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March 31, 2025
No one does a trippy carnal rampage quite like Division directors Mrzyk & Moriceau. You may remember their insane 2017 MTV spot starring Dick the Dog, and if not, this romp for a Sydney fertility clinic will certainly get you up to speed. [Watch]
With expansive VFX help from A52, Scouts Honour director Mark Zibert and Rethink craft an uplifting metaphor for the isolation we’ve experienced over the past year in this new work highlighting IKEA’s sustainability efforts. [Watch]
Italian director/animator Emanuele Kabu, who perked up the depths of January 2018 with his Winterplay “Jazz Foo Foo” video, is back with more mesmerizing abstractions in this new work for American singer-songwriter Michael Hays. [Watch]
Rattling Stick director Misko Iho and VFX studio The Embassy (who previously teamed up on a massive spot for Disney) return for some plant-based urban panic in a new spot for Flonase Allergy Relief. [Watch]
For the 11th year, the Australian mega-conference Pause Fest was the catalyst for a series of short films called Pause Originals where artists “regain creative control, experiment, collaborate, and gain valuable industry exposure.” [Watch]
If you find the pretense of impossibly pristine CG architectural visualizations growing a tad thin, you’re going to love the twist in this new film from directors Ezequiel Pini and Sebastian Baptista at Six N. Five in Barcelona. [Watch]
South Korean motion designer Gyu Bin Hyun’s new personal project extends a lush tabletop fantasy based on the Paeonia Blush collection by venerable English luxury brand Wedgewood across a series of elegant print, packaging, and digital assets. [Watch]
Animation director Shawn Wang, who first grabbed our attention with his 2016 student film Planet Unknown, leads the Digital Domain Shanghai crew on this dramatic crossbreeding of games Arknights and Rainbow Six: Siege. [Watch]
Here’s a reasonably-NSFW way to end the week: Lil Nas X escorts us into the world of Montero, a raunchy alternate reality named for himself (he was born Montero Lamar Hill), and obviously designed to stir up a fuss. [Watch]
Join co-creators Braulio Amado, Jimmy Turrel, and Antonio Vicentini as they walk us through the inspiration and creative process behind their elaborately-layered video for the Elvis classic “Can’t Help Falling In Love With You”. [Watch]
Berlin director/animator Cornelius Joksch says his new tragicomedy Oh, Darling, a quirky passion project about an obsessive but clumsy bird lover, “is about accidentally destroying something you like.” [Watch]
2grey studio in Seoul, South Korea just swerved onto the Stash radar with a series of tastefully upbeat films highlighting various features of the IONIQ5, Hyundai’s new all-electric compact crossover electric vehicle. [Watch]
As digital assets continue to gain credence as investments, buying and selling virtual real estate on a 1:1 scale version of the planet was inevitable. In this film, NYC’s Unsaid Studio helps the inhabitants of Earth understand Earth 2. [Watch]
UK credit broker TotallyMoney looks to break out of a crowded market with silly wordplay backed by a disarming trio of dancing amphibians (hand-animated by the CG crew at Milford) who seem to still be working out the routine. [Watch]
