Picasso Pictures director Frankie Swan animates the complex hidden feelings of a young girl in this spot for Dove and Cartoon Network “helping young girls understand that being themselves feels better than trying to fit in.” [Watch]
As a semi-serious collector of children’s books, I have a soft spot for animated children’s book trailers. These three films all showcase the genre’s challenges of staying true to a volume’s particular charm as well as its illustration style. [Watch]
The vibrant and playful style of New York illustrator/animator Joel Plosz contrasts perfectly with the semi-dry content in this mini-doc for Vice News looking at the history and ramifications of privatizing space travel. [Watch]
The FX Design team pull together a hardcore 3D crew composed of Tendril, Trizz, Korb, and Method Studios to create the teaser for the eighth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. [Watch]
Toronto VFX shop The Vanity reteam with Rogue director Mark Zibert in this epic three-minute action-comedy for Walmart Canada in praise of mothers and their underrated superpowers. [Watch]
“L’Aviatrice,” an extraordinary CG film by five animation Master’s students at ESMA in France, takes us above the clouds and into the emotions of pioneering French pilot Jacqueline Auriol who set five world speed records in the 1950s and 1960s. [Watch]
