For a festival noted for puppet and 2D animation, the emphasis on 3D this year was a big departure. Anifilm program director Pavel Horacek explained “Animators sometimes unjustly view 3D computer animation as a bad, cold, commercial technique, usually associated with mainstream entertainment.
Filmmaker and Emily Carr University Prof, Lorelei Pepi answers some brilliant questions.
Two bickering birds and their hapless owner make an amusing dysfunctional ensemble in this new animated web series.
Paul Driessen's Golden Oldie ode to scribblers, The Writer (1988)
ANIMARKT Pitching 2018 – submit a project of your stop motion short
Projects of animated shorts and TV special episodes made with the use of puppet technique can take part in the pitching organized for the second time during ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum. The deadline for submissions is July 31st.
Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter discusses the making of his 2017 fable.
Theodore Ushev finally gets around to answering some life brightening questions.
Heino Par's saucy and playful, Nail (1972)
Oscillations' visceral, philosophical and provocative approach to immersive media.
Kangmin Kim takes us behind the scenes of his strange and true short film, Deer Flower (2016).
Avoiding sequel-itis, Pixar’s latest is their best since ‘Inside Out.’
Latvian hockey superstar Vladimir Leschiov steps away from the ice to tackle some hardcore questions about the decline of civilization, japanese art supplies, and the time Jimmy Page tackled Freddie Chopin at an airport.
Lorelei Pepi's Grace (1998), a mesmerizing and mysterious poetic meditation on time, mortality, and the daily difficulty of just being.
Steve Angel, co-founder of Toronto's Head Gear Animation, takes the stand to answer some pressing questions
52 Films, 1 Year: Meet John Morena.
Revisiting Georges Schwizgebel's classic, 78 Tours (1985)
The director discusses his latest film, the live-action/VFX driven adaptation of the classic German children’s story.
A boots-on-the-ground view from ex-pat VR pioneer Nikk Mitchell.
Jake Fried talks about the making of his trippy caffeinated short, Mind Frame (2016)
The extraordinary experimental animator/artist/soothsayer, Boris Labbé provides you with all the answers you need for a moderately content life.
On the 65th anniversary of the 1953 animated classic, AWN’s resident ‘Miscweant’ speaks with Kathryn Beaumont, the voice of Wendy in Disney’s ‘Peter Pan.’
David Barlow-Krelina's ode to sneezing, Bless You (2013)
The 25th birthday celebration edition of the International Trickfilm Festival in Stuttgart, Germany was bigger than ever with an expanded game zone and more than 200 individual events. Running concurrently with the Trickfilm Festival for four days, the FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games, and Immersive Media provided an excellent over view of the industries’ present state and even more important its future. This year FMX was completely sold out with 4,000 visitors who listened to 264 speakers.
Stop-motion wizard Patrick Bouchard (2018's 'Le Sujet'/'The Subject') thinks back on his 2002 debut film, 'The Brainwashers.'
