Spirited Away needs no introduction. A hand-drawn animation masterpiece, the film broke so many records, shattered so many glass ceilings for animation as a category, and, to this day, remains a personal favorite and sets the bar for new-age animated films. But 30 years before Studio Ghibli left a permanent…
Category: Shorts
Reading between frames
René Laloux’s The Snail and the Tool’s Pot Are Still Relevant Today
René Laloux’s Fantastic Planet needs no introduction. Every animation movie nerd knows about it and will happily discuss why humans deserve the treatment they got. My introduction to his 1966 short film, Les Escargots (The Snail), wasn’t through any popular OTT channels or because a friend told me about it….
Reading between frames
God is Shy and the emotional human’s layered existential crisis
Fear or fright? If I ask you to illustrate your fear, what will you draw? And how will you ascertain that it distinguishes itself from fright? Paul answers that while fear is often needless anticipation rather than something terrifying, fright is a response we feel in our bones, often in…
Reading between frames
Snow Bear: The warmth of love can be found in the roughest terrains
Imagine that you are the last human being on this planet. You see everything around you – trees, rivers, birds, but you never see another human being. You realize that you are truly alone. Disney veteran Aaron Blaise puts loneliness into a snow bear that walks the unforgiving, white, and…
Listicles
Animation films that depict the climate crisis
Animation films are serious works. It takes skilled individuals – a village to create a film, including short films. Over the years, the animation industry has created multiple films that center on the planet and explore themes related to the climate crisis. Only a Child A short film by Simone…