New US Trailer for 'A Cat in Paris' (Une Vie de Chat)

Nominated for best Animated Feature Film, rolling out in the United States this month.

Gorgeous style of animation. Great story. Looking forward.






















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Morning Coffee Short Film

Chute (Fall) from Mathias Lachal on Vimeo.

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'Kaydara'

KAYDARA official film by Kaydara-film

Here's the official site

What Scares Us?

Here's 'L'appel du Monstre' (The Monster's Calling). Starts simply enough, ends on a subtle note. A nice look at what scares us.

'La Tranchée' (The Trenches) Short Animated Film by Claude Cloutier

Full film isn't available but here's the trailer:



Love the hand drawn water color style. Refreshing change from 3D digital.

Here's a sound design featurette.



Was able to find this short by Claude Cloutier, 'Du Big Bang À Mardi Matin' (From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning)

There's a depth here you used to see all the time in animation. Now, they just go for schtick.

Goes good with a cup of coffee and donut. Enjoy.

'Oktapodi'

Ever see this? Was nominated for Best Animated Short Film in 2009

Animated Prequel for 'Priest'

'Le Souffle Extraordinaire'

Second Teaser Trailer for 'The Prodigies'

First teaser was very fine. This one hints at more plot. IMDb says:

Five young prodigies assaulted in New York's Central Park plot the perfect revenge.




I'm loving French animation. Here are the poster and some stills from another French animated effort 'A Cat in Paris' (Une Vie de Chat), and a trailer.

Their stuff looks great. Dynamic. Just plain cool. Way different from Hollywood animated movies, which seem to try too hard.

'A Cat in Paris' Trailer

The Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films

AMPAS - Animated Shorts. Watch more top selected videos about: Academy Award, Animation

Test Footage From CGI-Animated 'Thundercats'

'The Prodigies'

'Cat and Bird'

Cat & Bird from ilovedust on Vimeo.

Here's a cute animated short. There's a lesson here...

'Alone Together'

Alone Together from Home de Caramel on Vimeo.

Animated jazzy meditation. Probably best at home, at night, with a stiff drink.

'World of Motion'

World Of Motion from Colin Hesterly on Vimeo.

Here's a cool animated little ditty. 'World of Motion'.

What's Lucas Up To?

NYT has a pretty good rundown on Lucas' new 'Clone Wars' animation feature along with concept sketches and workups.

Casual Friday Video

Every Friday Rocketboom runs a video. This week it was a sort of stream-of-consciousness dreamscape scat-singing birds thing.

The Last Of The Nine Old Men

Ollie Johnston, the last of Disney's 'Nine Old Men' -- the animators who helped create classics like 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' -- has died at the age of 95. Bob Mondello reports

Electro-Phobia