Indie Film Week | Magic Dumpling Entertainment’s Tofu Boy: A recipe for success

| Features | 27/04/2012 09:59am Tofu Boy

Magic Dumpling Entertainment’s Tofu Boy is a model of a modern international co-production. To accompany our feature on funding independent animations in issue 155, we asked CEO Kevin Geiger how the studio found investors willing to put up the movie’s estimated $5 million budget. Read his top tips and the extended interview here…

Indie Film Week | Hidden gems: Tetra Vaal and Voices of a Distant Star

| Features | 26/04/2012 14:46pm tetra

Find out how these wonderful CG shorts helped to shape future productions as we take a closer look at Neill Blomkamp’s Tetra Vaal and Japanese anime Voices of a Distant Star, by Makoto Shinkai…

Indie Film Week | The making of 3D animation Godaizer

| Shorts, Showcase | 25/04/2012 11:15am robot

Find out how this epic animated short about monsters vs robots was created using a combination of Autodesk’s Maya, Adobe’s After Effects and Photoshop. Watch the film here too

Indie Film Week | Aaron Sim’s Archetype: the secret of success

| Features, Making of | 24/04/2012 09:30am archetype_1

Find out how special FX legend Aaron Sims propelled himself from creature designer to Hollywood director with the help of his sci-fi short

Indie Film Week | Shane Acker’s 9: from short to feature film

| Features, Making of | 23/04/2012 11:55am tim_burton_shane_acker_9

Discover how Shane Acker’s student-created short was made into a full-length feature film backed by the mighty Tim Burton