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Another great short from Avignon-based ENSI. Kayak is a comedy short that features remarkable character and environment design as well as notable animation work. It was created by Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort and Antoine Rossi. Software used includes Maya, ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter, Yeti, Guerilla Renderer and DaVinci Resolve. Watch Kayak short film on Filmnosis.

Bellecour Ecole has made available a new great animated short. The Ghost Of The Subway was created by Eliott Meyer, Morgane Ghionga, Alexis Gougeot, Mahery Ramarlah and Waysson Mouret as their graduation project. Software used includes Maya, AE and TVPaint. Watch The Ghost Of The Subway short film on Filmnosis.

The school headed by Daniel Martínez Lara has made available a number of videos created by students from its MAN course, with a focus on character animation. Made with Blender. Watch them on YouTube: RUN – Open Door - Weight.

The Animation Workshop has released a new great animated short titled La Chambre Du Général (The General’s Room) that features remarkable aesthetic and environment design work. It was created by a team of ten artists using Toon Boom. Watch The General’s Room short film on Filmnosis.

The Animation Workshop, known for remarkable films such as The Saga of Biorn, The Shepherd and Interview, are hosting today a live event on YouTube with a screening of their new 2022 graduation projects, along with a Q&A with the directors. More on YouTube.

Once again the École des Nouvelles Images releases a remarkable film. Maija is a fantasy short created by six artists at ENSI that features great character and environment design, and polished stylized aesthetic work. Software used includes Maya, Houdini, Substance Painter, Nuke and Guerilla Render. Watch Maija short film on Filmnosis.

One more great short has been released before the year ends. Check out the latest coming from Montpellier-based ArtFX, a film inspired by an exceptional World War 1 event. Created by Julien Jousse, Nathan Baussois, Arthur Damiano, Hector Dao, Léonard Haug, Vincent Hebrard and Antoine Thiaucourt. Software used includes Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Redshift, Nuke and DaVinci Resolve. Watch From Above short film on Filmnosis.

French school Pôle 3D has made available a great short with a fantasy theme. 3 Murs & Un Toit (3 Walls & A Roof) was created by Hugo de Magalhaes, Mathilde Dugardin, Wassim El Hammami and Orane Laffra as their graduation film. Software used includes Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Guerilla Render and Nuke. Watch 3 Walls & A Roof short film on Filmnosis.

The latest open movie project produced by Blender HQ’s creative arm has been made available online. Sprite Fright is an 80’s-inspired horror comedy written and directed by former Pixar story supervisor Matthew Luhn and co-directed by Hjalti Hjálmarsson. Andy Goralczyk, who worked on the very first open movie project Elephants Dream, served as art director. As with previous productions at Blender Studio, the short film was made with the intention to further advance Blender’s capabilities. This time the main focus was on pipeline development, on tools and systems to help artists collaborate and work more efficiently. Watch the film and find out more on Blender Studio.