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Device Sketches Out Sustainablity Message for Montblanc

German luxury goods brand Montblanc lays out its commitment to sustainability in this smooth and understated mix of cel animation and 3D directed by Device and Raül Peix through Barcelona prodco Bol and W+K Amsterdam. [Watch]

“MACRO/micro” Animated Collaboration by Margaret Bialis and Friends

Feeling overworked and realizing she hadn’t animated anything just for fun in a long time, Chicago animation director Margaret Bialis gathered 11 talented friends for a joint look at the big and small in their lives. [Watch]

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Max Leung Finds Hope in New Short Film “Reborn”

Max Leung, a key artist at MPC in London, just released this personal film in an attempt to capture the roller coaster of emotions he experienced when his son was born prematurely in the midst of the pandemic. [Watch]

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Impactist Boxes “Cake” Season 5 for FX Networks

Cake, FXX’s half-hour short-form comedy block, now comes wrapped in an appropriately absurdist broadcast package fashioned by Impactictist, aka Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing who also composed the music. [Watch]

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“Don’t Fear the Finger” Fights Prostate Cancer with Musical Comedy

Landia directing duo 1985 and Papamusic in Buenos Aires take finger puppets to the next level in this singing and dancing tribute to the benefits of getting probed for prostate cancer. [Watch]

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“Cards’n’Chains” Short Film by Christoph Ott

Christoph Ott, a motion designer and digital artist at 908 in Berlin, deconstructs the time-honored tradition of adding cards to bicycle spokes as well as the bike itself in this new personal adventure in CG filmmaking. [Watch]

Arnis Vitols Gets Beneath the Surface in “FINIERIS” Short Film

Arnis Vitols, a 3D technical artist based in Riga, Latvia, asks the question “Does perfection in form exist?” with a new personal film called FINIERIS (“Veneer” in Latvian) with a soundscape designed by Human Robot Soul. [Watch]

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Sony PS5 Launch Films by Media.Work

When Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the PlayStation 5 for the first time, these two CG films by Maxim Zhestkov and the Media.Work crew (now online for the first time) helped heighten the aura of anticipation and intrigue. [Watch]

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“Halo” Series Opens with Ominous Titles by Will Adams and Goodbye Kansas

This intimate and carefully rendered opening sequence for the Paramount+ Halo series reflects the show’s narrative arc following Master Chief/John-117 on a quest to uncover his past while revealing intricate details of his Mjolnir armor. [Watch]

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Cheng-Hsu Chung Celebrates Korean Binge Eating in “Mukbang!” Short Film

Director/animator Cheng-Hsu Chung, whose talents for chaotic maximalism are on full display in music videos for Chelou and !!! (Chk Chk Chk), just dropped this frenzied feast for Adult Swim’s Off The Air anthology series. [Watch]

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New Art Camp Music Video Launches Amber Mark “Out Of This World”

Continuing their string of innovative and intriguing music videos (e.g., these films for Bright Eyes and Thom Yorke), NYC studio Art Camp merges 2D and 3D animation with underwater live-action in this dreamscape for R&B/soul artist Amber Mark directed by Jos Diaz Contreras. [Watch]

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Optimus Prime Hits the Road Courtesy of Riff Raff Director Finn Keenan and The Mill

Agency Saatchi & Saatchi, Riff Raff director Finn Keenan, and The Mill VFX crew in London assemble to pack the leader of the Autobots off on a road trip, the latest in a series of comic spots for UK insurance provider Direct Line. [Watch]

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Oitoproducts “Oslinchik Collection” Product Film by Nikita Proshin

Shout out to the Ukrainian design community here with a beautiful product film by Kharkiv-based motion designer Nikita Proshin for the Oslinchik collection of wooden stools by oitoproducts, a young furniture brand headquartered in Kiev. [Watch]

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Yeti Pictures Admires the Power and Poetry of Brutalism

Few architectural styles polarize opinions like Brutalism but love it or hate it, you will get a smile out of this latest in-house adventure in fantasy CG style from Tony Zagoraios and the crew at Yeti Pictures in Athens. [Watch]