Working with agency Truant London, director Chris Boyle and the Private Island animation crew conjure an impossible-to-ignore CG spot for UK non-profit Material Focus and their Recycle Your Electricals campaign. [Watch]
Wildly successful on the festival circuit (94 screenings and many awards), the short film “At First Sight” by Dutch artist/animator Sjaak Rood is finally available online in all its splattery, visceral, and emotional glory. [Watch]
To celebrate landing US representation on the Final Frontier roster, Brazilian animation studio Dirty Work unleashes their “massive-giant-robot-smasher-inner-beast” in this fun studio ID. [Watch]
Commissioned by FX Networks and based on Pamela Ribon’s acclaimed coming-of-age memoir, “My Year Of Dicks” earned Icelandic director/animator Sara Gunnarsdóttir a 2023 Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film. [Watch]
Director/animator Michael Emry at IMAGE+NOISE in LA teams with UK director/visual artist Troy Browne for a bold spec motion piece built around the power and mystique of Air Jordan basketball shoes. [Watch]
Fresh from the playful mind of Berlin-based director/animator Merlin Flügel (who dropped this wonderfully strange short in 2021), comes the trailer for the 2023 edition of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film. [Watch]