Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Blinkink director Sophie Koko Gate creates a soft and welcoming world to frame the voice of a Nike designer as she details the craft and care she and her team bring to their work on Nike’s bra for kids. [Watch]
The Gentleman Scholar crew is about to perk up your Valentine’s Day with this multi-species, multi-technique animated ode to blind love in the animal kingdom. [Watch]
Director Kim Geldenhuys and Cape Town VFX shop Wicked Pixels take on the challenge of how to capture the essence and beauty of one of the largest and rarest blue diamonds ever discovered, the Okavango Blue. [Watch]
Lil Dicky wants you to know the man behind his rapper renown, in other words, the real Dave Burd. Produced by FX, the show launches March 2nd on Hulu with a boost from this snappy promo with design/animation from STATE and VFX from MPC. [Watch]
The crew at Gimmick Studio in Montreal celebrate wood as “the most human and beautiful material” in this pristine yet inviting CG film for the Woodrise Conference, a technology showcase of sustainable and eco-friendly urban development. [Watch]
In 2019, director/animator Damien Bastelica crashed onto the Stash radar with his animated revenge comedy “Hell Of A Week” and now he’s back with more dark laughs in this short film aimed squarely at climate deniers. [Watch]
Channeling dark early-80’s animation like Watership Down and Heavy Metal, this music video for The Strokes was an international collaboration written/directed by Mike Burakoff with a stellar crew including Benjy Brooke, 2veinte, and Ugo Bienvenu. [Watch]
Over the last two years, Brooklyn director/animator Jack Maschka set aside chunks time away from paying gigs to create this adventure about an alien and a space seed that bestows “unimaginable strength and mysterious magical powers.” [Watch]
UK directing duo Alex Mavor and Ed Kaye (aka The Sacred Egg) reteam with the MPC VFX crew to cook up an impossible-to-ignore spot guaranteed to boost awareness of Postmates in the tough and crowded US food delivery business. [Watch]
Japanese digital artist and director Daito Manabe’s latest collaboration with UK electro-master Squarepusher uses AI to modify ads, pedestrians, and architecture in footage of Tokyo’s Shibuya ward to create a glitchy, hallucinogenic near future. [Watch]
Picking up where director Pete Candeland left off in 2018’s “Five & The Missing Jewels” spot, Partizan director Michael Gracey takes flight for Great Western Railway with animation handled again by Electic Theatre Collective in London. [Watch]
The intimate bond between a dog and his owner takes on a poetic and sculptural air in this low-key animated work based on illustrations by artist Dane Khy thru London studio Coffee & TV for UK animal welfare charity Mayhew. [Watch]
Director Shaofu Zhang and the crew at Taiko’s studios in LA and Wuhan, China reimagine the Chinese myth of Pangu (aka the first living being and creator of everything) in this charming short film for Tencent’s Penguin Pictures. [Watch]
An unexpected mix of biblical serpent, urban basketball, and brutalist architecture creates plenty of tension and intrigue in “My Kingdom Come,” the latest passion project from German director and matte painter Walter Stoehr. [Watch]
