Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
The comforting voice of actress/comedian Maya Rudolph anchors this series of three films animated by IV Studio in Nashville for the New York Life Foundation to help children cope with the loss of a family member. [Watch]
To raise awareness about the trafficking of young people in the US, Ohio agency Catbird chose Studio AKA director Manddy Wyckens to directly engage children ages 11 to 18 with this animated work for child service agency Bellefaire JCB. [Watch]
The 2020 holiday season tear parade continues with Passion Animation directors Kyra Buschor and Constantin Paeplow delivering their third seasonal spot for Austria’s Erste Group Bank thru agency Jung von Matt DONAU. [Watch]
Director Colin Levy, who amassed credits on seven projects during his tenure at Pixar, leads the animation crew at LA’s Bipolar studio on this pair of feel-good films for pet food brand Hill’s thru Red Fuse and VMLY&R. [Watch]
In his series of shorts for Cake on FXX, California artist/director Joseph Bennett explores characters from America’s underclass in painstaking (and often painful) detail. Case in point: Jay, certified narcissist/vacuum sales wizard. [Watch]
The work of Slovakian director/animator David Stumpf inspires adjectives like witty, playful, and unpredictable – which have made him a popular choice lately for film festivals looking to grab attention in a distracted world. [Watch]
Nexus director Laurie Rowan takes his talent for designing and animating eccentric characters into the wilds of the British countryside to highlight the power and performance of the new HP ZBook Create. [Watch]
Glasgow design and motion studio Playdead elevates the technical explainer video to new heights in this elegant and carefully crafted film for the Luxembourg Space Agency in collaboration with NASA. [Watch]
Canadian director Chloé Robichaud and a remote crew of 45 designers, animators, and artists at SHED in Montreal pull all your available heartstrings in this gentle holiday spot for grocery retailer IGA thru Sid Lee. [Watch]
Artist Simon Stålenhag, whose paintings inspired the Amazon series “Tales from the Loop”, makes his directorial debut with this music video for songwriter/producer (and fellow Swede) Duvchi – with Stockholm’s Goodbye Kansas handling VFX. [Watch]
Nexus director Hannah Lau-Walker gathers an all-female animation and audio crew to support the launch of “Boobs”, a collaborative art book designed to honor women (and boobs) with profits going to breast cancer charities. [Watch]
Toronto animation studio Blame Your Brother wades deep into the tide of holiday spots with a soft touch and welcome message in this two-minute charmer for Colgate via Seattle prodco Anchor Point and Red Fuse Communications. [Watch]
Five tales of mobile technology creating real and positive change combine into an uplifting animated series for Android directed by Nico Carbonaro and Tuesday McGowan thru Oakland prodco Where the Buffalo Roam. [Watch]
Powered by Charles Bukowski’s poem “Alone with Everybody” and rendered at 4K resolution in realtime at 60FPS, “No Way Home” by the Pakistan-based trio The Union is both a passion project and a glimpse into the future of video production. [Watch]
