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Signe Baumane
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Filmmaker | Animator | Writer | Artist | MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH MARRIAGE | ROCKS IN MY POCKETS | KARMIC KNOT
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As the Old Year - what an Ugly King! - slithers away hunched over in shame with its sword limpid, the multitudes of Light and New Energy buzz in ready to take charge. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our talented Team Member Julia Mukai gave us this card wishing us Merry Winter Solstice and Happy New Year! As an animator she drew keyframes of the Lady of the Night flower opening and closing. Brilliant!
Here's to many new Moons bringing us many more Blooms!
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We will feast on the dead body of Darkness.
Happy Winter Solstice!
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December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
An American flag split in two rattles in the wind.
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Our Team is working on a new set, with a piano and a goose. Aged walls add a charm!
#art
#animation
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Good morning! Love is in the air and on paper in my studio.
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Latvia's animation is in the news again! DOG of GOD is Latvia's official entry to Oscars and being graphic and provocative is entirely different from last year's Oscar winner FLOW.
@thr.com interviews the directors - brothers Raitis and Lauris Abele.
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Oscars: Latvia Bets on Animation Again, But ‘Dog of God’ Is “on the Other End of the Spectrum” From ‘Flow’
Directors, and brothers, Lauris and Raitis Abele discuss their provocative and edgy takedown of dogmatic thinking and how its appeal has transcended the genre audience.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In this part of the Re:Frame interview me and Bill Plympton get into a fight (or rather a squabble) about money and how to finance independent animated films. I guess I don't have rosy views on being a 'content creator' but we can battle it out!

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"The future of indie animation is in events"
In the second part of our conversation, Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton talk about the future.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Just saw this street art in Brooklyn on top of bunion surgery ad. Beautifully thought out.
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Pratt Institute's Women in Animation chapter came to our studio for a studio tour. They were open minded, curious, practical and process oriented. We had a stimulating discussion. My conclusion: the future of Animation is safe in their hands!
#Art #Animation
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In the moments of feeling the imminent doom when you doubt working on your project remember that Salinger wrote Catcher in the Rye while he was on the D-Day mission. The war ended, the book was published and life continued on. Making Art during the end of the world actually makes the world go on .
December 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A drawing of pyramidal neurons passing signals from Amygdala to Prefrontal Cortex. Stop for a moment to appreciate the magic of your brain: the levels of coordination, synchronization and speed it takes to make a simple action like writing or reading this post.
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
RE:FRAME posted a conversation with me, Bill Plympton and Kambole Campbell. We discuss the reasons why NYC indie animation is thriving, how to build an animation community in the largest US city, what we think of AI and much more.
A must read for aspiring animators!
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New York animation according to Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton
Picking the brain of two iconic independent animators about their curated Metrograph animation fest.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Even my local Deli spontaneously joined DEI.
December 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I am in awe that Alliance of Women Film Journalists dedicated their December Spotlight to an animator, and humbled and honored that the animator they picked was me.
THANK YOU, Jennifer Merin and Leslie Combemale!

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December 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
In this episode of the TV show Garainis, in a company of a black dog (a mother of 5) an aging animator explores her roots through the lyrics of Janis Peters - a poet who had captured the mystery of Latvian Soul in words.

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#Art #Animation #Poetry
Garainis. Signe Baumane un Jānis Peters - REplay.lv
Kā iespējams saglabāt prieku, runājot par pašām tumšākajām tēmām? Kā dziesmas ar Jāņa Petera vārdiem sabalsojas ar Signes Baumanes visā pasaulē mīlēto animāciju? Dokumentālā seriāla "Garainis" jaunāk....
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November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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NOW: CLASHES Police vs Anti-ICE Protesters near Canal Street NYC as Protesters blocked garage with ICE agents inside
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Bill Plympton’s indie animated feature SLIDE opened yesterday at Cinema Village. What a wild ride! And got to meet the creator, too!
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Bill Plympton's new animated feature SLIDE opens today at Cinema Village, along with his Oscar qualified short WHALE, Q&As and more! Bring your family to make your Thanksgiving even more surreal than it is!
www.cinemavillage.com/Now-Playing/...
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
On my work table.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Here's a seven-point peace plan:
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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If this is a moment when you feel like helping courageous Ukrainians to stay alive, here is one way to do so.
www.help99.co/patches/timo...
Timothy Snyder: Freedom is Action
Professor Timothy Snyder – a prominent voice of freedom, teams up with NAFO to fundraise for ten trucks and ten cargo buses with anti-drone jamming systems. These will transport and protect those who ...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My first animated feature film ROCKS IN MY POCKETS will screen at Kino Suns cinema in Riga as part of Studija Lokomotive 30-year anniversary celebration retrospective!

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AKMEŅI MANĀS KABATĀS - BezRindas
Filmu studijai LOKOMOTĪVE 30 AKMEŅI MANĀS KABATĀS  2014. 1’30 Animācija Režisore: Signe Baumane Patiesos notikumos un dzīvesstāstos balstīts stāsts par piecām autores dzimtas sievietēm, Signi pašu ies...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We make a set, photograph it then I animate characters into the environment. This particular set is for a scene taking place in Veterinary Theatrum Anatomicum.
The production of KARMIC KNOT never stops!
#animation #art
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM