Animationsinstitut Blog - Projects

Spectacular animation and VFX projects, technical innovations, creative games, visionary apps

Each academic year, many fascinating projects are developed at Animationsinstitut. Discover the wide range of projects and take a look behind the scenes.

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Nightmare from three perspectives

The multiple award-winning 2D animated film A Blink of an Eye by Kiana Naghshineh confronts the audience with a sensitive topic: strong images and haunting music tell the story of a woman who is overwhelmed by a stranger at night.

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Red dogs and seas of chicken

In his multi-award-winning diploma film Blieschow, director Christoph Sarow wraps young Tom's childhood memories in a colorful 2D animation, using powerful metaphors to tell of loneliness and youthful competition.

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The Beauty

Finally online: Pascal Schelbli's graduation film combines a highly topical subject with great visual effects, earning him, among others, the prestigious Student Academy Award.

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Urban Neverland

For his graduation film, Johannes Kammerer combined impressive live action on skateboards with beautiful animation and visual effects. Find out here what's behind the experimental skate video.

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Making a vfx short in 90 days

During the Set Extension Workshop, an interdisciplinary team produces an entire vfx short within only three month. Find out why shooting in a LED studio was more challenging than expected.

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Need a coffee break?

Paul Cichon asked himself why everyday objects actually always break after a seemingly fixed period of time. In his diploma project he found an answer and created the colorful and very funny 2D animation Opossum.