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Although you may not know the name of Brice Laville Saint Martin, you may have come across his work. As a character designer for the Finnish game company Supercell, he works creating characters for the immensely popular mobile game Clash Royale. “Sometimes, you’re thinking about the millions and millions
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From Thor to The Little Mermaid, Nordic myths and fables are loved around the world, and are a never-ending source of inspiration for generations of storytellers. Valemon: The Polar Bear King, proudly continues that tradition, adapting an ancient legend into a modern classic. The fable of Valemon, king of
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Animaker’s Niko films have been Finland’s most successful and critically acclaimed animated films to date, as the adventures of a young flying reindeer named Niko has captured the hearts of audiences around the world. The third installment in the series, NIKO - Beyond the Northern Lights, is just as
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Art and character design by Sun Creature Studio for the Love, Death + Robots episode Alternate Histories The Danish studio and PSYOP’s Coca-cola co-op. Ad time during the Super Bowl is some of the most expensive in the world, where the world’s biggest brands market their products
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All art is work in progress © Maybe Movies Following 2015’s well-received feature Long Way North, renowned Danish animation production company Nørlum is working with French director Rémi Chayé for the second time. Once again, the focus is on a young female heroine battling the odds of the surrounding
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In the Danish region of Jutland exists a type of personality, which is described as 'lun'. The word literally translates to lukewarm, but the connotation in Jutland is a type of person who always tries to maintain a good mood. Not by cracking jokes, but rather by telling
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Each new adaptation of the Moomin stories adds something to what we have seen and learned from the true Nordic classic. So does the latest Finnish-UK version Moominvalley in 3D, made by strong-willed women who did not know so much about animation at first, but were eager to
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Bringing research to life through short animations How can you describe your research in a single metaphor? At DanStem, the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Biology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, 10 research group leaders met with a team from the Sci-Vi initiative at The Animation
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The illustration scene in Denmark is rife with talent for such a small country, which in part is why Copenhagen-based artist Rune Fisker (b. 1974) has mostly focused on working internationally. Providing his “chaotic colorful surrealism” to clients like tech giants Apple and Google, as well as renowned editorials
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Expanding the boundaries of VR and animation with The Hangman at Home MEDIA AND THE MESSAGE In many ways, the Carl Sandburg poem The Hangman at Home is the perfect subject for Michelle and Uri Kranot. The poem is about exclusion, about things left unsaid, about stories that aren’t
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Titina Takes to the Sky This fall, Norway’s prestigious Mikrofilm launches their most ambitious film to date. Titina is an epic animated adventure, seen through the eyes of a small dog. It sheds new light on an often overlooked aspect of history, with a complex, dimensional story that offers
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with Joonas Utti For Helsinki-based animator and entrepreneur Joonas Utti (b. 1982), that mantra has taken him from working as a flash animator to co-founding two animation studios and achieving international success with original TV series, co-developed with his creative and business partner Anttu Harlin. For the