3D Animation

What if fantasy characters from World of Warcraft existed in our world? That’s what this documentary from Dublin explores, and I in turn explore how the film is perfect representative of short film today.

A lone photographer plays witness to a murder and a chase ensues down a dark urban landscape in this stylized and fast-paced game of cat and mouse.

Simple, fresh animation about the complex relationship between a cat and mouse.

Telling the story of an island of dodo-like birds terrorized by a malcontent octopus who relentlessly devours them, this work by the South African collective, The Blackheart Gang, is unabashedly fun and yet indescribably odd.

This ethereal animation from Gobelins tells a familiar story of losing one’s innocence

A meteorite encounter causes a man to exist 91cm from himself in this beautifully haunting illustration of a self-destructive mind.

A lonely man struggles to keep a big secret living in his small apartment.

A pair of window mannequins play out a calamitous scene of love on a small stage.

The most acclaimed student work of the decade is this post-apocalyptic CG action short out of UCLA, which won the director the right to adapt it to the big screen.

Two star-crossed octopuses put their tentacles on the line to save each other from a tasty demise.

A rapidly violent music video set in a cubic construction of the Mexican crime world.

Love traverses all obstacles in this award-winning animation about a circus performer and a lone admirer who hopes to free her.

Adventurous tale of a navigator’s journey to save his ailing wife set in a beautiful world of Victorian science-ficiton.

Day follows night, follows day, follows night. That is until the natural poetry of motion is thrown out of sync by mechanical failure.

An inventive digital animation about a father and son mortician who go to Hell and back (literally) to deliver a casket. 2008 Oscar nominee.

Bisignanoanimation uses a multitude of techniques to illustrate a humorous narrative account of one boy’s fear of AIDS circa 80′s America.—A Sundance 10/10 film: now online

This Oscar-Winning film pairs psychedelic CG animation with documentary techniques to tell the story of legendary animator Ryan Larkin.

This pro-level CG animation revolves around the remarkable romance of a scrappy street rat and a lovely lab rat, with plenty of action inbetween. However it is done in a decidedly un-Pixar way.

What happens after death? A soldier is about to find out, in this 3-d animation that was nominated for an Oscar in 2002.

Tale of a glorious, renowned dance couple, seeking to recapture the lost magic now that the man is in a wheelchair.

Crippled with chiropractic problems, this sad, young fellow with big dreams struggles to meet that perfect someone that just fits.

Aardman Animations takes on this bleak-hearted tale of two isolated sisters in this gritty film that successfully combines multiple genres and animation styles.

A fun experiment in live entertainment with a surprise that more than pays off the slow buildup.

A Japanese transplant finds herself in the cold heart of a gloomy and uninviting London. But there’s more that lies beyond the surface…

Famed animator Run Wrake remixes vintage children’s sticker illustrations into a bizarre fable about greed and the balance of power.