Channel Frederator Blog

You like quirky and quality? Boom. Channel Frederator’s gotcha covered. We’ve got some top-notch animation this week- everything from student films to for-fun films to award winners.

A quick heads up - if you’re in Brooklyn at the end of July, be sure to grab tickets to the Animation Block Party . This summer they’re featuring dozens of crazy talented and/or legendary animators including Bill Plympton, Mike Hollingsworth, Choom Lam, Tony Dusko, and more. The ABP is July 24th -26th , click here for tickets!

“On the Level”, submitted by Michael Rutter – Perfectionism has its price in the awesome 3D film.

“Learn Your Alphablakes! Boutros, Boutros, Lah-Dee-Dah!”, submitted by Karen Abad – An ultra cute stop motion video from one pal to another.

“Unfair”, submitted by Ian Jones-Quartey – Think adulthood blows? This film makes a good a case for “sucks to be a kid”. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2006 Animation Block [Read more…]

In Episode 4 of the Channel Frederator Awards, we actually have two - count ‘em, TWO double awards winners! Plus, we announce the winner of the Cartoon of the Year. So without further adieu…

We got a boatload of e-mails voting for our Cartoon of the Year and in the end, it was a close call, but our viewers chose Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot, by David Chai. David is also taking home the award for “Best Traditional Film” so he has a gorgeous set of bookends. Congrats David!
I must admit that I’ve been in love with Fumi for a long time. Not [Read more…]

Here it is folks! Your second installment of the Second Annual Channel Frederator Awards. In this episode we view the films that won the “Badass Bunny Award” category, as well as the film by Channel Frederator’s Youngest Filmmaker.

So, I’m sure you’re thinking - “Badass Bunnies?” Well…when we sit down and review all of the nomination categories you guys suggest and compare them to our various films, some just jump (or hop) out at us. When someone suggested “Badass Bunnies” we thought- how perfect! Bunnies run rampant in the history of Channel Frederator. It was stiff competition with these three. Elizabeth Ito’s “Hot Cross Bunnies” are a bunch of bunnies that, while oh-so-cute, would kick your butt in a heartbeat. Meanwhile, Ben Meinhardt’s bunnies were a whole different beast! In the two part “Animals In Love/Binge & Purge” happy bunnies transform into human-eating, civilization-destroying monsters. But in the end, the votes [Read more…]