Sintel - animation short

Here is Sintel. Before you watch, I have to explain. This short was created as a "proof of concept" project was, as explained in the IO9 article I first saw this short on, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender.

For something that for all intents is a "Demo" it is surely to be received as a stunning success. The fantasy tale tell of a lone woman in search of her lost dragon. It is both cute and tragic in the few short minutes it plays, I am certain that the effort will capture your imagination if not your heart.

Night of the Living Dead Pixels

Here is a very funny and extremely surreal short film from Jussi Saarelma Jere Virta and Peter Schulman that was awarded best short film at the 2007 Suzanne Awards that recognize excellence in creating with Blender which is an open source software platform for 3D design and animation.

Here is a link to the make article that has a great deal of back story on this really creative film