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CalArts student Marcos Cohen’s film “Madame Babette” is all at once retro, cute, hilarious, and dark. Check it out…

Channel Frederator: Where did you get the idea for Madame Babette?

Marcos Cohen: First off, I’d like to thank you guys for showing “Madame Babette”. It’s such a great honor to share it with you.

It took me a while to come out with the main idea for this film. I spent countless days thinking about what kind of story to make. The idea for “Madame Babette” actually started while watching a movie from one of my favorite Spanish filmmakers, Pedro Almodovar, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. There is a scene in this movie in which the main character throws a phone or answering machine out of the window. It was so hilarious the way the actress did it that it sparked in me the idea of making a short film about [Read more…]

Hey kids! We’ve got one fan-freakin’-tastic episode this week, featuring the latest Drinking and Drawing, a CalArts thesis, a PSA, and good guys gone bad.

If you are sans ComiCon this week and in NYC , never fear! Check out the Animation Block Party featuring crazy talented and/or legendary animators including Bill Plympton, Mike Hollingsworth, Choom Lam, Tony Dusko, and zillions more. The ABP is July 24th -26th , click here for tickets!

“Drinking & Drawing 2009”, submitted by Frederator Studios – Frederator loves you to the theme of Bikini Zombies!

“Madame Babette”, submitted by Marcos Cohen – Okay, your apartment’s on fire and you can only save like, a thousand things. Go!

“For Better Performances”, submitted by Fabian Dores Pais – A snazzy European anti-smoking PSA.

“Trigger Happy”, submitted by Javier Lopez-Duprey – With great power comes great *ZAP!*… well that didn’t end well at all…

WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. Change is good. You know what hasn’t changed? The quality [Read more…]