Taylor Jessen reviews five short films — The Guilt Trip or, the Vaticans Take a Holiday by Lisa Barcy, Journey to the West by Moto Sakakibara, Intolerance by Phil Mulloy, Journey to Mars (Viage a Marte) by Juan Pablo Zaramela and Morir de Amor by Gil Alkabetz. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Taylor Jessen reviews five short films — Beak (Bek) by Lucette Braune, Frank and Wendy (Frank ja Wendy) by David Snowman, Frog by Christopher Conforti, Portrait of D (Retrato de D) by María Lorenzo, The Zit by Mike Blum. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Taylor Jessen reviews five short films — Moo(n) by Leigh Hodgkinson; The Man Without a Shadow (L’homme sans ombre) by Georges Schwizgebel, The Birthday (Syntymäpäivä) directed by Kari Juusonen, Handshake directed by Patrick Smith and Through My Thick Glasses (À travers mes grosses lunettes) directed by Pjotr Sapegin. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Taylor Jessen reviews five short films — Flatlife by Jonas Geirnart, Snip by Steven Woloshen, Piñata by Mike Hollands, Bear Hunt by Vance Reeser and Everybody Else Has Had More Sex Than Me by Bernard Derriman. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Peter Plantec reports back from fmx/05 in Stuttgart, Germany, after experiencing an invigorating and intimate kind of DCC conference rooted in real-world and academic synergy.

Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: Learn Self Defense by Chris Harding, The Old Crocodile (Toshi Wo Totta Wani) by Koji Yamamura, Sheol by Rubén Möller, The Tooth by Nathan Stone and Egg by Behn Zeitlin. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: Command Z by Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli, Prowlies at the River by Adam Phillips, Still I Remain (like a fish out of water) by Tom Gibbons, Woman in the Attic by Chansoo Kim and Patricia Grey by Anne Koizumi. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Taylor Jessen reviews five short films: Guard Dog by Bill Plympton, Fallen Art by Tomek Baginski, The Revolution of the Crabs by Arthur De Pins, 9 by Shane Acker and It’s the Cat by Mark Kausler. Includes QuickTime movie clips!

Mary Ann Skweres reports back from Sundance — the premiere U.S. film festival — regarding the animated encounters she experienced.

Tulay Tetiker presents an overview of the many companies competing in the growing German visual effects industry.