New York art director John Likens redirects his considerable design skills away from his usual high-end film and TV work for a personal experiment called PRIMA “initiated after doing some R&D on different techniques inside Maxon’s Cinema 4D.” [Watch]
Directed by Alex Sherwood, Ben Harper and Sean Mullen at Giant Animation Studios in Dublin, this atmospheric CG tale of loss and longing teases out its dark secrets with pacing and cinematography designed to keep you off balance and unnerved. [Watch]
Feel-good spot of month showcases the character and comedy skills of the Psyop crew all driven by clever lyrics and the happiest/bounciest track we’ve heard in a long time from LA music house Barking Owl for Cricket Wireless through SF agency Argonaut. [Watch]
Meet Rene Fustercluck, one of two men left standing after the man-made apocalypse and the comic lynchpin of Sam Southward’s spectacular (and not altogether SFW) graduation film “After the End” produced at the National Film and Television School in London. [Watch]
Passion Pictures directing collective Againstallodds (Derek Picken and Niklas Rissler) are on a roll, following their recent Cyber Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions for “Justino” with the ambitious animated centerpiece for BBC’s coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games starting on August 5th. [Watch]
Passion Pictures director Saschka Unseld turns the character and narrative talents he honed at Pixar to the latest chapter in Chipotle’s ongoing series of heart-tugging, music-driven and multi-award-winning branded short films. [Watch]