The Light and BIEN Form Creative and Strategic Alliance
January 7, 2025
In an act of true selfless courage, directors Ricard Badia, Russ Etheridge, and Milo Targett (sometimes disguised as “Plank Studio” in London) take us behind the scenes in this shocking exposé of how CG short films are actually made. [Watch]
Foundation, the massive new Apple TV+ series based on Isaac Asimov’s landmark sci-fi trilogy opens with these “galactic dreamscape” titles from creative director Ronnie Koff and the team at Imaginary Forces. [Watch]
A calming mix of live-action and CG imagery contrasted with the VO of a modern mom creates a refreshing take on the traditional beauty product pitch for L’Occitane en Provence – courtesy of directing collective Dvein with post by Sauvage.TV in Barcelona. [Watch]
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]
