Reel of the Month Club (Dec. 2024): Coat of Arms
December 21, 2024
A wonderfully apocryphal real-life Craigslist Missed Connections ad takes on a loveable new life in this passion project from Toronto director/animator/designer Patrick Dias who mixes 2D and 3D into a modern urban fairy tale. [Watch]
Now based in London, Iranian-born director/animator Reza Dolatabadi hit the Stash radar in 2009 with his remarkable grad film “Khoda” (featured in Stash 52) – his latest work is a visually berserk promo for English indie pop band Bastille. [Watch]
In this expansive and poetic branded content film for Eli Lilly, Hornet director Yves Geleyn draws a parallel between the connectedness of the solar system and the importance of medical sequencing in cancer treatment. [Watch]
The light of a hopeful post-pandemic world casts a prismatic glow in this beautifully drafted spot from Madrid production/post house User T38 emphasizing the efforts of Spanish multinational bank BBVA to help businesses reopen. [Watch]
Director Paulo Garcia and the crew at Zombie Studio in São Paulo engage all their 3D and narrative talents to help Moby pull attention to the increasing problem of Amazon deforestation with this video for a cover of Roxy Music’s ”My Only Love”. [Watch]
The all-Stockholm team of 3D specialists Studio Taktil and PJADAD (Petter Johansson Art Direction and Design) take you deep inside IKEA’s new Huvudroll, a plant-based update to the classic Swedish meatball. [Watch]
The four members of South Korean band DABDA describe their music as “pastel psychedelic” while reviewers categorize them into post-rock and math rock, but no matter the label their exuberant new video by swim studio in Seoul makes for fun viewing. [Watch]
In this second video in a series of explainers for Unbabel and their AI-powered translation platform, Favo Studio in Porto, Portugal perform their own translation magic – converting complex language concepts into fun and engaging visuals. [Watch]
Rotterdam director/animator Nienke Deutz explores the overwhelming emotions and awkward physicality of puberty in her gentle, multi-technique film “Bloeistraat 11”, winner of many festival awards including the Cristal du Court-Métrage at Annecy in 2018. [Watch]
Working through Smuggler and 215 McCann, directors Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks and the Antibody crew in Sydney invite you to try on the Master Chief’s Mjolnir armor in this ambitious and atmospheric launch spot for the latest edition of the Halo franchise. [Watch]
Hornet Director Sam Mason conquers production restrictions during quarantine by using a video game controller to generate real-time racing sequences in this full-CG music video for Baltimore synthpop band Future Islands. [Watch]
Producer Samantha Cook at Meister in Portland: “Comedian Kyle Kinane asked us to create an animation to promote the launch of his album, “Trampoline in a Ditch.” Kyle and his team at 800 Pound Gorilla Records were very open about letting Meister loose with this project. [Watch]
After designing a recruitment poster for the design team at the Chinese internet giant (and his current employer) Baidu, director/animator Donerzozo extended the central astronaut character into an atmospheric full-CG passion project. [Watch]
The crew at Lucan animation studio in Cape Town, South Africa splits their time between brand-driven work and long-form animation development. “Isaura”, their latest shot at the latter features a young African protagonist and important environmental themes. [Watch]
