Collosse – A Wood Tale, directed by Yves Geleyn: a short film about the meeting of a robot marionette and a little bird.
Tag: animation
Le Merle (1958) – Norman McLaren
Le Merle (the Blackbird) is a cutout animation directed in 1958 by cinematic innovator Norman McLaren. Based on a French-Canadian folksong, the story tells of a bird who loses a beak, a neck, eyes, wings, legs, etc, and then finds them in duplicate and triplicate.
Streamschool (Patakiskola) – Peter Vacz
Streamschool (Patakiskola) by Péter Vácz: Inspired by a Hungarian poem, this beautifully-textured stop motion piece about growing up tells the story of a little girl who travels with a river to the sea. The version above is in Hungarian with English subtitles, but it’s also available in French: L’école des ruisseaux.Plus! Notes on how it was made.
Ryan (Short) – Chris Landreth
Winner of the 2005 Oscar® for Best Short Animation This Oscar®-winning animated short from Chris Landreth is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist’s worst nightmare – succumbing to addiction, panhandling on the streets to…… Continue reading Ryan (Short) – Chris Landreth
The Silence Beneath the Bark (Short) – Joanna Lurie
A tender fairy tale about discovery and growing up, this is The Silence Beneath the Bark, Le silence sous l’écorce (2010), by Joanna Lurie. Read more about the film here.
Sorry I’m Late Stop Motion Animation – Keith Henniff
Sorry I’m Late from Keith Kenniff | Helios, Goldmund on Vimeo.Shooting stop-motion straight down on the ground is such a great way to animate. In Sorry I’m Late (2009), written and directed by Tomas Mankovsky, a man tries to reach his destination by bus, bicycle, horse, hot air balloon, shark, and car.The life-sized stop-motion is all filmed from…… Continue reading Sorry I’m Late Stop Motion Animation – Keith Henniff