It’s the final Showdown of the year, and before we enter the world of tomorrow we want to celebrate the very best in independent animation. Leaving the big guns aside for a minute (Disney, Pixar, yes, even Ghibli—we’ll celebrate all the anime on another beautiful day), gather up the raw data on your favorite, small-scale indie animation, stop-motion magic, pencil textures, watercolor effects, 2D delights and other hand-made wonders from this fantastic planet of ours. From one-person projects to small production houses, shorts or features, bring out the memorable tale of tales, snails, monkey’s teeth, idiots and angels, and hedgehogs in the fog. PS: if anything happens, I love you.
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CharlesJimenez 18 films
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Eduardo Antunes 17 films
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Sam D 11 films
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Frogge 11 films
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Noah 11 films
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Katherine Rakadroka 20 films
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Jake Price 5 films
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Kabir 11 films
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Eduardo Ramírez 35 films
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djaha 10 films
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Cameron M. 11 films
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Seth Montpelier 10 films
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okrc (J.Arturo) 10 films
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Zane 10 films
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Ryan Terry 15 films
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Cody F. Schmidt 10 films
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Josh Hickey 6 films
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Stallings 10 films
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Kyle Bailey 10 films
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Erkki Lindpere 10 films
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Tudor123 10 films
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Adam Butterworth 10 films
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John Barlow 24 films
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Matthias_S 10 films
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Shadowg 5 films
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Andreas K 10 films
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David 25 films
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Davormkd 10 films
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Jamie Nicholson 11 films
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notapasta 22 films
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Simon 10 films
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Danny Fain 10 films
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Jordan 9 films
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Nichtsbesondern 41 films
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JTFX 10 films
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Nole A. 10 films
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hamidrg2000 10 films
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Em 10 films
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Fajar_Dhani 6 films
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Alyn Shao 12 films
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srdas 7 films
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G a y a n 14 films
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Paolo Alfar 10 films
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Phill Hill 12 films
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Mike Myers 10 films
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funnybair 2 films
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Laure 8 films
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martinmo 8 films
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TB14 10 films
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Jeff Estrada 15 films
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Tucker 10 films
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joeythemovieguy 8 films
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Stephanie 10 films
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NatesTakes 10 films
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schylerb 9 films
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H. Marino 13 films
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arbudu 7 films
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Nosegay 10 films
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Niall Hassett 10 films
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Ezra The Worst 29 films
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Overmayor 10 films
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Dyllan Wayman 10 films
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Superdorkmark 9 films
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Gumby Badger 10 films
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Zheddy 9 films
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Brian 14 films
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P Bauer 8 films
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kjkirk 10 films
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Chris Coke 10 films
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V. Vargas 10 films
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Joana Pinela Damas 11 films
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PinBoi 10 films
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Kyle 3 films
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Flicks With Friends 10 films
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Shǎ guā 20 films
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Forrest With2Rs 10 films
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Ryan 10 films
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Christopher Tempas 8 films
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Niels Harpøth 19 films
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Jacob Powell 13 films
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Jan Bross 16 films
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Kebbin 10 films
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Sergey Rogovtsev 10 films
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Natalia 10 films
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Oscar 20 films
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Jacob Harris 10 films
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yesbirdscanski 24 films