Animation Category

Animation, Asides

Continued

Russian Motion Designer Tomin shares a rather delightful collection of fun motion sketches devised as miniature process tests in 'Continued'.

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Animation, Music Video

Balázs Simon Looks to Create a Little Animated Uncertainty with Interplanetary Music Video ‘Wurlitzer’

Balázs Simon joins Directors Notes to provide insight into his visually-striking, otherworldly animated music video for Leifur James track 'Wurlitzer'.

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Animation, Documentary

A Disturbing Lateral Thinking Puzzle Takes Centre Stage in Winnie Cheung’s Entertaining New Animated Doc ‘Albatross Soup’

Fresh from playing the Sundance & GLAS film festivals in 2019, Winnie Cheung joins Directors Notes to discuss psychedelic animated doc 'Albatross Soup'.

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Animation, Asides

The Ogre

Laurene Braibant excels in writing/directing duties for 'The Ogre' – a beautiful meets grotesque short about the titular character’s insatiable hunger.

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Animation, Asides, Music Video

Eleventh Century

A menagerie of colourful critters populate the world of Marco Puccini’s new animated music video for YGT track 'Eleventh Century'.

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Animation, Art & Fashion

Joshua Dawson Envisions the Digital Future of Chile’s Resource Striped Ghost Towns in Foreboding Short ‘Loa’s Promise’

Joshua Dawson tells DN how he used drone footage & 3D modelling to create a foreboding vision of Chile's resource striped ghost towns in 'Loa's Promise'.

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Animation, Live Action

A Pregnant Woman Struggles with a Life Altering Decision in Kevin Rios & Anamari Mesa’s Tender Short ‘Maternal’

Kevin Rios & Anamari Mesa co-direct the contemplative story of a young woman processing her doubts before meeting the adoptive parents of her unborn child

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Animation, Asides

GIFs of Thrones

Eran Mendel reprises his role as Game of Thrones GIF creator with his playful 'GIFs of Thrones' trailer along with a flirtatious episode 1 dragon flight.

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Animation, Music Video, Premiere

Florian Guibert Takes a Hypnotic Plunge into Sound & Vision for Piloot’s CGI Music Video ‘Gyre’

Florian Guibert reveals how his intimate knowledge as a member of Krautrock trio Piloot provided a creative guide for the visual experimentation of 'Gyre'

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Animation, Premiere

How Two Randomly Paired Characters Led Matthew Lee to Create Stop-Motion Short ‘Cabin Pressure’

Recent NFTS graduate Matthew Lee joins us to discuss stop-motion short 'Cabin Pressure' and how it helped shape his grad film 'One Liner'.

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Animation, Asides

The Grey Area

Leeds visual artist Katie Clark delves into the murky subject of what consent actually means in pointed animated short 'The Grey Area'.

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FlyTrap-Connor-Bland

Animation, Premiere

How a Housemate’s “Frustrating Domestic Habits” Inspired Connor Bland to Create Tense Animation ‘FlyTrap’

Connor Bland joins us to discuss his unusual short 'FlyTrap' - a claustrophobic animation about a germaphobe and his growing obsession with his housemate.

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