French motion studio NŌBL channels the strategy and sacrifice of a chess match in this film for Vitality, one of Europe’s top esports teams, and their participation in the Esports World Cup 2026 this summer in Riyadh. [Watch]
Eccentric comedy is one of our favorite strategies for punching out of adland clutter, and it’s deftly handled here by director Ugo Mangin and Brussels prodco Hamlet for French ride-hailing app Heetch thru Paris agency Grinta. [Watch]
Digital Kitchen sets a tense and foreboding tone for season two of the Amazon crime thriller series Cross, orchestrating a layered collision between the psyche of detective Alex Cross and his city, Washington, D.C. [Watch]
The hapless non-playable characters of the gaming world finally have their day as one of them breaks free in this Coinbase spot by MJZ director Oscar Hudson thru agency Isle of Any, and aired during the Academy Awards. [Watch]
Makemake CD Duncan Elms, whose work we track here, leads the studio’s 3D team into a mist-shrouded world of hidden giants with these titles for Steven Spielberg’s nature doc series The Dinosaurs on Netflix. [Watch]
Grab a peek at the 31 new projects selected for Stash 176, an inspired trove of motion and the latest issue of the Stash Permanent Collection, aka the planet’s only streaming platform dedicated to design and animation. [Watch]
