NABS Canada “This Job Will Break You” by Edward Andrews and Tantrum Studio
The late-night stress of an overworked agency creative takes on new dimensions with the full-on hallucination of a triple-threat cracker named Crumbles – courtesy of Skin and Bones director Edward...
View Article2021 Magic Cube Design Conference Opening by B-O-D Studio
Beijing’s B-O-D Studio, whose animation talents range from anime action to sleek 3D design, shows off an additional flurry of styles in this new work for a conference staged by Chinese design platform...
View ArticleUEFA EURO 2024 Branding Launch Film by VMLY&R and Giant Ant
From the release: The brand identity for UEFA EURO 2024 was unveiled at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, where the tournament will be held across ten cities in 2024. The new brand identity...
View ArticleUnited Way “Finding Solutions” Selects by Julia Deakin and IAMSTATIC
CD Ron Gervais at IAMSTATIC in Toronto: “This montage is a selection of highlights from our recent eight-film series of impact stories told by United Way beneficiaries and donors, tackling unignorable...
View Article2021 Playground Blend Festival Titles by Rogier van der Zwaag
Rogier van der Zwaag, filmmaker and visual artist in Amsterdam: “I have been honored with the opportunity to make the title sequence of this year’s Playground Blend Festival. “The kind people of the...
View Article“Contretemps” GOBELINS 2021 Graduation Short Film
A young woman with crippling OCD confronts her worst fears head-on to save the day for her sister in this intimate, composed, and surprisingly emotional short film from five animation students at...
View ArticleFrançois X “A Scream into the Future” Music Video by Anne Raffin and Les...
Best known for her animated feature background work, Paris-based artist Anne Raffin leaps into the director’s chair with this dystopian vision for French DJ and musician François X with Les Monstres...
View ArticleFirst Look at Bill Joyce’s New Animated Short “Mr Spam Gets a New Hat”
From the team at DNEG in London: “We’re delighted to share the trailer for Mr. Spam Gets A New Hat, the imaginative new animated short from Oscar-Winning filmmaker Bill Joyce. “Set to receive its North...
View ArticleCartoonito “Wide Load Vacay” Shorts by Buck
CD Sean McClintock and the animation crew at Buck take to the open road with Frank and Charlie, two houses on the back of a moving truck for Cartoonito, the new Cartoon Network programming block aimed...
View ArticleBitis Hunter “Street x Viet Max” by FutureDeluxe
Director Raj Davsi and the CG masters at FutureDeluxe mark the launch of Vietnamese sneaker brand Bitis Hunter’s latest release – a collaboration with rapper/renaissance man Viet Max – in this sultry...
View Article“Blue Curry” GOBELINS 2021 Graduation Short Film
In the gentle and edifying short film Blue Curry from five animation students at GOBELINS in Paris, a mother invites her son to understand the beauty of diversity on Earth as they prepare dinner...
View Article“Did I Miss Anything? Long Story Short” by Kong Studio
Director/co-founder Bill Elliott at Kong Studio London: “The Long Story Short concept is to tell an informative, entertaining, and true tale in under 60 seconds. “This story begins in 1944, during the...
View ArticleNiceshit and Gross Brewery Team Up for “Blue Dog IPA”
In a unique collaboration, Barcelona design and animation studio Niceshit creates a manic brand film for their friends at Basque brewery Gross, who in turn released a limited-edition Niceshit IPA...
View Article“script.exe” Animated Poem by Team Tumult
From the crew at Team Tumult in Zurich, Switzerland: “script.exe is the result of the third Team Tumult Ani-Jam that we held in September 2021. “In a three-day team retreat at the beautiful Walensee...
View Article“The Soloists” GOBELINS 2021 Graduation Short Film
The newest grad film from this year’s animation class at GOBELINS, wraps important ideas about women’s rights and authoritarian rule into a charming dark comedy about three elderly women who just want...
View ArticleChannel 4 “Our 5/50 Manifesto” Explainer by Brotherston.tv
Director/animator Ryan Brotherston in London: “We recently made a fun little film for Channel 4 here in the UK. The brief went something like this… Channel 4: “We need to explain a new way of working...
View Article“Moon Knight” Fan Film by Akshay Tiwari
Inspired by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Greg Smallwood’s comic series Moon Knight, Indian director/designer Akshay Tiwari (currently at The Mill NY), crafts a personal film he describes as “a journey...
View Article“abStr2ckt” CG Experiments by Maurice Fransen
Dutch art director, photographer, and motion designer Maurice Fransen coaxes intriguing CG results out of Cinema 4D X-Particles while rendering with Octane and Cycles 4D. Production: Strack...
View ArticleMoon Panda “Vacationer” Music Video by Simona Mehandzhieva
Bulgarian director/animator Simona Mehandzhieva, who graduated with the Narrative Animation class of 2020 from the Royal College of Art, applies her vibrant and idiosyncratic style to a piece for...
View ArticleDiscord “Sticker Loop City” by Yeah Haus
From the team at Yeah Haus in Detroit: “When Discord asked us to team up on their new Sticker feature, we were thrilled to work with their cute cast of characters. “This was a new product for Discord...
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