Das Rad (“Rocks”), written and directed by Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel and Heidi Wittlinger, was nominated for the 2003 Academy Award for Animated Short Film. Here is the synopsis of the film from Wikipedia: “The film tracks a hillside from ancient times through the present and into the future, usually moving through time at high [...]
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“La Maison en Petits Cubes” Academy Award Winning Short Film by Kunio Kato – Part 2
This is a continuation of an earlier post that introduced Kunio Kato’s Academy Award winning animated short film La Maison en Petits Cubes which included the plot summary. Here is the second part of the film: What a beautiful film? QUESTION: Do you agree – why or why not? Please share your thoughts in the [...]
“La Maison en Petits Cubes” Academy Award Winning Short Film by Kunio Kato – Part 1
The 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short Film was given to Kunio Kato for his film La Maison en Petits Cubes.1 The following is the plot summary from Wikipedia: “As his town is flooded by water, an aged widower is forced to add additional levels onto his home with bricks (cubes) in order to stay [...]
Flowers and Trees (1932) Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney
According to Wikipedia: “Flowers and Trees is a 1932 Silly Symphonies cartoon produced by Walt Disney, directed by Burt Gillett, and released to theatres by United Artists on July 30, 1932. It was the first commercially released film to be produced in the full-color three-strip Technicolor process, after several years of two-color Technicolor films.”1 The [...]
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello animation directed by Anthony Lucas
The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, directed by Anthony Lucas and distributed by Monster Distributors, is a series of four voyages in which the “characters are animated in the style of Wayang (Indonesian shadow puppets) best described as silhouettes.”1 Below is the first voyage, titled “Jasper Morello and the Lost Airship”. Here is the [...]