor short films directed by innovative directors, that I was waiting for brilliant results. Well, some are, but not all the videos. The pink directed by Charlie White is fabulous, almost creepy and … Continue reading

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LEGO Stop Motion Films

The British company Spite Your Face Productions makes illustrations, animations and LEGO short-films. Their stop motion films with LEGO include Spider-Man: The Peril of Doc Ock, One: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars: The Han Solo Affair and Monty Python and … Continue reading

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Ferenc Cakó

I was always fascinated by sand animation, so when I saw those Japanese TV commercials with sand animation I had to post about it. The commercials of NTT West are from 2004 but now are available online. The incredible live … Continue reading

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I will be out for a while

A warning for readers: I won’t post anything on the next few days because I intend to attend the Festival Internacional de Curtas-metragens de São Paulo (São Paulo International Short Film Festival). I will try to be back on the … Continue reading

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Oblong Pictures

Oblong Pictures is an imaginary film company which specialises in making short stop-motion films using the popular children’s toy, LEGO. (via SnarkySpot)

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