Cutters Studios Expands Roster With Editor Kate Owen
February 6, 2025
Director Ernest Desumbila and the VFX crew at Sauvage.TV in Barcelona merge Greek mythology with near-future dystopia in this film created in collaboration with Paris designer Théodoros Gennitsakis and his streetwear brand Pressure. [Watch]
Art directors/motion designers Swann and Yoann Chesnel (aka Thanksbro) in Paris: “On lockdown, we took advantage of our free time to plunge into our old travel pictures. From them was born the idea to tell a story from visual universes.” [Watch]
Bob Marley drives the BttF Delorean. That’s all you really need to know about this beautifully illustrated widescreen video for Russian rapper Miyagi’s ode to Jamaica’s greatest cultural export by artist/animator Shakhnazar Borboev. [Watch]
Director, motion designer, and CG artist Ryo Kitabatake at WOW in Tokyo stirs together mystery, isolation, and atmosphere in this sweeping music video for the DJ Shadow track “Slingblade”. [Watch]
Former Pixar animator Erick Oh (Finding Dory, Inside Out, Brave, etc.) breaks free from narrative logic in this six-minute parade of absurdist characters lead by Gunther, a mischievous sausage with an uncontrollable urge to dance. [Watch]
Director Ben Brand: “When my girlfriend told me the story of spreading her deceased grandmother’s ash over the sea (like a lot of people around the world do) I started wondering what actually happens to all that ash.” [Watch]
If your quarantine fatigue includes a growing aversion to be-nice-to-each-other messages, Swiss director/animator Lorenz Wunderle and the crew at YK Animation in Bern have the perfect antidote. [Watch]
The Mill Directors, Lisha Tan and David Lawson return to the helm for the latest Apex Legends trailer following a series of films for the Respawn franchise including spectacular work for the original launch and season two. [Watch]
Salomon Ligthelm, a self-taught filmmaker signed to Stink, conjures a dreamlike escape punctuated by glitches of chaos for Icelandic electro three-piece aYia with the ominous VFX and post handled by Artjail in NYC. [Watch]
Director and CG designer Kouhei Nakama extends 3D techniques he pioneered in his delightful 2017 breakout film “Makin’ Moves” for the winter collection of Japanese fashion brand Tiger Magic Bottle. [Watch]
The existential struggles of a stop-motion puppet come to life with visceral force in this Kafka-esque short film by director/screenwriter Marco Jemolo and his team who taught themselves the art of animation as they went. [Watch]
Váscolo in Buenos Aires: “We’re extremely happy to share with you the new in-house project we have been toiling on for the past three years! ‘The Fall’ comes to life as a chimera, a drop dream that lets your imagination go wild.” [Watch]
Trapped in pandemic lockdown, Belgian creative director, motion designer, and 3D artist Fabian Aerts makes fine use of his time and talents with a dramatic title sequence for an imagined TV series “We Were Young.” [Watch]
The new multiplayer online combat video game Bleeding Edge launched with the help of this hyperactive trailer, part of a suite of campaign assets delivered by London motion studio Dazzle Ship for UK developer Ninja Theory and Microsoft. [Watch]
