Category: 3D Animation Spotlight (Page 2 of 106)

Short Film Spotlight: The Eve

July 25, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Jad, passionate about drawing, lives under the pressure of his older brother Bilal. He discovers graffiti as a new way to express himself and reveal his true desires.

Directed by:
Jade Berto
Lunayah Corvaisier
Alexandra Djeneva
Lucille Laurent
Lucas Layeul
Théotime Meunier
Antoine Valero
Daria Volochai

Original Score by Louison Pugin.

Sound by Mickael Merrheim, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voice cast:
Mark Kaczmarek
Tristan Le Bozek
Jade Berto
Lucas Layeul
José Vicente

Short Film Spotlight: Cupid

July 20, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: Cupid is about a perfectionist Elite Cupid whose arrow goes wildly off-course, thanks to a very unlucky butterfly, and who must now race to undo the damage before the wrong two people fall in love.

Directed by Lee Do Hee.

Written by Lee Do Hee and Kim Seul Gi.

Music by Kim Dong Wook and Chai Min Joo.

Voiced by:
Lee Young Ki
Choi Jeong Yoon
Jin Yang Uk
Joe Sun

Short Film Spotlight: Colis Suspect (Suspicious Package)

July 19, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: A rolling suitcase is left unattended at an airport. A team of unprofessional GNGN soldiers tries to disable it by any means necessary, leading to chaos.

Directed by:
Antoine Carayol
Thomas Garandel
Nicolas Gradelle-Llaurensou
Martin Hoffmann
Célina Malledant
Loïc Nivet
Léo Pennard
Quentin Renoux

Original Score by Antoine Trameçon.

Sound by Baptiste Leblanc, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voice cast:
Emmanuel Curtil
Michel Elias
Alexis Tomassian
France Renard
Donald Reignoux
Gabriel Bismuth-Bienaimé
Antoine Perrichon

Short Film Spotlight: Wander to Wonder

July 17, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: After the creator of kids TV series dies, three miniature, human actors are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.

Wander to Wonder was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 97th Academy Awards and won the BAFTA award for Best British Short Animation.

Directed by Nina Gantz.

Written by Nina Gantz, Daan Bakker, Simon Cartwright and Stienette Bosklopper.

Cinematography by Steven Frederickx.

Music by Terence Dunn.

Short Film Spotlight: Lurks

July 12, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: After the brutal crash of her spaceship, Kara, a space smuggler, finds herself stranded on a wild planet.

While exploring the surroundings, she spots a strange fruit in the forest, identified by her radar as a living species, and decides to open it…

Directed by:
Kelssy Abdou
Ikram Benmaza
Mélodie Carn
Amanda Cere
Adrien Chaumier
Maëlle Couzinier
Maëline Dalous
Victor Del Campo
Aglaée Pons

Original Score by Valentin Guay.

Sound by Tristan Le Bozec, Guilhem Favard, Jose Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voiced by Louise Duermaël-Granier.

Short Film Spotlight: Tailless

July 7, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: Sam, a young tailless lizard, seeks out a new tail to get the love of his life.

Directed by:
Liselotte Allard
Alphonse Année
Margot Brun
Frédéric Dewit
Eva Dugué
Esther García Fernández
Lourenço Soares
Camille Szostek

Music by Jeffrey Brice.

Sound by Mickaël Merrheim, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voice cast:
Liselotte Allard
Eva Dugué
Esther García Fernández
Frédéric Multier

Short Film Spotlight: Fire

July 6, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: Time stands still one fine summer afternoon. An empty house, a dish still on the stove. The wind picks up and nature roars as a fire approaches.

Directed by:
Baptiste Fraboul
Esther Lamassoure
Julie Le Forban
Valentin Serre
Léna Gittler
Florent Sabuco

Original Score by Mathis Coopman.

Sound Mix by Pierre-François Renouf.

Short Film Spotlight: Tennis, Oranges

July 2, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.

Written and Directed by Sean Pecknold.

Production design by Adi Goodrich.

Art Direction by Emily Franz.

Puppet design and fabrication by Emily Franz.

Cinematography by Sean Pecknold.

Music by Claude Debussy.

