Short Films by Gints Zilbalodis

Gints Zilbalodis is an animator / filmmaker from Latvia. He's creating amazing looking animations / short films with great atmosphere, interesting storylines and unique visuals. He made several short films already but still not many people know about his work, his videos only have a few hundred views yet they deserve a lot more:

Aningaaq - The Gravity spin-off short film

If you've seen Gravity you probably liked it, it's one of those generally appreciated movies that the critics and the audience both liked - one of the best films of 2013. Here is a short little film where you can see what happened when Sandra Bullock got to talk to somebody from orbit in Gravity.

The short is directed by Jonas Cuarón, Alfonso's son, enjoy:

Amazing looking short film from a 22 years old animator

Kaleb Lechowski is 22 year old German arts student who by himself created an amazing looking animated scifi short. There are some shots which look like they belong in a 100 million + dollar movie from Hollywood - where his name is becoming more and more well known. I can only wish luck to this young kid, keep up the good work, rule Hollywood! Check it out!

R'ha 

Check out his DevinantArt page as well:
http://kaleblechowski.deviantart.com/

Far Cry 3 - Real Life Experience

It's been a long time since the last Far Cry related post, so here is one. Though this video came out before the game I haven't seen it until I've finished the game, so the first time I've seen Vaas walking around, I thought he was animated because he moved and looked exactly how he did in the game. After watching the this short film for several minutes and the first closeups are shown I realized that it's a real actor, not CG and I was amazed. Micheal Mando is the actor playing one of the antagonists, Vaas, who gained instant cult status as one of the best villains from games.

It's really interesting how the character was created thanks to Micheal Mando, here is an interview with him, check it out:

And here is the short film shot to promote Far Cry 3, it was released as a web series, but here you can watch all the episodes together, enjoy:

Snowpiercer - Prequel

I've posted the trailer of this upcoming movie a few weeks back, now we have an animated prequel which sets up the world for the movie in a nutshell. Looks good, check it out!

Honda "Hands"

A very nice little short film about the evolution of Honda, lot's of clever solutions, creative ideas, it must have been a lot of fun working on it:

Judge Minty - a fan film

Here is a new fan made short film to carry the Judge Dredd feeling forward, and it does it pretty well I have to say, gritty dark atmosphere, nice action sequences, great production quality - they really used the limited budget for good things, enjoy:

http://judgeminty.blogspot.co.uk/

A Boy and his Atom - The World's Smallest Movie

Exploring the limits of film making. This short film created by IBM showcases the extraordinary technological advances leading to be able to film and move individual atoms with 100 million times magnification. Quite fantastic indeed.

Blood Dragon: Cyber War

Another Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon related post, but this time it's a "fan" movie by Corridor Digital. It fits perfectly the style of the game and it looks fucking awesome. Check it out at once:

After check out Corridor Digital's youtube channel, you'll have a blast:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CorridorDigital?feature=watch

Man Spaghetti

Man Spaghetti is an animated short by Felix Colgrave... who is an animator. I think.. because even his website is so weird, that's it hard to figure out who or what this artist is. But that's alright, because the stuff he's creating is as weird and strange.

So style and character designs are all very unique, but what makes his short films even stranger are the actions of the characters and the physical rules of the world they are living in.

Here is his latest short, called Man Spaghetti.
I don't reckon you should think about it too much, just watch it:

After that check out his website for more goodies: http://aardvarkbutter.com