Animated filmmaking

Ranked 1st in the world in animation by Career Review magazine, GOBELINS has gained international recognition in the field of character animation. 

GOBELINS offers a complete curriculum from Bachelor's to Master's degree, an English and a French course with a double degree, as well as a dedicated preparatory programme.

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CHILDERIC, LES NERFS DE LA GUERRE - Poster

CHILDERIC, CHOOSING YOUR BATTLES - Graduation short film 2023

Our team follows the young commander Childeric the day before a determining attack. Childeric shows us the daily life of medieval knights getting ready for battle.
Animated filmmaking
DANCE WITH THE SEASHELLS

DANCE WITH THE SEASHELLS - Graduation short film 2023

When the Concert-Hall of a small town vanishes, the young singer Erika teams up with Mehdi the mascot to go find it! What will they find on their journey?
Animated filmmaking
THE NAME - Poster

THE NAME - Graduation short film 2023

The film follows the perspective of a kid and his relationship with his mom about his trans identity.
Animated filmmaking
PANDEMONIUM

PANDEMONIUM - Graduation short film 2023

Logan’s sister was murdered. Unable to move on she summons a demon in hopes that he will bring her sister back to life.
Animated filmmaking
Pandanim

PANDANIM grants scholarship to a Chinese Student, a rising star in Animation

The animation studio PANDANIM joins GOBELINS Paris' equal opportunities programme by awarding a scholarship from the ATB Animation Talent Booster programme to a talented young Chinese student: Yulin YUE.
Animated filmmaking
SUNSCREEN - Poster

SUNSCREEN - Graduation short film 2023

Zora, trapped in a space station for a long time after a space accident, begins to hallucinate and confront her inner world.
Animated filmmaking
THE ALCHEMISTS

THE ALCHEMISTS - Graduation short film 2023

Thibaut, an alchemy apprentice, is finally starting his graduate internship. His -slightly eccentric-master brings him to a dubious-looking dungeon…
Animated filmmaking
KAKOMANDO

KAKOMANDO - Graduation short film 2023

Kakomando is the leader of a group of mischievous kids free running on the streets of New Town. To complete their hideout on top of the old mining hill, the young commander must take a high risk to get the one thing missing to complete their dream.
Animated filmmaking
Anim'Action Film Festival

GOBELINS at Anim'Action Film Festival in Australia

GOBELINS Paris attended the Anim'Action festival, hosted by 3 Australian universities in Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney.
Animated filmmaking
TRY HARD

TRY HARD - Graduation short film 2023

Alex, an art student, dreams of joining Eve, the Elite’s visual school. Together with her best friend Kimmy, they train hard to pass the notoriously impossible entrance exam. Alex’s training turns into an obsession, compromising her friendship with Kimmy.
Animated filmmaking

More than 40 years of animation

The animation department at GOBELINS was born thanks to Asterix!
Uderzo and Goscinny were looking for young artists for the Idefix studios they had just created in 1973. They approached the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A few months later, the "Animated Film" department at GOBELINS was created.

In 1976, when the first class of animation students graduated, the industry was still in its infancy. GOBELINS was then the only school to train in the techniques of animated film thanks to the enthusiasm of passionate self-taught professionals.

It was in this atmosphere that the classes of students followed one another and very quickly forged the school's reputation for excellence, each contributing to the development of projects that would mark their era.
From decade to decade, the school has evolved its teaching, following technological advances, particularly those brought about by digital technology, while reconciling them with artistic issues.

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Exceptional patreons

Each year the Gobelins School welcomes a renowned filmmaker to be the “patron” of its Master of Arts graduating class.  Patrons advises the students as they work on their thesis films, the culmination of their studies.  Giving feedback and guidance the patrons help students as they write, direct, and promote their thesis films.

 

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Guillermo del TORO

Legendary director Guillermo del Toro won Oscars for best feature film and best director for The Shape of Water.  HIs film Pan’s Labyrinth also won three Oscars.  His new film is Pinocchio, a stop-motion animated retelling of the classic story.
 
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Marjane SATRAPI

Marjane Satrapi’s film Persepolis, adapted from her graphic novel, was nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Animated Feature.  Persepolis and her other graphic novels have won numerous awards at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
 
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Peter LORD 

Peter Lord is the co-founder of the Academy Award winning studio, Aardman Animations.  He has produced/executive produced all of Aardman’s films including Wallace And Gromit, Chicken Run, and Flushed Away.
 
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Michel OCELOT

Renowned director Michel Ocelot’s animated films have won numerous awards including the BAFTA , César, and best animated feature at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.  He’s know for directing films in a variety of animated styles and his career spans almost four decades. 
 
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Pierre COFFIN

Gobelins graduate Pierre Coffin was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film for his film Despicable Me.  He also received Annie Award and BAFTA Award nominations for 

Best Animated Feature for Despicable Me.  In addition he received an Annie Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting for his portrayal of all the minion characters.  He was nominated again for Annie Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Voice Acting for his portrayals of the minions in Despicable Me 2 and Minions.
 
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Tomm MOORE

Tomm Moore is the co-founder of the animation studio, Cartoon Saloon.  His films The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, and Wolfwalkers were all nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.

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