Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Supply & Demand’s David Holm takes on the animation, design, and editing in addition to his directing duties on this electric :60 starring golf phenom Rory McIlroy for health care company Optum thru Hill Holliday. [Watch]
Mainstream TV ads don’t get more low-key than this study in stop-motion subtlety and dry humor created by director Joseph Mann and the Blinkink animation crew for UK real-estate disruptor Purplebricks and inspired by real customer reviews. [Watch]
Back in 2005 Stash published “Over Time,” a breakout black and white CG short created at a French computer animation school I had never heard of called Supinfocom. Since then, we’ve featured no less than 42 short films from their students. [Watch]
Animation director Daniela Sherer in Tel Aviv animates a musical short commissioned for the Adult Swim Smalls series powered by a bitter (yet catchy) little ditty written by David Hughes and performed by Christopher Arrison and Mason Brown. [Watch]
The CG creature crew at Framestore reteam with Rattling Stick director Daniel Kleinman and Arnold Worldwide to create the sophomore adventure for Santander’s porcine hero (watch the first Piggy epic here). [Watch]
From directors Alex Topaller and Daniel Shapiro at Aggresive: “For ‘AI on Intel’ we told five real stories of Intel’s technology in action – from stopping poaching in Africa to powering the world’s first face-controlled wheelchair, in each film we combined tech-inspired CG with cinematic live-action.” [Watch]
Slovenian animator/illustrator Dusan Kastelic’ combines imagery from his own recurring nightmare with a story he’d penned for a comic book years earlier to create a 3D animated mini-masterpiece (and massive festival hit) called “The Box.” [Watch]
Animator/designer Charlie Stewart in London chooses a soft palette, careful compositions, and measured pacing for his animated exploration of “the longevity and limitations of artificial intelligence, and the loneliness of deep space.” [Watch]
Earlier this year, hundreds of digital billboards in Stockholm’s Metro were transformed into the Emotional Art Gallery, a real-time exhibition driven by the sentiment analysis of commuters’ social media. [Watch]
In 2017, Canadian animator/illustrator Yves Paradis asked himself “What if you made an improvised animated film one week at a time for one year starting only with a character pushing a big cube in the desert?” [Watch]
Blinkink director Nicos Livesey trekked the planet to film soccer icons including Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, and Vivenna Miedema, then created all of the striking animation for this Adidas campaign using stop-motion. [Watch]
London animator/sound designer Serafima Serafimova admits, “I’ve always had issues with the way I look. So, every time I pass even a vaguely reflective surface, I find myself sucking in my neck and tummy, tilting my head to a more flattering angle. [Watch]
The Indian tech hub of Hyderabad promos their city-wide festival of design with an upbeat and kinetic clip produced by Post Office Studios and showcasing a multitude of motion styles and techniques. [Watch]
South Korean animator/illustrator Seoro Oh burst onto the Stash radar in 2017 with his short film “Afternoon Class.” Later that year he promised more hilarity in the trailer for “(OO).” And now, happily, that promise is fulfilled. [Watch]
