15 Free Stunning CGI Animations
Amazing animated CGI movies are here for your inspiration. Most of these animations are made by amateurs as free projects though some managed to get commercial contracts just based on these films. Some of these animations got prestigious award and were featured on numerous festivals. All of them were made using CGI and 3D software such as Maya, 3DS Max, After Effects. Do you have a favorite short animation not included in this list? Please add it in the comments.
The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello
It’s a an award-winning stunning, short animated film made in a unique style of silhouette animation inspired by the work of authors Edgar Alan Poe and Jules Verne.
A rookie secret agent is faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase.
Presto is a 2008 Pixar computer-animated short film shown in theaters before their feature length film WALL-E. The short is about a magician trying to perform a show with his uncooperative rabbit and is a gag-filled homage to classic cartoons such as Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes.
Fallen Art presents the story of General A, a self-proclaimed artist. His art, however, consists of a deranged method of stop motion photography, where the individual frames of the movie are created by photographs.
This short animation is based on the discussion about the order in the seven primary art forms (architecture, sculpture, painting, dance, music, poetry, and cinema), whether architecture should be the third or the seventh.
Giant robots accompanied by a squadron of spacecraft appear out of the mist and attack Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay leading to mass panic. The film director was offered a $30 million Hollywood deal after success of this short film with $300 budget.
It’s a short 3D movie directed by 3 students featuring the story about the unexpected meeting between a yellow shirt sailor (responsible for aircraft movement) and a kite on an aircraft carrier.
Storm clouds gather as a timid bookworm braves his daily walk to the bus stop. When he discovers what awaits him on board, he realizes he’d have been better off outside in the storm. This award winning short animation was made by single person.
In a destroyed world, the only glimpse of hope is the memory of a forgotten past. But be careful not to let your dreams control your mind…This is Replay.
A vacationing ninja finds true love, but it’s much more than he expected. This nice animation short took about nine months for completion, and was done with Maya 2009, MentalRay, and AfterEffects.
On a rainy afternoon, a child plays with his snails and falls along with them in a dreamy circus.
A cute little girl walks the streets of a quiet french town and finds a strange store full of beautiful dolls, and enters the open door. She struggles to reach the one doll she loves, and finds herself getting more than she bargained for.
A short animation loosely based on the scientific recording of life’s great species. And how this has given us clues that piece together, for us to discover the secrets of the evolution and diversity of life on Earth.
An unknow virus has destroyed almost the entire human population. The only remaining survivors escape to the sea. In great ships, they set of in search of uninhabited land. So begin the exodus, let by one man..
A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.
