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Johnny Kelly: Back to the Start

Chipotle? Yes, Chipotle. In an effort to raise awareness concerning food issues and promote sustainable food systems, they’ve commissioned Back to the Start, a short… Read more

Impactist: Plants and Animals EP Promos

Promo for “East (Original Sketch)” We love seeing self-initiated personal projects, so it’s a thrill to see another round of short, sweet, imaginative promos from… Read more

Mill Touch

The Mill NY has crafted quite an elaborate and astonishing way for visitors to their office to engage with their work with Mill Touch. With… Read more

Léonard Cohen: Plato

Plato by Léonard Cohen. Made at École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratif and winner of Best Graduation Film at Annecy 2011.

Robert Showalter: Origins

Origins by Robert Showalter. Senior thesis at Ringling College of Art and Design. Music by Cody Cook.

Playgrounds Audiovisual Arts Festival

In Tilburg, a small town in the south of The Netherlands, a wonderfull festival is hidden. Playgrounds Audiovisual Arts Festival is a festival for innovative… Read more

Tom Judd: Bruce

Tom Judd’s Bruce explores how advances in open-source synthetic biology allow a young man to grow his very own action hero. Graduation film from the… Read more

Lara Lee: My Favourite Animal

A child’s worldview makes for a rich jumping off point — as explored in Yeondoo Jung’s Wonderland photography series, Dave Devries’ Monster Engine, or Axe… Read more

En Agosto

Two years for the making of En Agosto, but here it is, a perfect combination of 2D and 3D animation in this beautiful 15-minute short… Read more

Max Hattler: Jemapur’s ‘AANAATT’

Here’s an abstract stop-motion to contrast with your digital days. Max Hattler directs this analogue futurist music video for Jemapur’s AANAATT. (Thanks, Jason!)

Sehsucht: Misereor

Mate Steinforth and Sehsucht create this woodcut-inspired spot for Misereor.

Terry Gilliam’s cutout animation tutorial

A blast from the past! The youthful Terry Gilliam explaining the methods behind his cutout animations.This has been circulating the interwebs for a bit, and… Read more

Ori Toor: Panda Bear — “Alsatian Darn” (unofficial)

Ori Toor continues to explore psychedelic, fluid animation in this unofficial music video for Panda Bear’s Alsatian Darn. If you haven’t seen it yet, check… Read more

Black Swan meets Sesame Street

Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, from Becky Sloan and Joseph Pelling (with the London-based This Is It Collective) was a Quickie that caught my attention… Read more

David Salaices: Clock DJ

Wiki wiki wiki. A clock collage by the Madrid-based Musikame team — David Salaices, Alex Santiago and Latrama. (Via Vimeo staff picks.)

Michel Gagné: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

I don’t have an Xbox, but if I did, right now I’d be playing Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, created by Joe Olson and Michel Gagné.… Read more

Yowie and the Magpie by Dylan White

Been a long time coming, but this delightfully illustrative and darkly comic tale is now available to view in its entirety online, after having toured… Read more

Channel 4 Street Summer promo

Update: MPC’s behind-the-scene ‘making of’. Fascinating stuff! Given the recent riots and looting that’s been plaguing England, I cannot help but post this “Street Summer”… Read more

SIGGRAPH 2011: Technical Papers Fast Forward

Hi Motionographers! We’re at SIGGRAPH 2011, here in beautiful Vancouver. SIGGRAPH is the Association for Computing Machinery’s annual conference on computer graphics, where you can find… Read more

Mac ‘n’ Cheese

Mac ‘n’ Cheese from Mac ‘N’ Cheese on Vimeo. This wonderful, light and funny piece is made by Gijs van Kooten, Tom Hankins, Roy Nieterau… Read more

Memory Tapes’ “Yes I Know” by Najork

Memory Tapes’ “Yes I Know” from Najork on Vimeo. At first glance, a quiet, almost serene black and white video. Nevertheless, it’s packed with visual effects. Each image is carefully and… Read more

DANIELS: My Best Friend’s Wedding/My Best Friend’s Sweating

A new short short from DANIELS to make you smile on hump day. (Thanks, Jason)

Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits: My Mother’s Coat

Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits shares her mother’s intimate ruminations with us in the touching My Mother’s Coat. Royal College of Art, 2010. For more lovely illustration, check… Read more

OK GO, Pilobolus, Trish Sie: All Is Not Lost

It was only a matter of time until OK GO got into the Chrome experiment game. They’ve partnered up with dance company Pilobolus, longtime collaborator… Read more