Animated dice music video for Fujiya & Miyagi directed by Wade Shotter.

Not a new one, but I’m posting for those that have never had the privilege of seeing this film.

Ryan, directed by Chris Landreth, is an Oscar-winning animated tribute to Canadian animator Ryan Larkin. Thirty years ago Larkin produced some of the most influential animated films of his time at the National Film Board of Canada.

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Carlos Lascano is an illustrator, photographer, writer, animator and director from Madrid, Spain.

His unique style mixes digital tools and real objects bringing an organic quality to his animations. Click here to visit Carlos’ website.

Firekites are an indie rock group from Newcastle, Australia. Autumn Story is from their debut album ‘The Bowery’, out now on Spunk Records. Yanni Kronenberg and Lucinda Schreiber directed this beautiful chalk animation video for their single Autumn Story. The video has been out less than a week and already it’s highly blogged about putting Firekites as a group to watch for on this music junkie’s radar.

This past weekend I was introduced to the work of animated cult film animator Don Hertzfeldt. In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them and they were never aired…Rejected is a series of these and other supposedly commissioned advertisements that were rejected immediately upon review. At the end of the film, the entire animated world collapses in upon himself in a sequence that blends traditional animation, stop-motion, and experimental photography. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2000. The short became a massive online viral hit. Don is currently in production on a 6th animated short at his studio Bitter Films productions in Los Angeles.