Mutaminx favourite “A Kiss From Tokyo” by Stephan Coedel and Kevin Dart, is deconstructed at Art of the Title

vice versa from jacques khouri

Video for Luke Jackson’s “Goodbye London”
Directed by Murray John

“A Kiss From Tokyo” Theatrical trailer from Stephane coedel on Vimeo.

Simple, sweet animation

Deceptively simple stop-motion

There’s some production stills here

A Buck’s Worth - 2005 short by Tatia Rosenthal

“$9.99″ - a new stop-motion feature, coming out next week
Watch the trailer and read an interview with the director Tatia Rosenthal

Congratulations to all nominees, it’s a great year for animated shorts. I could and perhaps should, write a separate post on each of them.

Watch clips here

LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES : dir Kunio Kato : In a world gradually flooding with water, an old man adapts to changing circumstances and looks back on his life.
LAVATORY - LOVESTORY : dir Konstantin Bronzit : A lonely lavatory attendant finds a bouquet of flowers in her tip jar.
OKTAPODI : dir Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand : An octopus fights to keep his beloved out of the cooking pot.
PRESTO : dir Doug Sweetland : A carrot triggers a war of wits between a magician and his hungry bunny.
THIS WAY UP : dir Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes : A series of misfortunes befalls a pair of undertakers on their way to the cemetery.

Every year Animation World News takes the shorts nominees on a tour of the major studios, showing their films and meeting other animators. It’s all chronicled here.

Watch the Oscars on Feb 22nd 5pm (Pacific Time)

The Oscars are nearly here and this year it’s all CG

BOLT : dir Chris Williams and Byron Howard : trailers
KUNG FU PANDA : dir John Stevenson and Mark Osborne : trailers
WALL-E : dir Andrew Stanton : trailers

Watch the Oscars on Feb 22nd 5pm (Pacific Time)