This should be fun, a mixture of live action and animation.

Cartoon Brew says:
The opening film of last month’s the Director’s Fortnight sidebar at Cannes, The Congress is a loose adaptation of Stanislaw Lem’s 1971 sci-fi novel The Futurological Congress, about an aging actress preserving her digital image for a future Hollywood. It stars Robin ( Read more... )

Morbid much? Looks like it could be a fun movie:

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Got an extra thousand dollars? If so, you might win the item I'd love the most from this Artists Help Japan eBay auction: a 90-minute tour of Pixar.

JENNY LEREW passes along this trailer for Tout en Haut due Monde (English title: Longway North)



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I have the book Richard Williams, but evidently there is also a 16 DVD boxed set that costs way more than I'm willing to pay. Here is the intro:

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I see that some of the episodes are available on YouTube, so perhaps I shall bring Miro in to help.

A beautifully simple piece of animation.

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I am enjoying this animated video for someone named Louise Attaque.

Louise Attaque - Du monde tout autour from ChezEddy on Vimeo.

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Fake, but fun.


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My RSS feeds have delivered three outstanding short animated cartoons, running the gamut from realistic through surrealistic and landing on abstract.

The first, from Daily Animation is Reach, from Luke Randall, a metaphor for overreaching ambition and the brevity of life.

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Drawn points me at Love & Theft, by Andreas Hykade. I love its ( Read more... )