French motion designer/director Cyrille Smaha and illustrator Roxane Lagache re-team to continue their on-going series of elegant and energized brand films for Chanel with episode #16 focused on Coco Chanel’s obsession with “The Camellia.” Produced thru Paris prodco Falabracks. [Watch]
Oscar-nominated Passion Animation director Sam Fell updates traditional stop-motion characters with 3D-printed expressions for this year’s Sainsbury holiday film thru AMV BBDO complete with the voice talents of James Corden and a track by Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie. [Watch]
So, just how does one promote a spray designed to delay male orgasm during sex? Director Tim Ruffle and the Aardman crew decided the answer lay in wit, wisdom, and cheeky vignettes all rendered in a confectioner’s palette. [Watch]
The team behind the emotional 2015 John Lewis holiday spot “Monty’s Christmas” (Blink director Dougal Wilson, MPC and agency adam&eveDDB) are back and while the tear-jerking factor is lower in “Buster The Boxer,” the story telling and VFX work remain exceptional. [Watch]
The first of the 2016 feel-good CG holiday ads arrives courtesy of Passion directors againstallodds (who warmed a billion hearts last year with Loteria “Justino”) thru UK agency St Luke’s for British online retailer Very.co.uk. [Watch]
São Paulo designer/illustrator/director João Lavieri unleashes “a collection of weird loops animated without sense” as a promo for the Fair Des.gráfica, a cultural event “focusing on publications and visual experiences that are conspicuous by their daring and experimentation in the field of comics.” [Watch]
