Greenpeace “There’s a Monster in My Kitchen” by Cartoon Saloon
Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon bring their Oscar-nominated talents for character and narrative to Greenpeace’s ongoing media battle to stop deforestation in this follow-up to Passion’s breakout...
View Article“Freeze Frame” Short Film by Serafima Serafimova
Director, animator, and sound designer Serafima Serafimova in London: “The Winter Olympics played a big part in my childhood. It was always on the telly and I remember family time spent marveling at...
View ArticleTrolli “Mouth Quest” Spots by Sam Gainsborough and Blinkink
A crew of lovable but hapless gummy worms faces down a series of existential crises in the latest handmade animated work from Blinkink director Sam Gainsborough for German confectionery brand Trolli....
View ArticleDirector Pedro Allevato Joins Eallin Roster
From the release: Pedro Allevato, a London-based designer/director who recently won the Source.Social and Motion Design awards, has joined the Eallin team. Recently, Pedro directed two films for...
View ArticleKriill “Hurt People Hurt People” Music Video by Félicien Colmet Daâge
Passion director Félicien Colmet Daâge captures both the ennui and violence in the daily life of disenfranchised Paris youth in this languid and cinematic video for French acid indie-pop band Kriill....
View ArticleWagon Christ “Special Designer Song” Music Video by Celyn Brazier
Intricate and hypnotic, this new video for Wagon Christ (aka Luke Vibert), animated in Photoshop and rendered in hand-drawn 2D by director/illustrator Celyn Brazier, expands on the pair’s 2011...
View Article“Lost Places” Short Film by Fabian Aerts
Director/animator Fabian Aerts in Brussels: “Lost Places is a little series I worked on the last couple of weeks. The initial idea was to challenge myself in the creation of full CG environments. “I...
View ArticleFedrigoni “Paper Box” by Kristian Andrews and Studio AKA
From Studio AKA in London: “Paper box is an intriguing object designed by agency Graphic Thought Facility for Fedrigoni. It is a box that contains the entire collection of papers available from the...
View ArticleUNESCO “Green Citizens” by Roxane Campoy
In her first project since signing to the Passion Paris roster, director Roxane Campoy conjures a genial solar system designed to highlight the array of eco-responsibility projects supported by...
View ArticleArtClass Welcomes Rebecca Niles As Executive Producer
From the release: Bicoastal production and post company ArtClass has hired Rebecca Niles as Executive Producer. She brings deep global production experience spanning advertising, branded content, and...
View Article“Cycles” Short Film by MNFST.studio
Directors Magdalena Zalewska and Nikita Shestakov at MNFST.studio in London: “‘Cycle’ is our very abstract take on plastic – from its organic origins to how it is slowly becoming a part of the natural...
View ArticleStormzy vs Watch Dogs: Legion
The game trailer and music video genres collide and become one is this new promo starring the CG doppelganger of British rapper/phenom Stormzy produced by Ubisoft Toronto entirely within the Watch...
View ArticleJaron Albertin and MPC Keep “Lexus Electrified”
Smuggler director Jaron Albertin and the MPC design/VFX team offer a glimpse at the future of advertising production in this fully-remote CG spot created with the Unreal game engine and starring the...
View ArticleJoji “777” Music Video by Saad Moosajee
Following standout work for both Thom Yorke and Mitski in 2019, director Saad Moosajee gift wraps dance, costume, VFX, and motion capture in Renaissance lighting for this music video for Japanese...
View ArticleCloud-based Studio Preymaker Launched by The Mill NY Alumni
From the release: Angus Kneale, former Chief Creative Officer and Co-founder of The Mill New York announces today the launch of Preymaker, a future-facing collective of creatives, technologists, and...
View Article“Letter to My Body” Animated Poem by Elyse Kelly and Joy Ladin
Director Elyse Kelly in Washington DC: “Earlier this year I was approached by The On Being Project to be a part of their animated poetry series. “Letter to My Body” was written by Joy Ladin and is an...
View ArticleAway “Travel the Vote” by Natalie Labarre and Hornet
With over 318,000 absentee ballots rejected in the 2016 US election, luggage brand Away urges you to travel to your registered place of voting and make certain your voice is heard in 2020. Hornet:...
View ArticleDvein Opens the 2020 Animario Animation Festival
The 2020 hybrid edition of the Animario animation festival in Madrid opened with this fresh and quirky 90-second sequence directed and animated by venerable Spanish CG pioneers Dvein. Dvein summarizes...
View Article“Botany” Short Film by Alex Firstov
Alex Firstov, motion designer and digital artist in Moscow: “Recently I was forced to stay at home and look after plants. I liked it so much I even studied the basic types of inflorescences (Hooray!)...
View ArticleVersus Conducts a “Symphony of Science” for Emergent
Rob Meyers, EP at Versus in New York: “We teamed up with The New York Times T-Brand Studios to tell the timely story of Emergent BioSolutions and its pathogen-busting hyperimmune globulin therapeutic...
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