The Last Time

This funny yet serious short film demonstrates the effectiveness of advertising and the marketing machine. Its comic appeal lies in the characters and the absurd situations they find themselves in, but it also shines a harsh light on our tendency towards needless consumerism prompted by a steady flow of commercials.

A short experimental animation by Keiichi Tanaami.

In her attempt to escape her past, Huiju relocated to the UK over 11 months ago. However, even after moving to a new country, she found that her nightmares from Korea continued to haunt her. Determined to move forward, she made the decision to confront her memories head-on in a very contemporary way, using dating apps to push the boundaries she had set due to her sexual trauma.

The Exploozy team approached us with a simple task: Make a 90-second video about a revolutionary app that can make a 90-second video in ten seconds. Since this video took us about 8 weeks to produce from start to finish, we’re honestly not sure how we feel about this product. In any case, we hope you enjoy the fruits of our labor.

In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired...

Con Traje y Sin Zapatos

This experiment was a “prestige advertisement” for Shell Motor Oil. As conventional animation became dominated by Walt Disney, many European filmmakers turned to puppets as an alternative, and Lye enlisted the help of avant-garde friends such as Humphrey Jennings and John Banting to make the amusing puppets. Exploring the still-complex color process, which involved the combination of three separate images, Lye creates such a vivid storm scene that reviewers hailed it as “proof that the color film has entered a new stage.” The music is Holst’s The Planets. - Harvard Film Archive

An animated feature-length adaptation of the Phoenix Saga, one of the most famous comic stories of all time. A near-omnipotent force of nature, Phoenix absorbs the identity of Jean when the X-Men travel into space to stop the evil emperor, D'Ken. Can the X-men prevent D'Ken from becoming the ultimate power of the living galaxy and what has become of Jean and Phoenix?

A live action/animated commercial of a powder blush, it was made by one of the pioneers of Spanish animation, Josep Serra i Massana.

Stop-motion animated commercial featuring the Philips MiniWatt-E radio tubes.

The animated feature debut of the coolest mutant crusaders in the known universe--the X-Men! When a pretty young mutant named Jubilee is attacked by huge search-and-destroy robots known as Sentinels, Rogue, Storm and Gambit unleash all their X-Men super powers to rescue her. With Professor Xavier's help, they discover the Sentinel assault is part of a sinister program designed to exterminate all known Mutants! Can the awesome, combined might of the X-Men withstand the merciless onslaught of a lethally equipped army of Mutant mauling Sentinels?

Adam and Eve are cast out of Eden. They discover that flowers can bring both joy and solace.

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

Final film by Niko Kopp of the "Digital Film & VFX" 914 course at the SAE Institute Hamburg.

Final film by Joyce Knie of the "Digital Film & VFX" 914 course at the SAE Institute Hamburg.

V A P O R D R E A M S

To cover up his infidelities and protect his upcoming marriage, a star advertiser helps free an accused rapist by giving a false alibi and suffers the brutal revenge of the victim.

An advertising man, young, casual and a yuppie, stands up his girlfriend and suddenly finds himself relegated to the role of the fifth wheel, which seriously questions his self-esteem.

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.

Watch Gurmit Singh's imperfect journey towards his goals, as told by acclaimed director Royston Tan.