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“#FlattenTheCurve (1/3)” Lockdown Short Film by Studio Desk and Friends
Kathrin Steinbacher and Emily Downe at Studio Desk in London: “After the outbreak of COVID-19 and the beginnings of global lockdown, we sent out a call to animators from around the world to send us a...
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“Quarantino’s Diary” Short Film by Andreas Maris
Andreas Maris: “Quarantino’s Diary is a project that I created with musician and sound designer Panos Pagonis during these strange times of Covid-19. “As an unprecedented experience for both of us, we...
View ArticleVancouver VFX Studio The Embassy Opens LA Facility
From the release: Following 17 years of successful operations in Canada, visual effects and production studio The Embassy has announced its expansion to the US, opening a new LA office and appointing...
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aYia “Easy” Music Video by Salomon Ligthelm
Salomon Ligthelm, a self-taught filmmaker signed to Stink, conjures a dreamlike escape punctuated by glitches of chaos for Icelandic electro three-piece aYia with the ominous VFX and post handled by...
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Apex Legends Season 5 “Fortune’s Favor Launch Trailer”
The Mill Directors, Lisha Tan and David Lawson return to the helm for the latest Apex Legends trailer following a series of films for the Respawn franchise including spectacular work for the original...
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“Coyote” Short Film by Lorenz Wunderle
If your quarantine fatigue includes a growing aversion to be-nice-to-each-other messages, Swiss director/animator Lorenz Wunderle and the crew at YK Animation in Bern have the perfect antidote....
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“Stories In Place: Desert Island Comics” Short Film by Case Jernigan
Artist/animator Case Jernigan in Brooklyn, NY: “The idea behind Stories in Place is simple: empower Vimeo’s community of creators to do what they do best (tell great stories) and shine a light on the...
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“Sea You” Short Film Directed by Ben Brand
Director Ben Brand: “When my girlfriend told me the story of spreading her deceased grandmother’s ash over the sea (like a lot of people around the world do) I started wondering what actually happens...
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Tycho “Weather” Music Video by Mathijs Luijten
Mathijs Luijten: “I’ve been listening to Tycho’s music since I was 15. So when he asked me to create a video for his title track ‘Weather’, I jumped at the opportunity! “For many years I put on Tycho’s...
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“Lovebirbs” Instagram Loop by Gunner
Collin Leix, animator at Gunner in Detroit: “A fun short we made for Gunner’s instagram for Valentine’s day, 2020. “For this piece, I got to try out something I had only played out in my head before...
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Erick Oh’s “Gunther” Will Make You Feel Less Weird
Former Pixar animator Erick Oh (Finding Dory, Inside Out, Brave, etc.) breaks free from narrative logic in this six-minute parade of absurdist characters lead by Gunther, a mischievous sausage with an...
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DJ Shadow “Slingblade” Music Video by Ryo Kitabatake
Director, motion designer, and CG artist Ryo Kitabatake at WOW in Tokyo stirs together mystery, isolation, and atmosphere in this sweeping music video for the DJ Shadow track “Slingblade”. Ryo...
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“Incredible Ant” Concept Trailer by CRCR
French creative collective CRCR packs non-stop action and plenty of dynamic camera work into this trailer for the new Alibaba Pictures animated series Incredible Ant (26 x 11′). The series was created...
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Miyagi “Trenchtown” Music Video by Shakhnazar Borboev
Bob Marley drives the BttF Delorean. That’s all you really need to know about this beautifully illustrated widescreen video for Russian rapper Miyagi’s ode to Jamaica’s greatest cultural export by...
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Sound Designers Take the Lead in “Symbiosis” Motion Collaboration
Moscow motion and concept designer Maslov Sergey gathers 19 sound designers and 22 motion designers to reverse the usual motion-first production pipeline and reveal “the full creative abilities of both...
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“Falling Down” Short Film by Swann and Yoann Chesnel
Art directors/motion designers Swann and Yoann Chesnel (aka Thanksbro) in Paris: “On lockdown, we took advantage of our free time to plunge into our old travel pictures. From them was born the idea to...
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Pressure “The Countless Faces of Chaos” by Ernest Desumbila
Director Ernest Desumbila and the VFX crew at Sauvage.TV in Barcelona merge Greek mythology with near-future dystopia in this film created in collaboration with Paris designer Théodoros Gennitsakis and...
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Just Eat “Did Somebody Say – ft. Snoop Dogg”
With global food delivery wars amplified by the pandemic lockdown, McCann recruits Snoop Dogg and his entourage (including Riff Raff director François Rousselet and the MPC VFX team) to fortify Just...
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Reflecting on the Joy of Gathering with Friends in “Au Coin du Feu” Short Film
From Freshly Baked Animation in France: “We’re a collective of five friends working in animation. Recently we had the chance to gather under the same roof and make Au Coin du Feu (By the Fireplace), a...
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No Frills Drops the First Danceable Pandemic PSA
Our first nominee for the “Best COVID-related Creative” award goes to Canadian discount grocery chain No Frills for this PSA/music video by the all-Toronto team of VFX shop The Vanity, audio collective...
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