Continuing their work for the World Wildlife Fund, director Yannis Konstantinidis and the NOMINT animation team in London mix 3D-printed stop motion and live-action atmospherics into a haunting message about the climate crisis. [Watch]
Riff Raff Films’ directing duo The Sacred Egg and The Mill, whose recent collaboration for Topgolf we featured in Stash 162, are back for another intricate mix of VFX and partying – this time for Smirnoff through McCann North America. [Watch]
German post and VFX house ACHT backs up English director Joshua Vii as he takes a bee’s eye view in this mix of motion-control and CG exploring the exterior and interior of the new Škoda Kodiaq crossover SUV. [Watch]
Passion Pictures’ animation director Anna Mantzaris brings her woolly stop-motion talents to Apple’s 2023 holiday film, a properly heart-warming four-minute opus directed by Lucia Aniello at Hungry Man thru TBWA\Media Arts Lab. [Watch]
The ethos of sustainability behind EV brand Polestar finds expression in a series of airy and intriguing kinetic sculptures in this spot from director Adam Marko-Nord with animation by Swedish studios Edisen and Haymaker VFX. [Watch]
Madrid CG house JVG provides appropriate levels of both drama and gravitas in a director’s cut of their film commissioned by The Washington Post promoting the paper’s coverage of the recent U.S. midterm elections. [Watch]
