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Circulose: The future of Sustainable Fashion

London motion designer/director Jesper Lindborg applies his talents for poetic 3D abstraction to this elegant brand film for the planet’s first commercial and scalable process for recycling cotton textiles back into cellulose. [Watch]

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Random Nasty Weather but a Breezy Commute

Cincinnati agency Empower takes a rap-fueled poke at the downsides of their Big Apple competitors while hawking the many benefits of their hometown in this fun promo from the all-Buenos Aires team of Hola Bosque and 4HUMANS. [Watch]

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Coming of Age at the Ciclope Festival Berlin

The 2019 Berlin edition of the CICLOPE Festival opened with Final Frontier and Le Cube’s semi-autobiographical journey back to the 80s and 90s “fondly recalling days in the city, skating, sketching tattoos, and exploring self expression.” [Watch]

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Learning to Fly with #HannaBumblebee

After opening the holiday tear faucet last year with Henry Hedgehog’s “First Christmas” (Stash 133), Passion Animation directors Kyra & Constantin are back with another fuzzy and lovable CG cast for Erste Group Bank thru agency Jung von Matt/DONAU. [Watch]

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The Minimalist Charm of Lucas Zanotto’s Kinetic Characters

Born in Northern Italy and now based in Helsinki, Finland, Lucas Zanotto started out as a product designer before moving into motion design, directing, building zany apps for kids, and most recently CG character loops. [Watch]

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Flipping for Foldable: Motorola Razr 2019 Launch Film

The combined talents of U.S. style masters Los York and Berlin CG iconoclasts f°am Studio nudge this film for Motorola’s folding-screen update of their classic Razr over the line into a mainstream hit as it nears 40M views on YouTube. [Watch]

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Marie Hyon Stops by “The Time Shop” for Chick-Fil-A

Hot on the heels of Todd Mueller and Kylie Matulick’s holiday spectacular for Aldi, fellow Psyopian Marie Hyon crafts a heart-warmer for Chick-Fil-A thru McCann in support of more “together time” for families everywhere. [Watch]

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The Strange Case of “Carlotta’s Face”

What is it like to not recognize faces? Even your own. German studio Fabian&Fred and neuroscientist/filmmaker Valentin Riedl offer answers by turning one woman’s real-life struggles with prosopagnosia (face blindness) into a visually poetic film. [Watch]

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Pause Original “Cyberpunk Shaihaiching” by Lei Alucard

Chinese motion designer Lei Alucard (Peng Lei) foreshadows the 2020 Pause Fest this February in Melbourne with an atmospheric, thoughtful, and wonderfully detailed (if somewhat dystopian) CG film. [Watch]

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Foals “Like Lightning” Music Video by Virginie Kypriotis

French illustrator/director Virginie Kypriotis slips a serious environmental message into this rollicking music video for “Like Lightning” by English rock band Foals – produced by CODE with animation by Un Oeil Surtout in Paris. [Watch]

Radley Design Studio Opens “Unnatural Selection” on Netflix

Many TV prodco’s rely on outside creative for their titles and graphics but LA’s Radley Studios kept the opening for their Netflix documentary series Unnatural Selection inhouse with visually outstanding results. [Watch]

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Virgin Australia Wings it with Wiggy the Toupee

Pairing a silly (hair-raising?) concept with an earnest ballad makes for plenty of feel-good smiles in this spot for Virgin Australia called “Up, Up and Toupee” with MPC creating/grooming the unconventional lead character. [Watch]

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NodeFest 2019 “Fruity” ID by Rodrigo Germano

Brazilian motion designer/AD Rodrigo Germano (currently freelancing in Melbourne, Australia) responds to Node Fest’s ID challenge with a CG stunner that pushes this year’s “Fruity” theme into unexpected territory. [Watch]

“Knight Sir Louis” Book Trailer by The Bothers McLeod

The UK animation force of Myles and Greg McLeod are set to release the first in a new series of children’s books tracking the adventures of Knight Sir Louis, his trusty robot steed Sir Clunkalot, and Dave the magic sword. [Watch]