Cutters Studios Expands Roster With Editor Kate Owen
February 6, 2025
New visual effects studio LIGHT (based in Bordeaux, with a presence in NY) burst onto the Stash radar this week with these fun and furry Olympic-themed IDs for French free-to-air public television channel France 3. [Watch]
Jungler director Vincent Gibaud takes on the disturbing and recurring problem of pet owners abandoning their animals during the summer months for French animal welfare organization Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA). [Watch]
Chanel’s iconic N°5 fragrance (first launched by Gabrielle Chanel in 1921) benefits from a whimsical update in this spot directed by French fashion photographer Thomas Lagrange with animation and post by Mikros in Paris. [Watch]
Refik Anadol, the Turkish-American new media artist who previously transfixed us with his Melting Memories work, just released Molecular Architecture, an installation combining AI data sculpture and large-scale 3D printing. [Watch]
Working to the theme “The world ahead”, five teams of students at Gobelins School L’image in Paris craft teasers for the 2021 edition of the venerable Annecy Animation Festival in a wide range of styles and moods. [Watch]
In a welcome break from the snark and one-note violence of many game films, LA director Evan Viera and the crew at Illusorium Studios in Madrid deliver a tranquil and panoramic teaser for the Switch release of Sky: Children of Light. [Watch]
Stop-motion maestro Victor Haegelin, who nailed the fun in this mid-lockdown spot for Expedia, returns with an ambitious looping ode to track and field athletes and the storied Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.
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Aardman director, illustrator, and animator Åsa Lucander brings a light touch to the serious impact flooding can have on homes and families for the UK’s South West Property Flood Resilience Pathfinder project. [Watch]
After joining forces for Balenciaga’s SS22 deepfake fashion show director Quentin Deronzier and VFX masters Mikros MPC are back for a grand, pop fantasy starring Doja Cat and The Weeknd. [Watch]
BBC Olympics promo spots are always a grand visual treat and this 60-second VFX extravaganza by Nexus directors Factory Fifteen is no different as it sweeps viewers into an obsessively detailed, sports-infused Tokyo. [Watch]
Director CJ Cook at Meister in Portland: “We were approached by The SpingHill Company to produce a series of vignettes for CNN’s documentary “Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street.” [Watch]
Working thru California agency Butler Shine Stern & Partners, director Diego Berakha and the crew at 1stAveMachine in Buenos Aires mash together live-action and a slew of animation and design styles for this phase two promo of the ESPN app. [Watch]
LA director and architect Liam Young describes Planet City, commissioned by The National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne, as both “an extraordinary image of tomorrow and an urgent examination of environmental questions facing us today.” [Watch]
Oscar-nominated director Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age x 3, Rio x 2, Ferdinand, etc.) taps fellow Brazilian Juliano Storchi and Dopo VFX studios in Sao Paulo to craft the enigmatic main titles for his Netflix series Invisible City. [Watch]
