The Wanderer

The range of diversity and creativity of the graduation films coming out of The Animation Work these past months has been nothing short of inspiring. The final short of this year's series, The Wanderer, ends on a high note. Taking us through the lifespan of plant-like alien being the short poses the question, what would you do if you only had one day to live?

Created by a team of third year Character Animation and CGI students, The Wanderer is a strange, ephemeral and beautiful short and a perfect way to tie off this year's collection of graduation films. Congratulations Class of 2015!

The Wedding

I typically prefer to aim for more upbeat fare on Fridays, but today is one of those exceptions.  Simon Cottee's 'The Wedding' tells the story of a sad young man, and his bizarre invitation to his father's wedding.  I could only imagine a story like this if I was sad and inebriated, and that's meant as a compliment.  It comes off as deep, yet nonsensical all the same time.  The animation is simplistic, and somehow crude.  Now if you'll excuse me, I have some Care Bears or some s*it to go watch.