“The Most Overhyped Human Emotion”: Signe Baumane on My Love Affair With Marriage
Signe Baumane calls romantic love, “the most overhyped human emotion.” Her latest film, My Love Affair With Marriage, also concerns itself with love, but takes…
Tag: animation
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: A Meditation on Murakami
Inspired by Haruki Murakami's short stories, Pierre Földes’ debut feature animation film, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, is surreal, melancholic, dr…
FRONTRUNNER Meets Filmmaker Milorad Krstic
Name an art form, and Milorad Krstic will have studied and mastered it. He is a Slovenian painter, film director, visual artist, sculptor, author, illustrator,…
Stockholm is rife with opportunities for art students
Götheburg may be known as Sweden’s ‘student city’, but Stockholm is increasingly popular with exchange and international students, as well as local Swedes. Stockholm University…
Khai Dreams Gives FRONTRUNNER Good Advice
Do you ever feel like life is a movie and we’re all just trying to find the perfect song for the important moments? Khai Dreams’…
Writing a Screenplay the PIXAR Way
Pixar is known for giving the world some of the best stories ever told, starting with 1995’s Toy Story — currently boasting a perfect score…
Blackheads: A New Film by Emily Ann Hoffman
Emily Ann Hoffmann introduces her stop-motion animated film 'Blackheads', which made its digital premiere on MailChimp Presents SXSW 2020 Shorts.
Katie Armstrong at The Armory Show (and Beyond)
Katie Armstrong is a multi-disciplinary animator who hand-paints frames, writes poetry, sings songs, and plays the music which all comprise her video …
Renaissance Reimagined, Reignited: Negin Sharifzadeh
Negin Sharifzadeh's works challenge the eternal Feminine in the history of Renaissance art, reinterpreting Middle Eastern histories.
Gogol’s ‘The Overcoat’: Reimagined
Nikolai Gogol's classic short story, "The Overcoat," is retold in a visually stunning film of the same name. In a story that takes the classic proverb…