2D Animation Tag Archive

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Animation

How Being an “Extreme Daydreamer” Inspires the Work of Sacha Beeley and Her Short Film ‘Babyface’

With a spoon as its central character, we speak to animator Sacha Beeley about her love of oddball characters and her short film, Babyface.

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Animation, Live Action, Premiere

Live-Action Grime Meets Hand-Drawn Whimsy in Cameron Macgowan’s Silent Eco-Fable of Scavengers and Sprouts ‘Seed’

Shot with friends in Kananaskis wilderness dressed in scavenged junk, Cameron Macgowan's charming wordless short grew through years of unhurried collaboration.

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Animation, Awards

Konstantin Bronzit Defines the Gestures That Underscore Meaning in His Oscar-Nominated Short ‘The Three Sisters’

A simple life for three island-dwelling sisters is thrown into chaos in Konstantin Bronzit's controversially received Oscar-nominated animation short.

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Animation, Awards

How “Lowering the Stakes” Led John Kelly to Strike Creative Gold with Oscar-Nominated Short ‘Retirement Plan’

John Kelly shares how a realisation he needed “to do more with less” guided him in creating the multi-award-winning animated short film 'Retirement Plan'.

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Animation

Inside the Hypnotic World of ‘Shapes’: How Tsz-wing Ho Let Music Lead the Way

Animator Tsz-wing Ho returns to DN to share how mastering time management and connecting deeply with music inspired the creation of mesmerising film 'Shapes'.

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Animation

Cassie Shao Transforms Repetitive Explosive Moments into Narrative Inspiration in ‘This is a Story Without a Plan’

How the repetitive feeling of "watching an explosion slowly unfolding" led animator Cassie Shao to create her experimental mixed media relationship short film.

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Animation, Awards

The Art of Minimalism: Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi on Oscar Winning Animation ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’

We learn how Shirin Sohani & Hossein Molayemi battled against the headwinds of filmmaking in Iran all the way to the Academy Awards with their animated short.

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Animation, Awards

How a Theatre Full of Disgusted Kids Inspired Loïc Espuche to Create the Oscar Nominated Short ‘Yuck!’ (Beurk!)

Director Loïc Espuche joins us to discuss how he brought a little lip-tingling magic to his Oscar-nominated tale of hidden desires and first kisses.

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Animation, Awards

Robin Shaw on the Pressure of Adapting Beloved ‘Mog’s Christmas’ for His BAFTA Nominated Animated Short

Robin Shaw discusses the art of creating family-friendly films, the challenge of staying true to source material and replicating the tactile intimacy of books.

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Animation

A Child Navigates a Fantastical Dreamscape to Escape Their Harsh Reality in Leo Metcalf’s ‘A Time Before’

Leo Metcalf breaks down the mixed media approach to the dreamlike, experimental world of his immersive childhood trauma short.

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Animation

Harry Plowden’s Scuzzy Animation ‘All Gucci My Broski’ Chronicles a Young Man’s Filthy Inner Monologue

Harry Plowden tells DN why embarrassment was the key emotional touchstone of his short exploring the line between comedic relatability and dark misogyny.

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Animation

Tsz-wing Ho Reinterprets the Geometric Nature of Hong Kong’s M+ Museum in Abstract Animation ‘& More’

Animator Tsz-wing Ho tells DN how she deconstructed the form of the M+ Museum into her fluid shifting short exploring what underpins our material world.

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