Each year, five teams of graduating students from Gobelins, l’école de l’image (Goeblins School of Communications) in Paris create short animations (under one minute) that are used to introduce each day’s events at the Annecy International Festival of Animation.
Unfortunately, while the school’s level of instruction undoubtedly remains high, the complexity and quality of the Gobelins’ website continues to devolve. It’s easier now to just find these on YouTube.
(Screen captures above, titles [see videos themselves for team credits]: String, Le coup du lapin, Hors champ, Massif, Coil)