Jun 19, 2022

Great animated shorts

Looking through old posts on The Plastic Club's Philadelphia Independents animation festivals, I found these three gems:

The Elephant's Song (Lynn Tomlinson, 2018)
This is the true story of Old Bet, the first circus elephant in America. Tomlinson animates with clay on glass.The Elephant's Song screened in over thirty festivals, receiving eighteen awards including Best Music from TOFUZI Festival.

Everything Must Go! (Rusty Eveland, 2009)
Rusty Eveland animates grocery carts, sometimes in parking lots in the middle of the night. Lately, he's been customizing them for his next project, Cartwheels. More on his Instagram feed.

An Animator's Guide to Weir Farm National Historic Site (Karl Staven, 2014)
Karl Staven's stop motion shorts take place in wooded areas and star rocks, plants, and mislaid toys. During a two-week residency at Weir Farm in Connecticut (named after impressionist painter J. Alden Weir), he made this.


This morning I was wondering what local animator Paul Fierlinger has been up to and found this documentary on him that was made in 2019.

Fierlinger has attended and shown work at The Plastic Club animation festivals as well. It was great to see him there and talk with him. I attended one of his lectures once and his advice has been very helpful. I still have the notes I took.

Animation by Paul and Sandra Fierlinger can be viewed on their Vimeo page.

Also, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim site just unlocked the entire second season of animated comedy series Tuca & Bertie. It can now be watched online for free, but there's no telling for how long.