Bolides
Supinfocom, France
From Supinfocom, this imaginative student film treats us to a chaotic, hilarious, wheelchair race through an old age home.
Carbon Footprint
Jellyfish Pictures, UK
Using computer graphics, Jellyfish Pictures drives home the point of global responsibility, presenting the decomposition of a single soda can over half a century, in a single seamless shot.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
DreamWorks Animation, USA
Hilarity, peril, romance, and zoo animals; everything expected from DreamWorks Animation, this glimpse into their upcoming film provides a whole new perspective on flying with animals.
Oktapodi
Julien Bocabeille, François-Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi, GOBELINS l'ecole de lâ��image, France
GOBELINS' third-year students directed this animated short about two octopi in their comical escape from the grasps of a stubborn restaurant cook.
The Chemical Brothers "The Salmon Dance"
Framestore CFC, UK
Great music combines with hilarious animation to provide a new perspective on aquaria, as a tank filled with rapping, beatboxing, and dancing fish comes to life, featuring over 300 hand-animated fish.
Best Student Piece Nominees
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Supinfocom, France
Once again, France's Supinfocom combines story and style in this tale of honor, tradition, and imagination.
Al Dente
Supinfocom, France
Combine opera, pasta, and a knife-wielding chef, and the result is another delicious animated short from this prolific school.
Bärenbraut
Derek Roczen - Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction, Germany
This tale of disproportionate love shows how relationships can change over time. This remarkable 2D animation illustrates a complicated subject and a complex relationship using the most limited of color palettes.
Blind Spot
Johanna Bessiere, Nicolas Chauvelot, Olivier Clert, Cecile Dubois Herry, Yvon Jardel, Simon Rouby, GOBELINS l'ecole de l'image, France
Peripheral vision is everything in this animation about a nearsighted grandmother, a clumsy robber, and a surveillance camera that doesn't quite tell the story of what's really going on in the convenience store.
Mauvais Rôle
Alan Barbier, Camille Campion, Dorian Fevrier, Frederic Fourier, Frederic Lafay, Min Ma, Jean-François Macem, Emanuel Reperant, Jeremie Rousseau, Olivier Sicot, École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle, France
This little tale tells the story of getting whatever you want, as long as you know what it is. Watch as a monster constantly cast in games, finds his perfect job in a game you'd never choose for him.
Jury Award Nominees
Chump and Clump
Michael Herm, Stephan Sacher, Germany
This short shows us just how distracting your friends can be ... and just how they can lead you to miss your bus. Repeatedly.
Mauvais Rôle
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Oktapodi (see above for description)
Our Wonderful Nature
Tomer Eshed, HFF Potsdam, Germany
This documentary uses time stretching, film camera work, and creative sound design to tell the story of water shrews in the wild.
The Plush Life
Timothy Heath, USA
This film, rendered entirely with NVIDIA's Gelato, shows us what happens when you pick at something that just shouldn't be picked at: you might just imperil your trip to work.
Music credits Music By: Garry Schyman
Drums and Engineering: Dan Blessinger
Vocals: Palbasha Siddique
Guitars and bass: Kevin Dukes
Concertmaster: Belinda Broughton
Orchestral contractor Ross DeRoche (DeRoche Music Inc.)
Vocal Contractor Melissa Nixon
Lyrics adapted from the poem "Stream Of Life" from Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
Last week Twisted Murder was announced as the winner of the VICON Film Fesitval.
Week 6/19: Trollback "Things I Think Before I Sleep"
Seven designers at creative design/production house Trollback + Company in NYC each created their own visual interpretation on the concept of "Things I Think Before I Sleep.
Credits
Artist: Jamie Lidell
Song: Another Day
Label: Warp Records Limited
Prod Company: Zooma Zooma
Director: Tim Saccenti
DP: Ivan Abel
Executive Producer: Joseph Mantegna
Producer: Dorothy Williams
Production Designer: Jeff Shepard
Post/Effects: Click 3X
Sr. Flame Artist/Visual Effects Supervisor: Mark Szumski
Sr Flame Artist: John Budion
CG: Thomas Hurlburt
Design: Gabriel Tick
Producer: Emily Gleicher
Assistant Flame Artist: Sarah Cargiulo
Editor: Ryan McKenna
Telecine: The Mill NYC
Colorist: Damien Van Der Cruyseen
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