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

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.

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

Angela Stempel talks about the making of her acclaimed graduation comedy, 'Heart Chakra' (2017) a comic take on the world of crystals and all things 'new age'.

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I Have a Question Patrick Doyon

In which Chris Robinson asks animation professionals profoundly inane questions about the inner workings of their existence. Today's guest is 2012 Oscar nominee ('Sunday') and illustrator of really good Quebec beers, Patrick Doyon.

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Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'Plug & Play'

Every Monday or so, Chris Robinson asks an animator how they made a particular film. This week: Michael Frei offers up a riveting and impassioned commentary on the creation of his award-winning film/game, 'Plug & Play' (2013)

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I Have a Question George Griffin

In which Chris Robinson asks animation professionals profoundly inane questions about the inner workings of their existence. Today's guests is the legendary American indie animator and writer, George Griffin.

 
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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: "City Paradise'

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)

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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Beneath the Air'

Every Wednesday, Chris Robinson takes a look at short animation films. Today, Jesi Jordan's spellbinding hand-drawn video, 'Beneath the Air (2014)'

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Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'The Shirley Temple'

Every Monday or so, Chris Robinson asks an animator how they made a particular film. This week: Daniela Sherer talks about her short film, 'The Shirley Temple' (2013)

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I Have a Question Sawako Kabuki

In which Chris Robinson asks animation professionals profoundly inane questions about the inner workings of their existence. Today's guests is Sawoko Kabuki, whose work is being screened at the 2018 GLAS Animation festival this week.

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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'Cine Blatz'

Every Wednesday, Chris Robinson takes a look at short animation films. Today: Jeff Keen's mindshuffling 1967 collage film, 'Cineblatz'

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

Every Monday or so, Chris Robinson asks an animator how they made a particular film. This week: In advance of her appearance at GLAS 2018, Sawako Kabuki talks about her provocative student film, 'Anal Juice' (2013)

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I Have a Question Michael Langan

In which Chris Robinson asks animation professionals profoundly inane questions about the inner workings of their existence. Today's guest is American indie filmmaker Michael Langan ('Doxology', 'Chronos').

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Keep it in Motion - Classic Animation Revisited: 'The Black Dog's Progress'

Every Wednesday, Chris Robinson takes a look at short animation films. Today, Stephen Irwin's flip book wonder, 'The Black Dog's Progress '(2009).

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The Burden of Dreams

Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s stop-motion animated short ‘The Burden’ fuses Gene Kelly and Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki into a proletariat existential musical about an assortment of loners, losers and minimum wage earners working dead-end jobs in a dead-end world.

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