Best Animation Films

Animation Category

Ryan Oligmueller’s Tender Stop Motion ‘Creature Comfort’ Finds a Lonely Creature Reflecting on His Past

Ryan Oligmueller takes DN through the personal and practical journey of making his tender-hearted short about a lonely forest creature searching out its past.

Animation

A Horrifying Tour of Humanity Raises Questions of Free Will in Theo W Scott’s Animated Short Cuties

Theo W Scott talks to DN about his hope that its tale of "dumb characters butchering each other" throughout history will inspire questions of free will.

Animation

The Worlds of Dreams and Reality Blend Together in KINEMUS’ Kaleidoscopic Vonfelt Animated Music Video ‘Je Pars’

Animators Michelle Brand & Toby Auberg return to DN with a music video that combines their individual 2D & 3D styles to create a distinct new look.

Animation, Music

Alessandra Leone Literalises Fluidity as Form in Her Immersive Music Video for Zoë Mc Pherson’s ‘Lamella’

Alessandra Leone tells DN how she channelled the malleability of Zoe Mc Pherson's track into the ever evolving form of her experimental video.

Animation, Premiere

A Father Attempts Everything to Save His Son in Cliona Noonan’s Heartbreaking Animation ‘Soft Tissue’

Cliona Noonan describes how her enforcement of creative limitations birthed the most interesting ideas in her tender familial animated short.

Animation, Music

Boundaries Between the Real and Virtual World Are Pushed to the Absurd in Erin Murray’s ‘Anyway U Want It’

We speak to Erin Murray about crafting the gyrating comedy of her subversive music video look at a flawed relationship's dying gasps in a VR sex session.

Animation, Music, Premiere

Benn Veasey’s ‘Vibration’ Is a Celebration of Dance and Community Manifested by Artificial Intelligence

Benn Veasey speaks to the narrative substance that needed to underpin the stylish AI generated imagery used in his globe-spanning music video.

The Song of a Lost Boy Short Film Daniel Quirke

Animation

Daniel Quirke Explains How Wax, Religion & DIY Instruments Inspired NFTS Short ‘The Song of a Lost Boy’

NFTS grad Daniel Quirke joins us to discuss his BAFTA-nominated stop motion short about a young choir boy's crisis of faith and journey to self-acceptance.

Animation, Live Action

Jeff Ledellaytner & Ariel Costa Present a Lo-Fi Psychedelic Visual Feast With Super Bobby Music Video ‘Dirty City’

Jeff Ledellaytner reveals how he and Co-Director Ariel Costa embraced each other's creativity for their constantly-evolving surreal music video.

Animation

A Day in the Life of a Child Becomes a Psychedelic Voyage in Gerhard Funk’s Trippy ‘A Goat’s Spell’

Gerhard Funk tells DN how shifting production into Virtual Reality gave him the creative boost needed to finish off his hallucinatory animation.

Animation

Lina Kalcheva Draws From Greek Mythology for Her Romantic Entanglement Stop Motion Short ‘Other Half’

Lina Kalcheva unpacks the philosophical grounding of her NFTS stop motion grad short which presents a world where couples become physically entangled.

Animation, Music, Premiere

A Boundless Futuristic City Is Explored in Karl Poyzer’s Sci-Fi Music Video for Ital Tek’s ‘The Mirror’

Karl Poyzer explains how he embraced the freedom offered by animation and free application Blender for his cityscape-based science fiction music video.