Daniel DelPurgatorio, who recently joined ATK PLN as ECD, leverages fun facts (like bees have five eyes and rabbits eat their own poop) to conjure a backyard full of wonder in this Claritin spot designed to get kids outdoors. [Watch]
Directed by Brazilian animation studio Consulado with fellow São Paulo studio Gorila handling 2D, this film for international charity Inspiring Girls reveals Einstein’s first wife Mileva Marić as an inspirational role model for young girls. [Watch]
Mark Lindner, creative director at Panoply in London: “The latest film in our Curiosity series is an abstract take on the memory of our daily rush-hour commute, packed together on London public transport. Our aim was to convey this feeling of a time that almost feels lost. [Watch]
The Mob director Paul WS Anderson (known for such gentle fare as Alien vs. Predator, the Resident Evil franchise, and most recently Monster Hunter), stages an epic gaming challenge for PlayStation Plus with lots of VFX help from The Mill. [Watch]
Created as their diploma film at the Lucerne School of Art and Design, director/animators Aira Joana, Luca Struchen, Nicolas Roth, and Pirmin Bieri merge 3D and 2D animation into a thoughtful meditation on place and purpose. [Watch]
Founded 25 years ago this week, Bay Area studio Little Fluffy Clouds celebrate with the release of their latest short film, an animated ode to Yellowstone National Park and devastating fires that swept through it in 1988. [Watch]
The five members of K-pop sensation TXT (TOMORROW X TOGETHER) battle “an unknown power” on the way to revealing each of their fictional backstories in this magic-filled adventure from the animation crew at Studio Pivote in Seoul. [Watch]
The latest non-stop CG flight directly over the uncanny valley lands with conviction in a British bathtub with Albert Einstein carefully crafted by the VFX crew at The Mill in concert with veteran MJZ director Rocky Morton. [Watch]
The many talents of Antibody director Patrick Clair and British comic artist Mark Simpson (aka Jock) coagulate into this somber and salient title sequence for Millarworld’s new Netflix superhero series, Jupiter’s Legacy. [Watch]
Director/animator Nol Honig: “This film shows how I felt living in New York City during the COVID shutdown. My goal was to push out of my comfort zone both aesthetically and technically and make something very different from my past work. [Watch]
The irksome artifacts of laggy video gaming take on a surreal life of their own in this work from American director Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity, etc.) thru Brooklyn agency Madwell with substantial VFX support from MPC. [Watch]
Forever director/animator/editor Fons Schiedon’s natural proclivity for visual insanity helps emphasize the shocking difference between online search results for “climate change” and the actual, real-world human consequences. [Watch]
Director/designer Soyeon Cho, a student at VDAS in Seoul, South Korea, reimagines the look and feel of Estée Lauder’s perfume brand Le Labo across a variety of media including this brand film, the website, and print. [Watch]
Leveraging the intense emotions of six Olympic athletes, Japanese cosmetics brand SK-II launches a series of ambitious and empowering films with the help of Imaginary Forces, Passion Pictures, Platige Image, and C3 thru WPP. [Watch]