Blender Foundation
4 films on HibingeTV
Dutch non-profit organization responsible for the development of Blender, the free and open-source 3D creation suite. The foundation has produced several "open movies" — short animated films created entirely with open-source software and released under Creative Commons licenses — including Elephants Dream (2006), Big Buck Bunny (2008), Sintel (2010), and Tears of Steel (2012).
Produced
Animation, Sci-Fi
A 2006 Dutch animated science fiction fantasy short film and the first "open movie" produced by the Blender Foundation. Directed by Bassam Kurdali, the film was created entirely with free and open-source software, primarily Blender. It tells the story of Emo and Proog, two characters exploring a strange and seemingly infinite machine. The elder, Proog, acts as a tour guide, showing off the sights and dangers of the machine to the increasingly skeptical Emo. The film, its production files, and all source assets (roughly 7 GB of data) were released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, allowing anyone to remake, remix, and re-purpose the film. The title references a Dutch tradition of abruptly ending children's bedtime stories with a sneezing elephant.
Animation · Sci-Fi
Elephants Dream
2006 - Animation
Animation, Fantasy
A 2010 animated fantasy short film and the third "open movie" produced by the Blender Foundation. Directed by Colin Levy and created entirely with Blender and other free/open-source software, the film follows Sintel, a lonely young woman who befriends a wounded baby dragon she names Scales. When Scales is taken by an adult dragon, Sintel embarks on a perilous quest across years and continents to find her lost friend — leading to a devastating conclusion. The film, its production files, and all source assets are released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, making it freely available for distribution, remixing, and reuse.
Animation · Fantasy
Sintel
2010 - Animation
Distributed
Animation, Sci-Fi
A 2006 Dutch animated science fiction fantasy short film and the first "open movie" produced by the Blender Foundation. Directed by Bassam Kurdali, the film was created entirely with free and open-source software, primarily Blender. It tells the story of Emo and Proog, two characters exploring a strange and seemingly infinite machine. The elder, Proog, acts as a tour guide, showing off the sights and dangers of the machine to the increasingly skeptical Emo. The film, its production files, and all source assets (roughly 7 GB of data) were released under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license, allowing anyone to remake, remix, and re-purpose the film. The title references a Dutch tradition of abruptly ending children's bedtime stories with a sneezing elephant.
Animation · Sci-Fi
Elephants Dream
2006 - Animation
Animation, Fantasy
A 2010 animated fantasy short film and the third "open movie" produced by the Blender Foundation. Directed by Colin Levy and created entirely with Blender and other free/open-source software, the film follows Sintel, a lonely young woman who befriends a wounded baby dragon she names Scales. When Scales is taken by an adult dragon, Sintel embarks on a perilous quest across years and continents to find her lost friend — leading to a devastating conclusion. The film, its production files, and all source assets are released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, making it freely available for distribution, remixing, and reuse.
Animation · Fantasy
Sintel
2010 - Animation