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TheyAreAnimators #2: Joseph Pierce

By El Vez ⋅ September 3, 2012 ⋅ 5 comments

The premise and content of DN should make it pretty evident that we’re enthusiastic advocators of online film. Even in the brief six years that DN’s been running, we’ve witnessed the world of short/independent film become somewhat revolutionised by the new distribution channels the internet now provides. Yet, the film festival still plays a massive [...]

RSSF2012: The Animation Award

By El Vez ⋅ July 11, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

With last year’s shortlist revealing Mickey Please’s extraordinary BAFTA winning stop motion The Eagleman Stag upon my bewildered eyes for the first time, as well as introducing us to A Morning Stroll by Grant Orchard, I was once again expecting big things from the Animation Award nominees. I’m happy to report that this year’s shortlist [...]

SotW Presents: A Family Portrait

By MarBelle ⋅ June 7, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Back in December El Vez shared his rediscovery of Joseph Pierce’s animated short Stand Up, which had made its initial impression after he viewed it at the London International Animation Festival in 2008. Since then Pierce has been hard at work on new piece A Family Portrait, which lays bare tensions lurking below the surface, [...]

SotW: Stand Up

By El Vez ⋅ January 12, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

First Short of the Week of the year and I can’t think of a better way to kick off 2011 than with Joseph Pierce’s sublime Stand Up. A great short, like any great feature film, will leave a lasting impression on you long after first viewing it. It’s been two and a half years since [...]

Stand Up

By El Vez ⋅ December 2, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

It’s strange how you can see a film and be so impressed and then forget about it for 2 years. I remember coming back from the London International Animation Festival in 2008 and desperately searching the internet for Stand Up by Joseph Pierce and then being bitterly disappointed that I couldn’t find it. It was [...]