Sam Mason
Posted by Fabio 3 February 2012
Sam Mason is a self taught animator who became interested in animation while touring as a drummer in a band. Mason has directed two films in a trilogy called Wild Robot which reference the kitsch, surreal world of 1970s sci-fi and fantasy, using miniature sets and textural CG. read more
Troll Slayer
Posted by Thorbjorn 14 January 2012
Troll Slayer is an animation by Jean and Nicolas Jullien who are two french directors and brothers living and working in London.
DYE “Fantasy”
Posted by Thorbjorn 14 December 2011
The latest single from DyE’s album Taki 183 is the track Fantasy (NSFW) directed by animator Jérémie Périn. We have earlier featured another of Périn’s very ‘graphic’ animations – Truckers Delight.
Vatican Vibes
Posted by Thorbjorn 7 December 2011
Video by Oregon based motion artist Tabor Robak. Vatican Vibes is composed by Fatima Al Qadiri’s and from her latest EP “Genre-Specific Xperience”.
El Empleo – The Employment
Posted by Fabio 5 December 2011
An anonymous man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a world where the utilization of people as objects is an everyday thing. Directed by Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso.
Quiff and Boot – Calculators
Posted by Fabio 1 December 2011
Psychedelic comedy maths! Twenty two shorts, each focussing on a different aspect of key stage 2 curriculum maths. Featuring a Cyclops, a talking boot and a loveable idiot shaped like an aubergine. Quiff and Boot won this year BAFTA at the Children’s Awards in the Learning Primary category. Written, designed, produced and directed by The Brothers McLeod.
www.brothersmcleod.co.uk
Screwed Up
Posted by Thorbjorn 22 November 2011
Screwed Up is a lovestory and a story of not knowing a good thing until its gone. After a short honeymoon period monotony and arguments settle in. One deserts the other, but regrets that very decision soon after and embarks on a search for the missing other half. Directed by London based filmmaker and animator Kris Hofman.
Studio AKA – The Meth Project
Posted by Fabio 10 November 2011
THE METH PROJECT is a large-scale US prevention program aimed at reducing first-time Methamphetamine use, particularly among teenagers. London based Studio AKA took on the creation of Six films for the project by concentrating on personal stories by users. read more
Features
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The list of cities and places recommended by creatives worldwide for Citylikeyou keeps growing: Barcelona, Beijing, Bergen, Berlin, Cape Town, Chicago, Copenhagen...
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Watch in full this issue's film and video content on our online player. Featuring over two hours of short film, interviews and documentaries.
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One of our latest additions to Citylikeyou is Mylinh Trieu Nguyen who is a designer based in Miami. She currently is the Art Director at The Wolfsonian-FIU, a museum of design and art in the heart of Miami Beach.