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March 31, 2025
Ross Sneddon (aka, lead motion designer at Revenant in Glasgow) just dropped us his latest personal film that he describes as a “bleak and familiar future, where instead of tackling world issues, we turn a blind eye and hide away entirely.” [Watch]
A big hit on the festival circuit, “Les Dieux Changeants” (The Changing Gods) by Italian artist/director/composer Lucio Arese weaves Chopin and the destruction of beautifully lit classical statues into three minutes of CG poetry. [Watch]
Milan-based director/animator Margherita Premuroso (also a CD for Elastic.tv) worked with Italian broadcaster RAI and the Torino Film Festival to create an unsettling and enigmatic tone for the event’s Paranormal program. [Watch]
Madrid CG design studio Pleid St. fashions a series of three intensely intricate brand films for venerable Dutch fabric company Vlisco, whose products have been inspired by Africa since 1846. [Watch]
Buenos Aires studio Clubcamping, who dropped this animated sparkler for Porsche back in September, just released an in-house piece of psychotropic fun that will help relieve your Christmas ad overload for the next few minutes. [Watch]
In a nice contrast to the wealth of CG holiday work, Strange Beast directing duo Tjoff Koong wrangle a flurry of magical socks for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in London to help seriously ill kids spend Christmas at home with their families. [Watch]
The creative and production teams behind IGA’s standout 2019 holiday film “Inseparables” regroup for another animated heartwarmer for the grocery chain, this time fusing food, family, and hockey into a very Canadian tale. [Watch]
A powerful allegory about the plight of climate refugees, the multi-award-winning and Oscar-eligible CG short film “Migrants” was directed by five 5th year students at PÔLE 3D, an animation school based in Roubaix, France. [Watch]
Inspired by an exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay on various forms of prostitution in Paris in the last half of the 19th century, five GOBELINS animation grad students craft a harrowing tale of a young ballerina in 1895. [Watch]
Hornet director Ariel Costa pours his trademark collage talents into this atmospheric, jewel-toned spot for Sazerac’s small-batch bourbon whiskey brand 1792 thru agency The Buntin Group. [Watch]
Ten years after completing his culture-shifting stop-motion spot “Back to the Start” for Chipotle, Nexus director Johnny Kelly helms a sequel – updating and extending the conversation around sustainable farming for a more complex time. [Watch]
Working with Object & Animal directing duo Bert & Bertie, the Framestore creature crew ramp up the furry charm of an imaginary friend named Iggy in this holiday tear-trigger for McDonald’s UK thru Leo Burnett. [Watch]
The landmark 150th issue of Stash just dropped and we could not be more proud. Together with our subscribers, submitters, and fans we’ve built the planet’s largest motion design archive while providing inspiration and insight for professionals and students in over 100 countries. [Watch]
On a mission to save Christmas from rubbish gift-givers, BlinkInk director James Papper, illustrator Vivienne Shao, and MC/DJ D Double E slam together a bit of hypnotic chaos for Camden Town Brewery thru Wieden+Kennedy London. [Watch]
