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Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'Two Weeks - Two Minutes'

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. Today's short is Judith Poirier's Two Weeks - Two Minutes (2013).

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Animators Unearthed - Naoyuki Tsuji

Every Monday, Chris Robinson serves up Animators Unearthed, a brief introduction to prominent and not-so-prominent indie animators. Today he screens the work of Japanese animator, Naoyuki Tsuji

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Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXVI - Speak in Many Colors

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. This week offers a solution to the overuse of the piano in animation short films.

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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Crime and Punishment'

Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. This week's screening: Piotr Dumala's unique adaptation of Crime and Punishment (2000).

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

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. This week he screens a snippet from Replacement (2013), a relatively unknown film about a child's dread about a dentist appointment.

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Animators Unearthed - Stephanie Maxwell

Every Monday, Chris Robinson serves up Animators Unearthed, a brief introduction to prominent and not-so-prominent indie animators. This week he screens the work of experimental filmmaker, Stephanie Maxwell.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXV - Please Be Honest

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. This week he wonders if animation film reviews are critical enough.

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

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. This week's short is Joseph Pierce's dark comedy, A Family Portrait (2010)

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXIV - Mix up the Satellites

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. This week: the unappreciated art of short film screening sequencing.

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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Tale about the Cat and the Moon'

Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. Today's screening is Pedro Serrazina's Tale about the Cat and the Moon.

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Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'Life with Herman H. Rott'

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. This week's short is the domestic comedy Life with Herman H. Rott by Chintis Lundgren.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXIII - Some Things Are Big (And Some Things Are Small)

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. This week, he wonders why programmers, curators and audiences are so impatient with long short films.

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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'The Night of the Carrots'

Every Thursday, Chris Robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past. This week's screening: Priit Pärn's mysterious The Night of the Carrots

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