Cutters Studios Expands Roster With Editor Kate Owen
February 6, 2025
Creative directors Igor Sordokhonov, Maxim Zhestkov, and the team at Media.Work are back with their latest in-house project “dedicated to the research of how plastic waste could be reclaimed and turned into new items.” [Watch]
Created as part of Sony’s experimental Floating Habitat project anticipating how future climate refugees may live at sea, You or You is based on a story by science fiction writer Haruka Mugihara and directed by Takashi Ohashi. [Watch]
Creative director Benjamin Woodlock and the design and animation team at Elastic in Los Angeles capture a gritty, punk zine attitude in their titles for Jon Stewart’s new current affairs/talk show on Apple TV+. [Watch]
Working with Stink directors Traktor and DDB Paris, Stockholm CG and VFX powerhouse Important Looking Pirates starts a revolution with a punked-up rooster and beautiful/chaotic cinematography in this romp for Ubisoft’s Far Cry 6. [Watch]
Julie Delpy’s new Netflix series On the Verge opens with these carefully composed stop-motion titles crafted by a small team at production and VFX studio Fugu in Paris and set to a jaunty tune by Chilly Gonzales. [Watch]
CD Hao Chen and his animation team at Linetest in Vancouver just dropped this rousing spot, powered by a heartfelt spoken word performance, for The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s initiative to end youth homelessness. [Watch]
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]
