L’animateur
The origin of the species is shown by an almighty puppet master who takes his puppet stage to a desert planet.
A short stop animated movie by Nick Hilligoss.
Watch it: MPEG-4 - Flash Video
via Transbuddha
Lost Cargo
On his long journey, intergalactic space trucker Eugene occupies himself with mail-ordering various useless gadgets to support his lazy lifestyle.When his merchandise is attacked by a nasty disease, his little robot Han-D can no longer handle the workload. The new high-tech robot saves the merchandise at first, but when it starts taking its job too seriously, Eugene’s laziness and belief in technology turn against him.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Tron (kinda) Sweded
The lightbike scene from Tron (click for the original) redone in stop motion by the Freres Hueon.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Blackboard
Stefano Bertelli shows us why stop motion animation is still alive and kicking. Because it’s funneh…
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
Das Clown
One day, as Mr Higgins reads out from a German book, Sparkles the clown doll comes to life and begins a serial killing spree with an assortment of sharp weapons.
Presented as an educational slideshow, the film has been written and directed by Tom E. Brown. Narration by John Popper.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
How We Met
Very clever stop-motion video.
Watch it (thanks Jessica)
Clockworks
This is a story of two clockwork men, whose dependence on one another is crucial for their survival. Imprisoned in a room for years until one day they get a chance to escape.
A short movie by by Edward Barrett.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Corporate Whore
Stop motion short film that tells the story of a female professional.
Strictly crafted with elements found in an office setting such as PowerPoint slides, photo copies and fluorescent lighting, it’s perfect for when you feel penciled in.
Written, directed and produced by A.M. Peters.
Watch it in hi res or low res.
Tobias Stretch - Illuminant
One of the most visually striking films I have ever seen. Films are often described as dreamlike for a lack of words. Not the case with Illuminant which is certainly dreamlike. I don’t necessarily see my dreams in stop-motion but some of the imagery and feel of dreams would be impossible to recreate in another form.
Like dreams, some of the images from this film stick and others fade. Watching it again, I was once again surprised, reminded of why I loved it the first time. It begs to be seen over and over again. When the deer (?) drops the baby off, the camera movement following the deer and then back towards the wheelchair was beautiful. The snow, the face of the robot (?) and the glowing animal at the end are just tremendous. Everything screams originality here, the kind that comes from a deep creative force instead of a filmmaking sensibility.
St. Petersburg is More than Twice as Little as Moscow
Post-It Notes Animation from Russia!
This film was produced by 18 animators living in St. Petersburg, Russia. The entire film was created by drawing on Post-It Notes. The song featured is by Oppa Novy God.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Official page. (Flash)
via FanBoy
Glitterbead #001
Perfect for my wife.
Road to the Greenhouse
PETA’s outrageus new political parody takes the idea of green politics to a new level.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Empire II
Intriguing, largely because of David Bordwell.
Watch it (click on trailer)
2008
This beautiful video was left in the comments on my Holiday Bokeh post. Absolutely lovely, much like my video, it’s purpose is to induce warm fuzzies.
The Cat with Hands
According to David Lynch, even though you watched this before, you’re going to experience it for the very first time. Like a virgin, y’know.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
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