Somehow both manic and thoughtful, the latest short from director Chris Boyle and Private Island playfully fuses live-action, VFX, and generative images into a peek at the fun to be had when AI questions its relationship to humans. [Watch]
Playing off Guinness’ infectious “Dancing Man” ad (an audience and industry fave from 1994), Nexus director Johnny Kelly and Yamination Studios mix live-action and stop-motion to channel the feel-good vibes of the original. [Watch]
The open-world adventure RPG Genshin Impact rolled out its Natlan map expansion with these 80 seconds of hyperactivity – a neck-snapping, shark-surfing showcase for the design and animation powers of the team at BUCK. [Watch]
Getting an early jump on Halloween horrors, the Goodbye Kansas team just released this trailer for Bloober’s third-person survival game Cronos: The New Dawn providing both atmospheric and visceral chills. [Watch]
The third episode in the Stash Motion>Profiles series delivers an insightful dive into the creative process, hiring priorities, and surprising origin story of Vancouver design and animation studio Giant Ant. [Watch]
Brussels-based director/animator Joost Jansen, who says “morphing animations are my blood flow”, casts his alter ego Dreamcat in the lead role of this out-of-control music video for Flemish hip-hop artist Kramer (aka Jeroen Perceval). [Watch]
