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Animation

Dylan Carter Cuts Through the Insecurities of the Novice Artist in ‘your art is shit’

Director Dylan Carter wants to let you know that ‘your art is shit’…but maybe that’s ok?

Love, Family & A Very Canine Christmas: Luke Kondor & Emma Reading Warm Our Hearts with ‘Doghouse’

Director Luke Kondor and Animator Emma Reading talk to DN about fear, locally sourced collaborators and how the pair captured the magic of confused recollection in ‘Doghouse’, a tale of dogs, Christmas and family.

Paper, Plants & Sand – Justine Vuylsteker Takes a Textured Animated Stroll Through ‘Paris’

Justine Vuylsteker tells DN how a happy accident of project cross-pollination led to the creation of his textured animated crush, ‘Paris’.

The Race to Remove Deforestation gets the Moth Colective Treatment in Their Latest Global Canopy Programme Film

Created to make people think about how the products they use affect deforestation and, as a wider consequence, climate change, the Moth Collective introduce their latest film for the Global Canopy Programme ‘Forest 500’.

How Diane Arbus’ Photographs Inspired the Wooly 2012 Cartoon d’Or Award Winner ‘Oh Willy…’

With 2012 Cartoon d’Or award winner, the hugely popular ‘Oh Willy…’ available online from today, it seemed only right to revisit our interview from 2012 with one-half of its directorial duo, Emma De Swaef.

Director Jesse Collett Looks to Slowly Shatter the Viewer's Sense of Reality with RCA Grad Film 'Boom is Life'

Still from short film BOOM IS LIFE by Jesse Collett

Feeling like a film that encourages conversation, we speak to director Jess Collett about what inspired the unusual narrative and distinct look behind RCA grad film ‘Boom is Life’.

Jonah Primiano Draws Out the Empty Monotony of Late Night Ennui in SCAD Grad Short ‘IDLE’

When young and old come together in an isolated gas station in Jonah Primiano’s ‘IDLE’, we discover that each is bound to the other by a shared plague of existential doubts. Primiano tells DN how the daunting encroachment of adulthood inspired his subtle metaphysical tale of late night ennui.

Liam Murphy Puts the Heart in the Sci-Fi Robot Genre in Impressive CGI Short ‘NO-A’

In Liam Murphy’s award winning ‘NO-A’, a tenacious robot battles merciless enemies to rescue his creator. We invited Murphy to share how a ‘quality over quantity’ approach shaped the story and production of his robot with a heart sci-fi short.

Kobi Vogman Tames the Anxiety of Wool in Stop-Motion Short ‘A Way of Being’

“I tried to figure out wool as a material and did some tests. It was uncontrollable!” Kobi Vogman discusses making peace with his medium in ‘A Way of Being’

Tel-Aviv Crumbles into a Place of Hope in Sariel Keslasi's Animated Music Video 'My Africa'

Sariel Keslasi tells DN how the Tel-Aviv streets and a series of pocket notebooks were pivotal in the realisation of his animated music video ‘My Africa’.

Dialogue-Free and Unscripted: Welcome to the World of Gints Zilbalodis’ ‘Inaudible’

Gints-Zilbalodis-Inaudible-Concept-Art

We talk to Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis about his latest animated short ‘Inaudible” – the emotive tale of a Trumpet player and his recent loss of hearing.

Behind the Lens of ‘Mr Director’ – an Andy Martin short film

Mr Director-Animation-Andy-Martin

The ever-prolific Andy Martin joins us to talk about his latest project – stop-motion short film ‘Mr Director’. A 7-minute animation taking the guise of a documentary looking at the diverse cinematic career of its titular filmmaker.

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