We were going to talk about this early 2012 Calarts student films…. we’ve done our own selection in previous years but we weren’t very inspired by this year’s works. Maybe we should however dedicate a few words to …
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Remembering John Halas
From Budapest and his painting studies along with his first animated steps (firstly influenced by Bauhaus’ leading light Laszlo Moholy-Nagy) to his London studio creation in the mid-30s. Not easy years for a Jewish to travel Europe at …
Lupin is back!
With the endless imagination that characterizes Japanese animation do they really, really, really need to do a remake of the classic from the 70s & 80s TV animated series? Posted yesterday and spreading like a virus the trailer that …
↓ Viliam
Autism is a problem that many of those who suffer it (family included) have no other choice but to face it with humor and a lot of patience. We saw recently a great Spanish animated short from the parent’s point of view, this one by Veronika Obertová (Slovakia) describes it with a very unique style.
It’s the story of Viliam, who lives his own animated life within the real world. Childish fun turns into a problem, the problem becomes a solution. No solution is perfect though… her graduation film animated with Michaela Čopíková (2009) which has won several prizes over the last year.
She’s got many more shorts on her vimeo page (or webpage), but beware… they have the genuine eastern European abstract + absurd + incomprehensible touch. Always worth watching her crazy style.