Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing trailer. In word, awesome!

Shaun Tan’s fifteen minute animated adaptation of his book The Lost Thing—the story of a boy’s empathy with a lost, er, thing and his attempts to help it find its place—is completed and making the festival circuit. If anyone gets a chance to see it, please report back! I’m dying to see it.

In the meantime, anyone else as in love with Shaun’s work as I am can play around on thelostthing.com.There are character studies, color keys and production drawings to see. And if that is not enough, check out this 5 minute documentary on the movie.

Animation

Last week on Saturday Morning Cartoons:

The Cat Piano: A beat-noir-feline-Poe-ish horror story. Beautifully drawn. Narrated by Nick Cave—it’s as great to listen to as it is to watch. (8.30 minutes.)

The Lighthouse Keeper: Sometimes bugs are the good guys. A Goeblins film. Which means, of course, it’s beautifully designed and animated. (3.15 minutes)

Animation: "This Way Up" and "The Falcom"

Again, falling behind on the animation notices here but I love "This Way Up" to much not to give it a shout-out here. It's hilarious and surprisingly sweet.

Tor.com Saturday Morning Cartoons

This Way Up: This one's a charmer if you're up for some gallows humor that's somehow very endearing. I watched it three times in a row and laughed each time. (8.48 minutes)

The Falcon: A menagerie in camera parts. A techno soundtracked mood piece. (2.50 minutes.)