Short Film Spotlight: Love & Gold

July 1, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: Two thieves enter the same dungeon searching for a gem worth incredible wealth, but what they find along the way is worth more than all the treasure in the dungeon combined.

Directed by Connor Van Dyke.

Edited by Makenna Buhler.

Music by Hayden Thompson and Miranda Tan.

Sound by Kelsey Nay and Ethan Arkell.

Voiced by Darci Ramirez and Parley Lambert.

Short Film Spotlight: Mira

June 28, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: A struggling accordionist busker gets more than she bargained for when her desire to get noticed attracts the attention of a mysterious and enticing competitor.

Written and directed by Eva Louise Hall.

Musical direction by Calvin Arsenia.

Mira’s Accordion Theme composed by Erica Marie Mancini.

Sound by Calvin Arsenia and J Ashley Miller.

Voice cast:
Vanessa Severo as Mira
Jessica Paige as Lore
Ava Armstrong as Young Mira
Eva Louise Hall as Mama

Short Film Spotlight: Sleeping with the Fishes

June 28, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Note: Select the (FR) audio track to experience the film as intended by the filmmakers — without YouTube’s AI voices.

Synopsis: A man traumatized by his youth in a reformatory is convinced he can save street children destined for a tragic adult life by killing them. For him, dying young allows one to live eternally as the best version of oneself.

Directed by:
Camille Colonna d’Istria Amourdedieu
Justine Gault
Giulia Gigante
Nicolas Knoll
Noa Lavino
Marion Robe
Manon Seve
Lucas Wallez

Original Score by Senthuuran.

Sound by Guilhem Favard, Tristan Le Bozec, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voiced by Clara Thebault and Frederic Perchet.

Short Film Spotlight: Skel

June 22, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: On the outskirts of an isolated, weathered city, soldiers set off to fight. Magnus, the king’s right-hand man, is torn between his duty as a general and saving his daughter.

Directed by:
Elsa Baillehaiche
Marie Guérin du Grandlaunay
Titouan Hélias
Kimberley Hubert
Antonin Lemaître
Benoît Perrigot
Tiphaine Toisoul
Ion-Teodor Vilceanu

Music by Mathis Coopman.

Sound by José Vicente, Yoann Poncet and Baptiste Leblanc.

Voice cast:
Arianne Aggiage as Sélène
Serge Faliu as The King
Michel Élias as Magnus
José Vicente as Capitaine

Short Film Spotlight: Deer Flower

June 18, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: In the summer of 1992, a young boy visits a farm with his parents. They believe a rare and expensive specialty will make him stronger, but after eating it, his body begins to suffer strange side effects.

Written and directed by Kangmin Kim.

Sound design and score by Daniel Eaton.

Short Film Spotlight: Sea of Leaves

June 15, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Synopsis: In a world riddled with piracy, Viktor, a captain haunted by his past, and his first mate, Bill, decide to venture into a gigantic forest in search of revenge.

Directed by:
Vincent Bohnert
Margaux Bontron
Anaë Duquenne
Juliette Gilles-Payart
Veronika Nikulina
Romain Paillet
Yoann Paquet
Quentin Thisse
Maxime Verclytte

Original Score by Matei Pouzet.

Sound by Mickaël Merrheim, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voice cast:
Mark Kaczmarek as Captain
Robert Laborde as Bill
Vincent Bohnert as Crew
Quentin Thisse as Crew

Short Film Spotlight: Allégeance (Allegiance)

June 9, 2026 / The Animation Blog / 0 Comments

Note: Switch the audio track to French.

Synopsis: Accompanied by her fool, a queen grants the material wishes of her people in exchange for their submission. But one day, the queen is faced with an abstract request: happiness.

Directed by:
Alex Bajon
Lucie Coste
Charlie Coucoureux
Hindha Koné
Anne Le
Aurore Meyer
Mariette Pons
Éloïse Vacher

Original Score by Edgard Chenest.

Sound by Tristan Le Bozec, Sébastien Fournier, Yoann Poncet, Thomas Vary and José Vicente.

Voiced by Véronique Augereau, Boris Rehlinger and Kylian Trouillard.