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Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XLVIX - Alone, Stinking and Unafraid

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: The tedium that is festival ceremonies

Classic Animation ANIMATIONWorld

Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Accidents Will Happen'

Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. Today: Accidents Will Happen by Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton.

indie animation ANIMATIONWorld

Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'Hipopotamy'

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. Today: Piotr Dumala's acclaimed and despised, Hipopotamy.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XLVIII - Force Fields at Home

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: home and homeland at the forefront of many new animation shorts.

Classic Animation ANIMATIONWorld

Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Vaccination Scar'

Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. Today: We remember the Canadian singer/poet/frontman, Gord Downie via Christopher Mill's video for The Tragically Hip, Vaccination Scar.

indie animation ANIMATIONWorld

Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'Breakfast on the Grass'

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. Today: Breakfast on the Grass (2011)

Interview ANIMATIONWorld

What are all those paint men digging? - ' Leaving the Table'

Every Monday or so, Chris Robinson asks an animator how they made a particular film. This week: Christopher Mills discusses his music video for Leonard Cohen, Leaving the Table.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XLVII - Things That I Will Keep

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: a salute to the late Peter Dougherty, a champion of indie animation

Animation Shorts ANIMATIONWorld

Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'Radiation'

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. Today's Layla Atkinson and Trunk animation serve up, Radiation, a new short aimed at kids with cancer.

Interview ANIMATIONWorld

What are all those paint men digging? - ' Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)'

Every Monday or so, Chris Robinson asks an animator how they made a particular film. This week: Chel White discusses his classic short, Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XLVI - Other Dogs Remain

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. This week: Pookie the Pug has a problem with the way dogs are portrayed in animation and popular culture.

short animation ANIMATIONWorld

Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'War Photographer'

Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. Today: War Photographer  (2005) by Joel Trussell

Interviews ANIMATIONWorld

Universal Truths and Cycles: Ann Marie Fleming Talks ‘Window Horses’

Canadian independent animation director details the making of her award-winning feature telling the story of a naïve young woman of mixed descent who travels abroad to a poetry festival in Iran.

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