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a red figure lays awake in bed, staring up at the ceiling

Laura Boráros Dances Between Dreams and Reality in a Surreal Short Film

June 12, 2025

a still from a stop-motion animated video of a sheriff in his car

Paper Sculptures Encounter Otherworldly Happenings in This Uncanny Animated Short Film

May 29, 2025

an animated gif of strange characters dancing

A Bizarre Animated Music Video for Foxwarren Compels Us to Listen

April 11, 2025

an animated gif of a boy riding a horse, dog grabbing a toy, and a man with a mask

A Music Video for Corridor Is a Frenetic Collage of Our Disordered Attention

April 4, 2025

a film still of a giant red cowboy with his leg on the top of a gas stantion

A Trio of Stop-Motion Shorts Utilize an Involved 3D-Printing Technique

March 8, 2025

a gif of a 3D-animated fantastical flower unfurling in a seemingly endless yellow spiral

Technology and Nature Merge in Zachary Corzine’s Otherworldly ‘Faux Flora’

March 3, 2025

a still from an animated short of two canvas sneakers with flowers blossoming out of them, set against a black background

Empty Sneakers Dance in a Stop-Motion Film Honoring the 20th Anniversary of a Buenos Aires Tragedy

January 14, 2025

a gif from a short animated film of felted wool pieces in the shape of fireworks exploding

Ring in the New Year with Andrea Love’s Stop-Motion Felted Wool Pyrotechnics

December 31, 2024

a figure made from fabric stands before a circular, rotating vortex of different buildings and houses. her ponytail flows in the wind

The Acceptance of Chaos Whirls Through Maria Tomazou’s ‘The Tornado Outside’

December 26, 2024

an animated gif of wiggly sprouts wobbling in the ground

A Bizarre Animation Imagines Botanical Growth Gone Awry

December 12, 2024

a gif from a short animated film of a green tree frog morphing into a series of green dots

Biologist Karen Lips Investigates Vanishing Tree Frogs in ‘The Waiting’

December 11, 2024

a video still of a felted woodland creature in between trees

A Trio of Woodland Sprites Vie for Creative Control in an Ethereal Stop-Motion Animation

December 9, 2024

a screenshot from a stop-animated film short of an aerial view of a family around a table making spring rolls

Three Generations Grow Closer Over Traditional Vietnamese Cuisine in ‘Spring Roll Dream’

December 5, 2024

a gif clip from a computer-animated film showing a black cat leaping out of the water onto the side of a boat

‘Flow’ Follows a Courageous Black Cat Navigating a World Suddenly Plunged Underwater

November 26, 2024

a still from a short film titled 'Return to Hairy Hill,' featuring a young girl with a paper-like face, looking up past the viewer

‘Return to Hairy Hill’ Hauntingly Renders Family Lore in Black-and-White Animation

November 15, 2024

an animated gif of monster like characters morphing from one to the next

A Daily Animation Project Flows Through 10,946 Post-It Notes

November 12, 2024