Andrew Price interviews Blender Developer Campbell Barton (ideasman42). Campbell currently works for the Blender Institute.
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Sintel DVD masters sent to printer
Weetweet1987 Sings ‘I Move On’
The first Sintel fan art!
Sintel (+ more) showing Oct 23 in Pittsburgh with Roland Hess
Watch Sintel on the big screen Nuremberg: Oct 21/22
Interview with Colin Levy
Andrew Price writes:
With Sintel now officially released I thought it would be interesting to talk with the director and ask him some questions about the production.In this 57 minute audio interview Colin reveals:
- Why he was choosen as the director
- The biggest challenges the team faced
- What he would do differently if given the opportunity
- How he deals with criticism
- His future plans and aspirations
Sintel: Over 1 Million Views on YouTube

Sintel is a hit on YouTube! After they’ve given it extra attention on their Facebook page and on their own website, over 1 Million people have now seen the movie and the number is still growing at over 10,000 views per hour. The Sintel.org website now features a ‘live’ counter that displays the number of views. Guess how the counter is implemented?
Interview with Sintel’s art director David Revoy
Alexandre Prokoudine writes:
Libre Graphics World published an interview with David Revoy who did an awesome job as both art director and concept artist of “Sintel” short animation movie. David talks about using free graphics software on deadlines, use of experimental tools like Al.chemy, his involvement in MyPaint project and, of course, work on “Sintel”.
Sintel Now Available For Download!!
I won’t waste your time – go get it! If the Sintel server is overloaded, leave your reaction for the Durian team here.
Interwebs meltdown in 5….4….3…
Sintel Launch Party
While we’re all waiting for the release of Sintel, everybody is gathering on the IRC at the Sintel Launch Party. From the Durian blog:
We’re working to get this out as soon as possible.
Join the waiting and after party with the Durian crew!
We’ll be at #blenderdurian on IRC (FreeNode). You can also join the party via: http://graphicall.org/sintel/
Thank you all community, you’re awesome. Let’s raise the hype!
An extremely excited Durian Team





