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Annie Awards Nominated 2025
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Photo dump from Viborg 💅

Context: I was selected (and 14 more people) to deep dive into short film production organized by Tumblehead and, in parallel, learn how to make it in Houdini. Crazy, right?

For two months, a bunch of cool and talented peers will eat lunch together, pitch stories to each other and learn from THE BEST - @magnusmller.art and @tumblehead

And somehow I’m getting a little Picto vibe here
If you know, you know 😉

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INTERVIEW: TUMBLEHEAD
In this interview, Magnus Igland Møller and Peter Smith look back on the beginnings of Tumblehead, the Viborg-based animation studio they co-founded after studying together at The Animation Workshop, VIA University College.

What began as a desire to make strange, funny and flexible 3D short films slowly became a company shaped by both commercial work and a stubborn commitment to original projects.

With warmth and humor, they describe a collaboration built on shared instincts, overlapping roles and years of creative shorthand. Their process often begins with a doodle, a quirky character or a visual idea rather than a message that needs to be delivered.

From short films and client work to burnout, AI and the Nordic-Baltic animation scene, the conversation is a candid portrait of two creators who find their deepest motivation not in attention, but in the act of making things come alive.

🎬 Watch the interview at the NAN Youtube Channel (link in bio👆🏼)

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Northern Animation Network is: BLON Animation and Games Festival, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, REX Animationsfestival and Viborg Animation Festival.

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The Official Selection of TFA 2026. 🎬

11 films. 9 countries. Different voices, perspectives and ways of seeing the world through cinema and travel.

Congratulations to all the selected filmmakers. We look forward to welcoming your films to Cardona.

26–27 September · Cardona
🎟️ Registration opens Monday.
Free access to the screenings and receptions. Registration required.

#TravelFilmAwards #TFA2026 #Cardona #Barcelona Gold TFA 2026 Official Selection laurel on a white background, featuring the Travel Film Awards name surrounded by two stylized laurel branches.

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3 short films. Under 10 minutes total. Two of them were shot on a phone.
Watch them in order, the last one lands differently.

FREELANCE by @tumblehead
MEET ME AT OUR SPOT by @iphilgood
UNSAVED by @kirkmihelakos

All three are on @videojam.live, curated by humans, not by an algorithm.
Comment CINEMA and I'll send you the links 🎬

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#shortfilm #shortfilms #indiefilm #independentfilm #filmmaking #filmmaker #cinematography #directing #videoediting #davinciresolve #shotoniphone #animatedshortfilm #cinephile #filmcommunity #shortfilmrecommendations #filmlovers #cortometraje #indiefilm

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TumbleRig is out. Free.

A full character rigging package for Houdini 22, built on APEX and KineFX.
Real-time deformers, modular controls, procedural skinning
Everything open and editable.

You’ll find it on TumbleTrove, our marketplace for Houdini packages,
alongside a growing shelf of other tools and assets from the community

Link in bio.🔗
Part 2 coming soon.

#animation #character #3d #foryou #tools

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For as long as @tumblehead has been around, we’ve been building our own tools and HDAs.

Now we’re opening that toolbox to everyone with TumbleTrove🎁

A growing collection of production ready tools, built to help you create faster and smarter.
The same tools that have shaped how we work at Tumblehead

Link in bio 🔗
Follow @tumbletrove_th for new drops.

vid: @lazzza.jpg
#animation #3d #foryou #art #marketplaza

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Silver Lake Shorts is coming to San Diego @comic_con this Friday and we’re presenting a panel on Championing Independent Animation Through Community Organization!

Friday, July 24th at 2:00 PM @ Grand 6 Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina!

The panel will be moderated by Mikey Heller @yoyorobot and include a screening featuring the work of:

@stupid_clay
@mecharliehankin
@the.marooned
@jimpunchcomics
@kat.messing
@ucheomaaa
@mike_manor
@katbusball , @good_boy_william and @hugoshiboski
@samgrinberg
@karnegiethomas
@siegmattel.visuals
@foreversean
@kate.shaughnessey
@quinnecl + @louie.zong
@tokymegz + @tumblehead

There will also be a special announcement about our yearly comic event ‘Silver Lake Comics’ by @samgrinberg 👀

Thank you @jimpunchcomics for this action packed poster!

