The hard news about demo reels is very few actually accomplish their goal of triggering emotion in viewers. Over the last 14 years Stash has featured only a handful of reels but we believe this new one from LA studio STATE is worth your time. [Watch]
SCAD Motion Media student Aishwarya Sadasivan describes her animated allegory “Cayona” as “a personal dedication to the wonderful immigrants who have found their happy kingdom – America.” [Watch]
The crew at Gentleman Scholar pay tribute to the 2018 World Cup with this animated in-house project dedicated to “not just the event itself, but also to the unifying nature of this sport in general.” [Watch]
Vasil Hnatiuk, an American designer/director based in Vietnam, explores his fascination with the potential of synthetic biology in this ambitious scifi-flavored personal project. [Watch]
Following his excellent dissection of the relationship between existentialists Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, director/animator Andrew Khosravani takes on the fraught dynamics of psychoanalytic pioneers Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. [Watch]
Here’s a little levity for the first Friday of your summer animated by Monster Truck Ninja and fueled by Neal Hefti’s “Batman Theme” from the original 1966 TV series. [Watch]
