Reel of the Month Club (Jan 2025): Virak Path
January 15, 2025
Somehow, during the chaos that was 2024, we missed this series of happy-go-lucky animated Coke spots directed by Yeti Pictures thru Nottoscale and London agency Inside Job, so we’re making up for it right now. [Watch]
South Korean motion designer Danbi Kwak makes her Stash debut with this snappy CG passion project, a spec promo for the venerable Indian brand Nag Champa and the power of its incense products to sooth the mind and body. [Watch]
Inspired by the mental health journey of his daughter Mia, London-based 3D motion director Robert Glassford (aka Mr Kaplin), animates a colorful and hope-filled answer to the question “What does it feel like to have ADHD?” [Watch]
Buda.tv CDs Martin Dasnoy and Dalmiro Buigues cast a half-naked dolphin in this comic and mildly apocalyptic in-house short film that ponders the serious side effects AI could have on the art and craft of animation. [Watch]
If you’re serious about staying inspired in 2025, Stash 169 is the perfect place to start. Preview all the motion projects selected for this issue and are now part of the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
José León Molfino, co-founder at Buenos Aires motion studio Stato, puts Houdini and Redshift through their paces in Deep Seeds, his brief but beautiful passion project complete with a masterclass-level breakdown reel. [Watch]
Le Truc Studio, whose stellar Bell & Ross film we featured in Stash 166, keeps the luxury coming with this work for French audio brand Devialet and the Opéra de Paris edition of their Astra integrated amplifier which is wrapped in gold leaf and retails for a cool US$25K. [Watch]
The team at Media.Work are back with a new in-house CG motion experiment that aims to reimagine color “not just as an established variable but as a living entity, evolving and interacting within its surrounding context.” [Watch]
This new social film from the design and animation crew at Nerdo in Turin for Vodafone Italy provides ample evidence that a well-crafted (and drafted) story can engage and connect emotionally even when you don’t speak the language. [Watch]
TACTYC Studio, whose sleek Michael Kors films we featured in Stash 164, takes a far more fantastical approach in this world-building assignment for The Superduper Show, a celebrity game program on Germany’s ProSieben network. [Watch]
The animation and VFX crew at BaconX in Copenhagen and Epoch Films director Martin De Thurah combine forces for a cheeky take on the powers of perseverance in this beat-perfect spot for Canadian online investment platform Wealthsimple. [Watch]
Join us Feb 5th at Motion North, the Manchester-based group of motion designers, animators, filmmakers, and VFX artists, as they celebrate their 50th gathering, the Big ‘Un, at the iconic New Century Hall. [Watch]
Abra.network, the Warsaw motion studio who brought us these standout People Can Fly films, wraps the recent SanDisk rebrand from ELA Advertising and Daisy Chain Studio into a riveting sequence of graphic deconstructions. [Watch]
The fourth installment in our series of Motion>Profiles visits Hornet in New York for a peek at their sweet new offices and learn a few of the secrets that propelled them into the top tier of the planet’s creative studios. [Watch]
Emanuele Marani, an Emmy-nominated AD/designer who counts Buck, Elastic, and ManvsMachine as clients, drops a delightful film for his own real-world Vase.01 project – a mischievous 3D-printed nod to Mr. Potato Head. [Watch]
