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Samuel Lewis Examines the “Garbologist” for Specsavers & FlickerFest

Melbourne stop-motion specialist Samuel Lewis created this gently comic spot for the Should’ve Gone To Specsavers Short Film Competition, an annual collab between the optical retail giant and the Flickerfest Short Film Festival. [Watch]

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Li Xuan Reveals the Soft Side of AI in Music Video for Roy Wang’s “The Star Shepherd”

A full-on cultural phenomenon in China where it drove over 50 million views in 24 hours, this emotional music video for singer/songwriter and UNICEF ambassador Roy Wang, uses AI to simulate the warmth of stop-motion felt animation. [Watch]

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Biting Humor: Tobias Fouracre & 1920 Serve Up a Christmas Twist for Dr. Oetker

Partizan Studio’s stop-motion master Tobias Fouracre (Isle of Dogs, Corpse Bride), teams with the VFX crew at 1920 and agency adam&eveDDB to add a dash of darkish humor into your holiday ad diet. [Watch]

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Uncommon & Friends Unleash “Heroes Take the Crown” Short Film for Clash Royale

The Stockholm branch of Uncommon Creative wrangles seven directors and prodco’s into an epic eight-minute exquisite corpse-style short film for Supercell’s Clash Royale that includes CG, stop-motion, 2D animation, and VFX segments. [Watch]

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Walking the Walk for Droga5 and Kaiser Permanente

London post/VFX house Black Kite and LA stop motion studio Open the Portal build out a hybrid world for US healthcare consortium Kaiser Permanente in this jaunty spot by Riff Raff directing duo The Sacred Egg thru Droga5. [Watch]