Producer Katie Johnston-Smith at Demo Duck in Chicago: “We had the honor of bringing a young refugee’s story to life for World Refugee Day 2021. Meet Abdallah, an EMT on the frontlines of the pandemic who was resettled in the U.S. as a teen. [Watch]
Director Bjørn-Erik Aschim, who opened the Ciclop Festival a few years back with this inspirational sequence, rallies The Line crew in London to conjure a near-future utopian landscape for US food brand Chobani. [Watch]
Director Emnet Mulugeta and a massive crew at Goodbye Kansas in Stockholm make sure the characters get the care and attention they deserve in this carefully lit and tightly choreographed game trailer for Redfall. [Watch]
New visual effects studio LIGHT (based in Bordeaux, with a presence in NY) burst onto the Stash radar this week with these fun and furry Olympic-themed IDs for French free-to-air public television channel France 3. [Watch]
Jungler director Vincent Gibaud takes on the disturbing and recurring problem of pet owners abandoning their animals during the summer months for French animal welfare organization Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA). [Watch]
Working to the theme “The world ahead”, five teams of students at Gobelins School L’image in Paris craft teasers for the 2021 edition of the venerable Annecy Animation Festival in a wide range of styles and moods. [Watch]
