Latest animated feature from indie king Bill Plympton and Jim Lujan playing at the IFC Center in New York August 3-9 followed by a one-week engagement at the Laemmle Monica in Los Angeles.
Watch Lewandowski’s surreal, rubbery, naked CG characters in the gloriously wacky trio of experimental CG-animated short films ‘going to the store,’ ‘late for meeting’ and ‘time for sushi.’
Experimental animation features “ugly characters, faulty dynamic animation, a new age spiritual soundtrack and an over-the-top metaphysical storyline.”
Complex, multi-layered 45-minute work is set in the late 19th century during Belgium’s colonization of the Congo Basin in West Africa.
Kangmin Kim takes us behind the scenes of his strange and true short film, Deer Flower (2016).
Lorelei Pepi's Grace (1998), a mesmerizing and mysterious poetic meditation on time, mortality, and the daily difficulty of just being.
52 Films, 1 Year: Meet John Morena.
Revisiting Georges Schwizgebel's classic, 78 Tours (1985)
Jake Fried talks about the making of his trippy caffeinated short, Mind Frame (2016)
David Barlow-Krelina's ode to sneezing, Bless You (2013)
Stop-motion wizard Patrick Bouchard (2018's 'Le Sujet'/'The Subject') thinks back on his 2002 debut film, 'The Brainwashers.'
The indie director discusses her animated film project performed with live music, her residency at the Open Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, and her feelings about artistic inspiration and choice of technique.
Roberto Catani's lucious 1998 short, 'La Sagra (Festival)'
A look back at Fran Krause's influential student film, Mister Smile (1999)
Ross Hogg talks about his newly (online) released short, Life Cycles (2017), a stellar and blunt depiction of modern monotony.
A dreamy Kei Oyama double bill featuring The Thaw (2004) and Consulation Room (2005)
Sophie Koko Gate takes us quickly behind the scenes of her 2014 student film, 'Half Wet', which delves into aging, mortality, a failing relationship and, perhaps, a banana.
An exploration of the sensually seductive grooves of Bastian Dupriez's abstract short film, 'Sillon 672' (2014), spiced with a dash of Jerry Lee Lewis.
Hungarian animator Réka Bucsi talks about the making of her short film, 'Symphony No. 42' (2014)
Every Wednesday, Chris Robinson takes a look at short animation films. Today: Gaëlle Denis' marvellous portrait of a newcomer in a strange world, 'City Paradise' (2004)
Every Wednesday, Chris Robinson takes a look at short animation films. Today, Stephen Irwin's flip book wonder, 'The Black Dog's Progress '(2009).
Great animated shorts and feature films produced in Europe may garner nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, but nary a win.
Every Monday or so, Chris Robinson asks an animator how they made a particular film. This week: Nina Gantz talks about the making of her pleasantly disturbing and disturbingly pleasant student film, 'Edmond'
