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November 12, 2024
Three new 80s-cartoon-flavored spots from WIZZ director Gary Levesque and Unlisted help build the case against unsustainable, unhealthy, and unnatural practices of fast-food giants for Australian burger chain Grill’d. [Watch]
Psyop directors Shane Griffin and Marco Spier spin up a surrealist love story between a plus sign and a printer in this offbeat and lighthearted work for HP’s smart printing system HP+ thru Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam. [Watch]
Blinkink mixed-media maven Sam Gainsborough and London’s Uncommon celebrate the idea “that anyone can improve their home to make life better” in this poetic new stop-motion work for British DIY and home improvement retailer B&Q. [Watch]
Picnic Animation in London punctuates the dead-serious message delivered by FKA twigs with urgent and vibrant animation in this pro-bono spot developed by social impact agency GentleForces underscoring domestic and sexual violence. [Watch]
Passion Pictures director Dave Scanlon adds another chapter to the seemingly perpetual run of Aleksandr Orlov who now finds himself at odds with a cast of scheming furry supervillains. [Watch]
eBay’s Authenticity Guarantee takes a stylish turn in this film from NotReal who mix live-action to feature couture handbags, 2D animation for the type treatments, and CG for the deconstructed components and textures. [Watch]
In their second outing for THQ Nordic’s open-world action-adventure game Destroy All Humans!, Budapest CG studio Puppetworks Animation cranks the bonkers knob to 11 while the alien hero Crypto lip-synchs to Rammstein’s “Amerika”. [Watch]
The challenge of humanizing Big Tech and grounding the benefits in an emotional story is conquered with charm and visual wit in this brand film for Google from the all-California team of State and Where The Buffalo Roam. [Watch]
French director Maxime Bruneel showcases yet another side to his expansive visual talents with this perfectly crazed multi-media collage for the second-hand electronics platform Back Market thru 1st Ave Machine, Eddy, and Fallon. [Watch]
Director Yibi Hu and his animation team at Future Power Station in London poke at the boundaries of NSFW in this extraordinary sci-fi/fantasy pre-title sequence for episode 7 of the third season of Sex Education on Netflix. [Watch]
Inspired by beach photographers like Martin Parr and The New Yorker illustrations, director Jim Billy Wheeler and the animation crew at Animade in London set their latest in-house short during the golden age of British seaside holidays. [Watch]
Carefully merging macro photography and VFX into a film he describes as “a love letter to contemplation”, French director Thomas Vanz questions the manic pace of modern life and the fragile nature of beauty. [Watch]
Hornet Director Sam Mason spins up a magical stream of dreamlike imagery for “Colors and Shapes” off the new official release of rapper and record producer Mac Miller’s Faces mixtape. [Watch]
Here’s your chance to head into Fall fully inspired! Grab a peek at the trailer for Stash 149, a phenomenal collection of design, animation, and VFX work and the newest addition to the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
