(courtesy Blender Artists (c) Sacha Goedegebure) SNAPSHOTOur PG rated short film is an unexpected tale of a Gnome returning home from a day of collecting nuts and finding a caterpillar struggling to reach for leaves outside his house. The good-natured gnome helps the caterpillar and gives it some leaves to Continue Reading
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“Overflowing with handcrafted charm…” … Robot Dreams drops a beautiful first full trailer
(courtesy First Showing) SNAPSHOTDog lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day after seeing a commercial on television, he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The soul-reviving tenderness of Soft Rain
(courtesy Omens Studios) SNAPSHOT[Soft Rain is] an award-winning short film by Sacha Goedegebure and Omens Studios about a man suffering from depression who is caught in a sudden downpour of pink, fluffy balls. At a crowded bus stop, a cheerful looking woman offers him a spot under her umbrella, and Continue Reading
Two friends, two worlds, one future: Full trailer debuts for Iwájú
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTIwájú is an original animated series set in a futuristic Lagos, Nigeria, co-produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The exciting coming-of-age story follows Tola – a young girl from the wealthy island, and her best friend, Kole, a self-taught tech expert, as they discover the secrets & Continue Reading
Movie review: Orion and the Dark
(courtesy IMP Awards) Human beings are built to be afraid. Not in a debilitating way, of course, but in a good, fight-or-flight piece of evolutionary triumphing where we assess threats and get away from them before they can get to us. In that respect, it works well; but what if Continue Reading
Welcome home, Franklin: New Snoopy: Presents special on its way
(courtesy IMP Awards) SNAPSHOTThe origin story for one of Peanuts‘ most beloved characters, the special follows Franklin as he moves to a new town and navigates new friendships. Franklin’s family is always on the move with his dad’s military job, and everywhere he goes Franklin finds support in a notebook Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The comedically valiant explosively avian serious fun of BOOM
(courtesy IMDb) SNAPSHOTStudents at École des Nouvelles Images created BOOM, an award-winning darkly comedic animation about a pair of birds who try to save their eggs during the eruption of a volcano in the center of their island home. All of the other birds had escaped to the water as Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: The wondrous discovery of The Dandelion (Little Margo Stories)
(courtesy YouTube (c) Little Largo Stories) As we get older, we all too often lose sight of what it is to discover something for the first time. All that wonder and thrill of discover ebbs away and we’re left feeling like we’ve seen it all before and that nothing will Continue Reading
Movie review: Migration
(courtesy IMP Awards) Life can be a LOT. In many ways, that’s a good thing, with all the thrilling possibility and hope that offers us for great adventures, wondrous discoveries and amazing experiences; sometimes though it can all be too much, and because of trauma or anxiety or a host Continue Reading
Movie review: Wish
(courtesy IMP Awards) Being the surprising optimistic people that we are, we like to think that good intentions will always result in flawlessly happy outcomes. Entire religions and value sets, rom-coms and indeed pop culture kingdoms such as that of Disney, which turned 100 in 2023, are built on the Continue Reading