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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Fireworks Short Animated Stop Motion Film by PES
In an earlier post I wrote about the award winning animated stop-motion short film Western Spaghetti by PES. Here’s another offering from PES, entitled Fireworks – enjoy! Fireworks was written, directed, and animated by PES; and produced by PES & Sarah Phelps.1 PES now has a page dedicated to him on Wikipedia! Here’s what Wikipedia [...]
“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 [...]
Reach – an award winning animation by Luke Randall
The following short film by character animator Luke Randall is about a “…tiny robot [who] is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable. When a curious bird appears at the workshop window, the robot feels a lust to live outside of his reach that may be his [...]