Grab a tissue or six, this hand-animated film directed by Joe Bluhm at Tonic DNA for charity L’Arche Canada was released to mark World Down Syndrome Day 2021 and is guaranteed to have you in tears by minute one. [Watch]
We’re betting director Ewan Jones Morris, the team at London studio Friends Electric, and agency AMV BBDO set a Guinness record of some sort creating this 372-minute, smile-inducing spot for Sheba brand cat food. [Watch]
FITC Toronto, the mother of all digital creative conferences, launched its 20th-anniversary edition virtually on Monday with this visual treat from CDs Alex Liou, PJ Richardson, and the crew at Laundry in LA. [Watch]
Blinkink director Katy Wang and the NY Times’ T Brand Studio make the case for combatting textile waste in this animated work highlighting the ongoing sustainable fashion initiatives of US apparel brand Eileen Fisher. [Watch]
Clément Soulmagnon, a director/animator repped by Eddy in Paris, brings his distinctive illustrative style to “Aurore”, a new short film documenting the watery final hours of the eponymous heroine in her fragile glass cage. [Watch]
Director Brian Williams (aka Super 68) and the crews at Ntropic London and VFX shop Playdead in Glasgow drop some serious dazzle (and robo-fireflies) into this brand film for Finnish software and data company Solita thru London agency Creature. [Watch]