This film was created by Ya-ting Yu with classmates Yeh Ya-hsuan and Chung Ling from the National Taiwan University of Arts. Obviously inspired by Hayao Miyazaki, this short film is really a must watch. It is gorgeous and immediately endearing. (Via The Uniblog)
A beautiful little film made by nine talented student animators. For those who love drama, admire good character animation, and respect story and suspense.
This animated spoof on 1920s black and white movie villainy by Aidan McAteer (Peppa Pug, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Secret Show) is hilariously spot-on. Turns out the trick to successful villainy is persistence. [Via]
Happy Hour is a short animated film about a guy who wants to hit on a girl in a Parisian café. C'est fou!
Time to watch an animated short about post-apocalyptic ant people. (Via The Swedish Bed.)
Movie Buzz One of my favorite parts of the Oscars are the nominees for the animated short films. This year had an exceptional amount of great ones, so rather than just posting the winner, here are all the nominees. Enjoy.
Culture Buzz A very surreal and captivating animated short, created by EB. It's hard to tell whether the ending is happy or sad.
Pixar animator, Rodrigo Blaas took time off from the studio to create this extremely beautiful (and creepy) short film. (via motionographer)