New to the neighborhood. So everybody’s favorite prehistoric family is back, and I’m not talking about the Flintstones. The Croods are searching for a place that they can call home, and they think that they may have found it when they come across the primitive equivalent of a gated community. The only trouble is that […]
Coming Out of My Cave – The Croods: A New Age (2020)
I was lucky enough to see this at the London Film Festival, where the film was preceded by a (Zoom) interview with the co-directors and producer. It gave some background information, including the score, new animation techniques, and the challenges posed by the pandemic, that really helped to appreciate the film more. (Seriously, there are […]
This magical 7-minute animation short feature is written and directed by Taylor Meacham, of DreamWorks Animation, and it premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France in June 2020. lInspired by his Father, Meacham shares how an Adult has the precious opportunity to give a Child the ability to dream of their own […]
Soul (2020) This new animation comes from the creators of Inside Out (2015), and is about a music teacher and aspiring jazz pianist, Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) who dies by falling into New York City’s manhole. He begins his journey in the world “beyond” (“The Great Before”) and his reluctant companion becomes a yet-unborn soul […]
The helium balloon seller, Carl Fredrickson was ordered to move out of his house and into a care home. He was living alone in the home ever since his wife and childhood love, Ellie, passed away. He refused to leave his home, even as skyscrapers towered around his tiny home. […]
In the midst of a searing heatwave, two little children find a way to cool everyone down!
A playful stop motion short film animated in a hybrid techique between cut out, claynimation and thousands of replacements pieces.
Animated and Directed by
Fokion Xenos
A clumsy accident leads a young girl onto the streets of Mumbai in the hope of making things right. A gentle and touching father/daughter story depicted in exquisite stop-motion from Indian animation mainstay, Studio Eeksaurus.