If you are like me and desperately waiting for some content to watch on your new 4K TV and feel let down by the real visual difference provided by 4K streaming (more on that in a later post), the Blender Foundation is there to help. Responsible for the development of open source 3D rendering tools, the group also drives open content movie projects almost every year.

Since 2008, three of their short movies have received a 4K rendition that you are able to freely download and watch on your TV provided it supports the format or if you have a working 4K media player.

You’ll find below the link to the three movie websites where you’ll be able to download them in 4K and I included a Youtube version if you want to preview the movie before downloading.

Tears of Steel

Official website : https://mango.blender.org/

Big Buck Bunny

Official website : https://peach.blender.org/

Sintel

Official website : https://durian.blender.org/