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March 31, 2025
French adult film company Dorcel ventures into TV advertising for the first time with a surprising and tasteful effort for the genre, an all-CG spot full of intimate details produced by GRIF.studio in NY thru Paris agency Marcel. [Watch]
Blinkink director (and Pixar alumnus) Louis Clichy channels classic cartoon comedy in this beat-perfect branded short film for Peak’s newest puzzle game Toon Blast starring Bruno, Cooper, Wally, and a rolling stampede of revenge-seeking tumbleweed. [Watch]
Director Peter Sluszka and the Hornet team wrangle stop-motion celebrity lungs (including Terry Crews, Tony Hawk, and rapper/actress Sky Katz) into a weirdly engaging campaign to curb teen smoking for the FDA thru FCB New York [Watch]
Blinkink directors Luca Schenato and Sinem Vardarli spin the tale of a young girl, a hopeful snowman, and a flurry of woodland creatures into a charming mix of 2D and 3D animation for the Belgian National Lottery’s holiday spot. [Watch]
Copenhagen design/animation studio Kühl & Han creates 10 exquisite photo-real loops highlighting the steps of the world’s first in-store garment-to-garment recycling system for Swedish clothing giant H&M. [Watch]
If the mid-December chills are taking their toll on your mood, I can recommend escaping into the sunny and stress-free world created by Detroit animator/illustrator Nick Parente in his music video for Flamingosis (aka Aaron Velasquez). [Watch]
With their original brief sidelined by COVID restrictions, Aussie beer brand XXXX Dry and their agency Host/Havas turned to the Sydney branch of CG specialists FutureDeluxe for something fresh and different. [Watch]
Amsterdam prodco The Panics and director Fons Schiedon lace together multiple techniques and moods into a 90-second brand film for adidas’ “FUTURECRAFT” line of single-material, fully recyclable shoes. [Watch]
The story of Glenlivet founder George Smith takes on new dimensions of time and space in this action/comedy from Prettybird director Tom Noakes with VFX and post support by London studio Black Kite thru Crispin Porter Bogusky. [Watch]
The promise of a transportive listening experience emerges out of the darkness with directing duo Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia weaving together both the most expansive and intimate views of Apple’s new over-ear headphones. [Watch]
Inspired by the lines of the Porsche 911, German director/designer Daniel Bartels gathers a small crew to create a passion project for his dream client he describes as an “immersive trip through space and time”. [Watch]
The first Christmas campaign for French luxury label Christian Louboutin is a highly polished, all-CG affair courtesy of London design and motion studio Velvet Badger thru Barcelona agency Puig. [Watch]
Director Trevor Conrad extends the manic fun of Psyop’s extensive body of work for Supercell’s Clash of Clans into the 2020 holiday season with this densely packed and perfectly-paced comedic exercise thru Wieden+Kennedy Portland. [Watch]
German animation/illustration/design duo Andreas Kronbeck and Tobias Knipf (aka Musclebeaver) conjure a delightful world full of graphically quirky characters for this explainer designed to engage kids suffering from Cystinosis. [Watch]
