Returning to our site, as 2Dx3D hybrid animation studio Kinemus, Directors Michelle Brand and Toby Auberg (aka Toberg) are back with a hypnotic music video for French artist Vonfelt. Having written about both of their work individually and being familiar with their individual styles I was fascinated to see what would happen when their unique styles collided. In their video for track Je Pars (I’m Leaving), the pair take us on a disorientating, hypnotic ride through a city, leaving us questioning what we witness. We invited Brand and Auberg to join us to discuss animating to music, combining 2D and 3D animation and what we can expect from their collaborations in the future.
I’m always interested to know how filmmakers become attached to music videos, did you have to pitch for it? Can you tell us a little about that process?
Michelle Brand: Célestine Gonzalez, a music...
I’m always interested to know how filmmakers become attached to music videos, did you have to pitch for it? Can you tell us a little about that process?
Michelle Brand: Célestine Gonzalez, a music...
- 10/10/2023
- by Rob Munday
- Directors Notes
Humanity. What have we become? What is real anymore? This mesmerizing short film explores this idea in only three minutes. Pile is an experimental animated short film created by an animation filmmaker named Toby Auberg, also known as "Toberg", who finished this project last year after two years of work putting it together on his own. "Simple to complex. Concrete to abstract. Dirt to clouds. Real to unreal." The short follows a diorama from the bottom all the way up, showing humanity's progress - both good and bad. Over the course of making it, the project "shifted into a piece more about abstraction and a map of overlapping contrasts in the human condition, such as the directions of history, economic stratification, the hierarchy of needs, infrastructure, etc." I'm in awe of how much is going on - layer upon layer upon later. Worth a watch. Thanks to Short of the...
- 9/30/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The awards ceremony for the most important animation festival of the year was… quiet. Instead celebrating in the iconic lakeside and mountains, this year’s awards were announced via live recording and an emailed newsletter. Annecy International Animated Film Festival went completely online this year.
After a few years with geographical focuses in Asian countries, this year’s festival still has had a relatively kind focus towards East Asian films. Notable Asia-based directors this year include the return of neo media artist Max Hattler (“Divisional Articulations”) with minimalist stop motion “Serial Parallels,” and Yifan Bao’s Satoshi Kon-esque, first film “The Town.” All in all, roughly 25 percent of the 21 awards in total went to Asia-based directors.
For the full list, consult the results below. Keep tabs on our reviews page of some of our festival favorites; Annecy is available to stream (for 17 euros!) until 30 June 2020.
Official Feature Films Competition
Annecy Cristal – “Calamity,...
After a few years with geographical focuses in Asian countries, this year’s festival still has had a relatively kind focus towards East Asian films. Notable Asia-based directors this year include the return of neo media artist Max Hattler (“Divisional Articulations”) with minimalist stop motion “Serial Parallels,” and Yifan Bao’s Satoshi Kon-esque, first film “The Town.” All in all, roughly 25 percent of the 21 awards in total went to Asia-based directors.
For the full list, consult the results below. Keep tabs on our reviews page of some of our festival favorites; Annecy is available to stream (for 17 euros!) until 30 June 2020.
Official Feature Films Competition
Annecy Cristal – “Calamity,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
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