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a gif from a short documentary showing a man wearing a black hat and jeans as he walks to the front of a garage door painted with the words "John's Beachcombing Museum"

A Short Documentary Celebrates the Fruits of Nearly Five Decades of ‘Extreme Beachcombing’

February 25, 2025

a detail image of a colorful mural divided into eight parts depicting women in various professions

A New Documentary Traces How a Faith Ringgold Mural at Rikers Island Helped Women Break Free

February 13, 2025

a still from the short documentary film 'I Am the Nature' featuring an Indigenous Achuar woman with traditional face paint and textile headband, with the subtitle text reading "We are in the place that we have to be"

Deep in the Amazon Rainforest, ‘I Am the Nature’ Celebrates Indigenous Cultural Philosophy

February 12, 2025

a gif from a music video by OK Go featuring different takes on four different smartphones that are choreographed into a continuous scene

Hit Play on OK Go’s Mindbogglingly Choreographed Music Video Filmed with 64 Phones

January 21, 2025

a gif from a short animated film of felted wool pieces in the shape of fireworks exploding

Ring in the New Year with Andrea Love’s Stop-Motion Felted Wool Pyrotechnics

December 31, 2024

an animated gif of wiggly sprouts wobbling in the ground

A Bizarre Animation Imagines Botanical Growth Gone Awry

December 12, 2024

a video still of a felted woodland creature in between trees

A Trio of Woodland Sprites Vie for Creative Control in an Ethereal Stop-Motion Animation

December 9, 2024

a screenshot from a stop-animated film short of an aerial view of a family around a table making spring rolls

Three Generations Grow Closer Over Traditional Vietnamese Cuisine in ‘Spring Roll Dream’

December 5, 2024

a gif clip from a computer-animated film showing a black cat leaping out of the water onto the side of a boat

‘Flow’ Follows a Courageous Black Cat Navigating a World Suddenly Plunged Underwater

November 26, 2024

a still from a short film titled 'Return to Hairy Hill,' featuring a young girl with a paper-like face, looking up past the viewer

‘Return to Hairy Hill’ Hauntingly Renders Family Lore in Black-and-White Animation

November 15, 2024

an animated gif of a lawnmower rolling through the frame

In ‘The Big Wait,’ a Couple Readies a Remote Australian Town for Visitors Who Might Never Arrive

November 5, 2024

an animated gif of a girl throwing a bone for a dog

A Mosaic Storyline Looks to the Sky in a Poetic Stop-Motion Animation

November 4, 2024

an oil painting portraying a figure mowing a lawn uphill, but the figure has been removed, leaving a void in the canvas

Titus Kaphar Paints Memories, Family, and Grief into ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’

October 1, 2024

an animated gif of two train cars softly colliding

In “Pillow Fight,” Disasters Get a Soft Landing

September 20, 2024

an aerial view of a cyclist on a road in an Alpine Valley with a historic hotel in the background

Flit Through ‘Miniature’ Bavarian Alps in This Aerial Tilt-Shift Exploration

September 11, 2024

a white man in a hat holds up a trophy while standing in a dumpster

What Does Your Trash Say About You? The ‘Dumpster Archeologist’ Knows

August 29, 2024