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Hayao Miyazaki Is Right: War Makes Us Monsters
War is an ugly thing. Even when committed in the name of self-defense, the consequences of hatred, violence, and destruction are horrific. Nowhere is this better represented than the works of Japanese film icon Hayao Miyazaki. Namely, Princess Mononoke, Howl’s … Continue reading
Marvel at Tomohiro Okazaki’s Feature-Length Montage of Matches Performing Optical Tricks | Colossal
JANUARY 2, 2024 KATE MOTHES Tomohiro Okazaki’s new video features more than an hour of meticulously staged optical gymnastics using matches. One recognizable everyday object is given the spotlight in Tomohiro Okazaki’s painstaking yet playful stop-motion animation. His new video … Continue reading
Miyazaki was right.
Now that The Boy and the Heron has released, figured it’s time to revisit the philosophy of everyone’s favourite anime grump, Hayao Miyazaki. Tracks used: Sir Cubworth – Simple Sonata dreamy pie – pavement […]
Salvation Has No Name – Animation short film by Joseph Wallace – UK – 2022
A troupe of clowns gather to perform a story about a Priest and a refugee but as their misguided tale unfolds, the boundaries between fiction and reality begin to fray. In Competition at Annecy Film Festival 2023 👉 All the … Continue reading
Stop-motion origami unfurls in a playful exploration of how senses overlap | Aeon Videos
Are these triangles propelled by music, or is it a sensory trick? Origami and a heady score create a synaesthetic experience In The Spirit Triangles (2018), a single equilateral triangle emerges and duplicates, giving the appearance of origami unfurling. From … Continue reading
Fuzzy Feelings
Creativity has the power to change the way we see each other, and the world. Sometimes, seeing things through a new lens can make all the difference. Credits: — Agency: TBWA/MAL — Director: Lucia Aniello — DP: James Laxton — … Continue reading
Slower Animals
While aimlessly following a winter goose migration across the American south, a professor slips in and out of childhood memories that all surround a forgotten trauma. This short animated film explores the ways we are shaped; both by what we … Continue reading
Meticulously Animated in Stop-Motion, ‘Up in Smoke’ Warns of Impending Climate Catastrophe from Burning Fossil Fuels | Colossal
DECEMBER 5, 202 3KATE MOTHES A lone figure navigates swiftly vanishing terrain in a moving new stop-motion video from NOMINT (previously). Produced for WWF and presented this week as part of COP28, “Up in Smoke” follows a young woman as … Continue reading
What It Feels Like to Live as An Immortal?
You’ll forever mourn the loss of your loved ones – as you will outlive them all. You’ll lose your sense of purpose – what’s the point when you have all the time in the world? You’ll see the worlds falling … Continue reading
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