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Check out the Silver Lake Shorts panel and screening at San Diego @comic_con on FRIDAY JULY 24th! 2:00 - 3:00 PM ! @ The Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

We’ll be there next Thursday - Sunday! Come say hi!

“Silver Lake Shorts: Championing Independent Animation Through Community Organization. Jared Corwin @_jared_vibes_corwin_ and Benjamin Sharpe @whynotbenton (co-executive directors) discuss building Silver Lake Shorts as a 501c3 non-profit championing independent filmmakers, animators, comedians and comic artists in Los Angeles through free monthly screenings and a fellowship program. They are joined by animators Arius Ziaee @the.marooned and Kat Messing @kat.messing , recipients of the 2025 Silver Lake Shorts fellowship. Trailers for their fellowship films Wolpie Of The Woods and Hot Drop: Lil Gibbos will be screened along with a half hour block of eclectic animated shorts from the Silver Lake Shorts community. All four will participate in a Q+A moderated by Mikey Heller @yoyorobot (comic artist and writer of Cartoon Network’s We Bare Bears and head writer of We Baby Bears). Sam Grinberg @samgrinberg (comic artist and Simpsons character designer) will be making a special announcement about Silver Lake Comics at the end. Grand 6, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina.”

Featuring 🎥’s by:

@stupid_clay
@mecharliehankin
@the.marooned
@jimpunchcomics
@kat.messing
@mike_manor
@katbusball , @good_boy_william , @hugoshiboski
@samgrinberg
@karnegiethomas
@ucheomaaa
@kate.shaughnessey
@foreversean
@quinnecl + @louie.zong
@tokymegz + @tumblehead

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I kept sending people to my portfolio (link in bio) to look at these but thought I'd take the chance to post my character design work on the Cazoo ad for @blink_ink it to my main feed after seeing the brilliant BTS from @tumblehead @magnusmller.art and @sabudimir.
Big dawg @jamespapper directed once again on this one and I really like where we got to with these guys!
If you're looking for a character designer I'm open to work! portfolio/ email in bio.
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#Characterdesign #CharacterDesigner #Blinkink #Tumblehead #Animation #Characterart

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Another online masterclass has just been added to the Animation Producer Programme - this time with @peter.smith.smith🚀

Peter Smith is an animator, director, and producer, and co‑founder of the Viborg‑based animation studio @tumblehead
Through stories from real productions, Peter will talk about how he and Magnus Møller went from animation students to running a studio working with clients such as Disney, LucasFilm, Google, and Nike.
Peter will dive into the early steps of building a creative career: how to get started after graduation, how to develop a collaborative workflow between director and producer, and how a small studio finds its footing while defining its artistic voice.

📅 13. April
🕒 16:00 - 17:30 CET
🖥️ Free Online session — open to all our creative friends worldwide 🌍

This session is part of our Animation Producer Programme hosted by Filmværksted Viborg in collaboration with AVENUE.
We highly encourage you to join the other masterclasses and consider applying for the in‑person workshop.

Read more and sign up on our website linked in the bio 🔗

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Turns out most of these aren’t available to view online yet, but definitely follow the filmmakers, such incredibly talented people worth watching!

Zwermen (Murmuration)
@murmuranimation

9 Million Colors:
@bybaraanna

Dormilon:
@dormilon_film

Bread will walk:
@alexboya.animation

Turbulence:
(just search turbulence animated short film on youtube)
@tokymegz
@tumblehead

Something Greater Than You
@gordon.lepage

The Day I Licked a Pebble
@caillou_shortfilm

Lola and the Sound Piano
@folimage
@momakin_pl
@nadasdyfilm

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