The Smelly Hamstergeccos was a Hungarian children rockband. Their songs and lyrics are as intuitive and powerful as the best children’s drawings. This psychedelic music video was created with the same fun mentality using colour crayon drawings to present the band’s members and the song’s hero, a strawberry.
Director Don Hertzfeldt joins moderator Miguel Penabella (Film and Media Studies, UCSB) for a discussion of his films ME and It’s Such a Beautiful Day. They discuss his time as a UCSB student and his early interest in animation, as well as the development of his new film. Hertzfeldt also shares insights into his influences from silent cinema, and his thematic interests in deep time and memory across his work.
A meditation on blind evolution.
A storm reaches the shores of Brittany. Natures drives crazy, two young scientists get caught up in the chaos. Espionage, romantic tensions and mysterious events clash with enthusiasm and randomness.
Bringing a make-believe world to life through stop-frame animation takes a large and talented team! See how all the pieces come together to make a stop-frame animation scene.
A photograph is a window into the past, but sometimes, the border between past and present is not entirely clear. This stop-motion animation invites us to think about our relationship to time, by portraying one woman caught in the middle.
Inspired by Desert Island Comics, the iconic Brooklyn shop now indefinitely closed, this cut paper animation speaks to the connective power of comic books.
The English word STONES contains two Polish words: STO (100) and STOS (pile). A pile of stones was used to create this abstract extravaganza of stripes and circles.
Flat sarcastic horror parody of comic series from the 1930s.
This is an animated story about the time Steve, my pet ferret, had to get a splenectomy. I hope that by the end of this video you will love him as much as I do.
The feature-length animated film "Even Mice Belong to Heaven" (dir. Jan Bubeníček, Denisa Grimmová), created with puppet technology, had its world premiere at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Our webinar will take a look behind the scenes of the film's production, following the journey from the artistic design of an object or space to its actual realization, including the production of the puppet part of the film, its artistic and technological concept, the preparatory work in the studios, and the filming, followed by a presentation focused on the combination of puppet film with elements of computer graphics. Jan Bubeníček Graduate of Department of Animation at FAMU. Director of animation studio Eallin. Worked at UPP as head of 3D department and VFX supervisor. Forms directing duo with Denisa Grimmová. Curator of exhibition Worlds of Czech Animation. Filmography includes shorts "Na draka", "Hurrrááá na pinceznu!!!", "Ludvík's Patrol", "Three Foos", "Pirate", "Death Stories" and feature "Mice Belong to Heaven" (2021). Jan Kurka (Magiclab) Graphic designer with nearly fifteen years of experience in film post-production. Currently working as DMP (matte painting) supervisor at Magiclab post-production studio. Worked on Czech and foreign films such as The Angry Man, Aladdin, Masaryk, Without a Trace, The Clockmaker's Apprentice, The Last Race and Mice Belong to Heaven. More information and lectures at: https://www.ceeanimation.eu https://www.ceeanimation.eu/experience/cee-animation-experience/ https://www.facebook.com/ceeanimation/ CEE Animation Experience is a series of webinars organized in cooperation with selected partners in the CEE region. This activity targets animation industry professionals, who will gain new insights as shared by top regional and world experts and get a rewarding experience of film production directly.
Death comes to animated life out of the darkness. He sings to celebrate his living god, the force that moves him. But when the music stops, he encounters a strange presence.
Et tu doggy? Synchronicity strikes in the American Midwest.
From his dark days in Communist Czechoslovakia through brighter times in the United States, animator Paul Fierlinger has navigated through life with dogs as his co-pilot.
The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling. But Liza’s co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?
Grandpa and grandson street sellers sell stars in a town near the shore. One night, they run out of stars…
Puppet making made to make music.
Adventures of a little boy Hugo and a taxi driver Peppino on their journey through dangerous universe. One meter faster than light they flee from the furious monsters of Aldebaran. Animated short for children based on the fairy tale by famous Gianni Rodari.
Can we say that we were sexually assaulted by our brother to our own mother? The obvious answer should be yes. However, few come out of the silence. The question we ask ourselves is “Why aren’t we talking about it ?” »
A mysterious box arriving at the door disturbs Salini’s peaceful routine leaving her paralysed and obsessed with discovering the contents of the box. I poured so much of myself into this project and have fallen in love with stop motion as well as the weird and wonderful world that Salini lives in during this process. The patience and care needed to create it has taught me a lot about the gentleness and love that we owe to ourselves and each other.