MUTO is a short film by Blu an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche).
MrDisgusting posted this over at bloody-disgusting.com and its really is a very cool bit of claymation. From youtube user 'takena' comes this excellent claymation short about a faithful maid and flesh munching zombies.
You can check out takena's website Here
I first saw Toxic back in the 90's on Fourmations (Showcase for animation on UK Channel 4) and its quite possibly my favourite animated short ever. Andrew McEwan won a BAFTA for Best Animated Film for it back in 1991 and although he has gone on to work in Film and television mostly as Second Unit Director or Assistant Director he sadly does not seem to have made another animated film.
Music by: Simon Desorgher
Shame there's not a better quality version floating around.
Paul Couvela' Cornucopia like Toxic is another great stop motion short that was featured on Fourmations (Showcase for animation on UK Channel 4) back in the 90's.Paul Couvela has since spent his time working on the hit UK animation for younger children Bob the Builder amongst other things
A short anti-piracy movie / advert produced for The Cairo International Film Festival by Aroma Designs & Solutions
I'm not sure how much effect it will have on piracy (well thats a lie I know dam well ... none), but it's a great little piece of animation in and of itself.
Eric Leiser's animated Short Forest
Eric's live action / animation feature Imagination comes to DVD in a couple of moths time (Feb 28 2008) via Vanguard International Cinema and you can pick up his shorts collection on DVD now.
Source: www.albinofawn.com (you can check out more of Leiser's work here)



Tekkonkinkreet (Tekon kinkurîto) Directed by Michael Arias:
In Treasure Town, where the moon smiles and young boys can fly, life is both wonderful and terrible. Never more true than for our heroes, Kuro (Black) and Shiro(White), two street urchins who watch over the city, battling an array of old-world Yakuza and alien assassins, vying to rule the decaying metropolis. Tekkonkinkreet is a dynamic tale of brotherhood, lost love, and the kindness of the human heart amidst the corruption of modern society.
A brutal elegy for our changing times as well as a tour-de-force of visual artistry, Tekkonkinkreet is also a heartwarming story. The title Tekkonkinkreet is a play on the Japanese words for ‘concrete,’ ‘iron,’ and ‘muscle,’ suggesting harsh, imposing cities of concrete and steel, oppressing the freedom and imagination of its inhabitants. Until now, anime style has almost entirely been characterized by wide-eyed heroes and large robots. Tekkonkinkreet discards these stereotypes in favor of a more realistic aesthetic, by creating engaging, but complex children’s characters combined with a thrilling action plot to produce a visually poetic story.
Tekkonkinkreet - Official Site

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