Psyop and Sun Creature Partner With Werner Herzog on “The Twilight World” Animated Feature
March 3, 2025
Following up on 2023’s IGA holiday heartwarmer Mr. Beaver, Montreal’s Tonic DNA studio delivers another ambitious character-driven tale with this year’s film capturing the power of cooking to transcend family conflicts. [Watch]
The design and motion team at Mellow Studio in Athens combine cel and 2D digital animation with 3D to craft an energized brand film and backstory for Greek premium tonic and soda brand Three Cents. [Watch]
The world premiere trailer for Ubisoft’s upcoming release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows by Budapest 3D studio DIGIC Pictures is a masterclass in surgical action and masterful lighting held together by powerful storytelling. [Watch]
With “In Hot Water”, NOMINT’s latest environmental epic for WWF premiering at COP29, the London studio continues to push the boundaries of stop-motion – this time capturing the animation entirely on a thermal camera. [Watch]
The design and CG motion crew at NotReal (whose work we track here) unleash an appropriately maximalist demo film for VIZIO TVs promising “more color, brightness, contrast, detail, clarity… more everything”. [Watch]
Passion Pictures director Tom O’Meara combines his extensive stop-motion experience with CG characters to create a happy tactile warmth in this hybrid spot for Spanish telco Movistar thru agency VML Madrid. [Watch]
Paris prodco Jungler and Belgian director Renaud Lavency take on the delicate task of representing the harsh reality of disability discrimination in the work place with the hope provided by European charity LADAPT. [Watch]
Untold Studios, the London VFX crew whose CG creature cred is on full display here and here, team with Hungry Man director Taika Waititi (JoJo Rabbit, Thor: Ragnarok) on a Disney holiday hear-warmer “The Boy & The Octopus”. [Watch]
Leaning into the crucial role played by tactical data in Tencent’s first-person shooter Delta Force, ECD Oriol Puig and the Trizz team unleash two minutes of hardcore CG action punctuated with glitchy design. [Watch]
Wizz director Gary Levesque channels vintage Japanese TV vibes in this film for the Ranger AF3 shoe, a collab between Nike and Japanese fashion designer Nigö, merging lux sneaker fashion and anime nostalgia. [Watch]
Flux celebrates its 15th year with the launch of Flux Festival, an event centered on innovation in film, art, and emerging technology with a full day of talks, screenings, and performances Nov. 23rd in Los Angeles. [Watch]
Leveraging their passion for the automotive arts, ECD David Macey and the crew at INK Studio in London frame the new Mclaren MCL38 Formula One car as evolutionary hi-tech sculpture in this dramatic launch film. [Watch]
Kiwi vitamin and supplement brand Healtheries gets a shot of contagious cheerful energy in this spot delivered by director Roberts Kulenko and the team at Latvian animation studio Panic thru TBWA\New Zealand. [Watch]
The Passion Paris animation team and director Juan Pablo Machado help mark the 30th anniversary of the Ronald McDonald Foundation with this poignant, atmospheric, and beautifully drafted film created thru TBWA Paris. [Watch]
