Cincinnati agency Empower takes a rap-fueled poke at the downsides of their Big Apple competitors while hawking the many benefits of their hometown in this fun promo from the all-Buenos Aires team of Hola Bosque and 4HUMANS. [Watch]
The 2019 Berlin edition of the CICLOPE Festival opened with Final Frontier and Le Cube’s semi-autobiographical journey back to the 80s and 90s “fondly recalling days in the city, skating, sketching tattoos, and exploring self expression.” [Watch]
After opening the holiday tear faucet last year with Henry Hedgehog’s “First Christmas” (Stash 133), Passion Animation directors Kyra & Constantin are back with another fuzzy and lovable CG cast for Erste Group Bank thru agency Jung von Matt/DONAU. [Watch]
Hot on the heels of Todd Mueller and Kylie Matulick’s holiday spectacular for Aldi, fellow Psyopian Marie Hyon crafts a heart-warmer for Chick-Fil-A thru McCann in support of more “together time” for families everywhere. [Watch]
Creative director Drew Tyndell at Computer Team in Portland: “To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album Surrender, the Chemical Brothers released a new version of the single “Out of Control,” remixed by The Avalanches. [Watch]
What is it like to not recognize faces? Even your own. German studio Fabian&Fred and neuroscientist/filmmaker Valentin Riedl offer answers by turning one woman’s real-life struggles with prosopagnosia (face blindness) into a visually poetic film. [Watch]
