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Marc Craste Reconnects “Neighbors” for Morton Salt

Studio AKA director Marc Craste and Blacklist take on the challenge of injecting warmth and emotion into an ad for one of the planet’s humblest of consumer products: sidewalk ice melt. [Watch]

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Jacob Ferguson, Adrian Pumarejo Reveal “The Invisible Truth”

Completed over the course of four months as their senior thesis film, Ringling College Motion Design students Jacob Ferguson and Adrian Pumarejo capture the mind-altering terror of child abuse in this atmospheric and visceral jolt of stylized CG called “The Invisible Truth.” [Watch]

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Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

75 years ago this month, French composer, organist and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen premiered “Quartet for the End of Time” while held captive in a WWII prisoner-of-war camp. [Watch]

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Ben Hibon: League of Legends Mind of the Virtuoso

New work from Axis director Ben Hibon always promises atmospheric drama and lots of very cool frames. Latest evidence: this CG trailer for League of Legends: Mind of the Virtuoso for Riot Games. [Watch]

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“Branded Dreams: The Future of Advertising”

Ton Meijdam, Thom Snels and Béla Zsigmond (aka Studio Smack in the Netherlands), who brought us this piece of low-budget magic, are back with an in-house animated short to ask what would happen if brands could place their advertising in our dreams. [Watch]

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Smith & Foulkes: Slack “Animals!”

Following on the heels of Giant Ant’s fabulous 1930’s animation update, Slack pivots 180 degrees in tone and technique for this frenetic :60, opting for a cast of collaborative CG animals from the masters of such things, Nexus directors Smith & Foulkes, thru TBWA \ CHIAT \ DAY. [Watch]