Following their rebrand for Paris band Iñigo Montoya, French creatives Lolita Do Peso Diogo and Gabriel Weber (aka ZEUGL) leverage the power of emojis to create a riveting stop motion video that begs for frame by frame analysis. [Watch]
In his new passion project “0110”, South Korean 3D artist Taehoon Park sweeps us into a grim tech-ravaged future where intelligent machines threaten what remains of humanity and one survivor makes his escape. [Watch]
Grab a tissue or six, this hand-animated film directed by Joe Bluhm at Tonic DNA for charity L’Arche Canada was released to mark World Down Syndrome Day 2021 and is guaranteed to have you in tears by minute one. [Watch]
We’re betting director Ewan Jones Morris, the team at London studio Friends Electric, and agency AMV BBDO set a Guinness record of some sort creating this 372-minute, smile-inducing spot for Sheba brand cat food. [Watch]
FITC Toronto, the mother of all digital creative conferences, launched its 20th-anniversary edition virtually on Monday with this visual treat from CDs Alex Liou, PJ Richardson, and the crew at Laundry in LA. [Watch]
Blinkink director Katy Wang and the NY Times’ T Brand Studio make the case for combatting textile waste in this animated work highlighting the ongoing sustainable fashion initiatives of US apparel brand Eileen Fisher. [Watch]
Clément Soulmagnon, a director/animator repped by Eddy in Paris, brings his distinctive illustrative style to “Aurore”, a new short film documenting the watery final hours of the eponymous heroine in her fragile glass cage. [Watch]
Director Brian Williams (aka Super 68) and the crews at Ntropic London and VFX shop Playdead in Glasgow drop some serious dazzle (and robo-fireflies) into this brand film for Finnish software and data company Solita thru London agency Creature. [Watch]
Clarifying complex ideas and translating them into relatable, engaging narratives is a timeless and universally important skill whether you are a general on a battlefield or a motion designer hunkered down in your dining room. [Watch]
The latest gorgeous brand film from Swiss luxury watchmakers Hublot arrives via the prodigious CG talents of Lithuanian studio Korb and acts as both complement and contrast to this recent Hublot work by Frame in Copenhagen. [Watch]
Russian collective TUNDRA specializes in interactive audio/visual experiences for festivals and museums and their latest uses their ROW installation technology to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s first human spaceflight. [Watch]
The all-Taiwan team of director/designer Audis Huang and Moonshine Animation hammered away for six weeks on this sleek and sweeping film featured during the launch event for Lenovo’s Legion gaming PCs and laptops. [Watch]
Mobile maker OnePlus upped their camera game by partnering with photo uber-brand Hasselblad and then hired Final Frontier director BlinkMyBrain (aka Ariel Costa) as part of their push to make sure Chinese consumers know about it. [Watch]
IC-United Studios in Beijing merge digital fashion, mocap dance, and dream-induced environments into a surreal and somewhat disorienting CG short film for Nowness, called PATTERN. [Watch]