Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Clara Lehmann, Jonathan Lacocque, and the crew at Coat of Arms partner with Google for Education and a global team of researchers and analysts “to examine evidence-based shifts in classroom education.” [Watch]
Atlanta animation masters Awesome Inc. kickstart Zach Galifinakis’ morning commute in this teaser promo for the fourth season premiere of Baskets on FX. [Watch]
Yes, DC Universe recently canceled its streaming sci-fi series Swamp Thing but we think the show’s wonderfully ominous title sequence, created by CD Aaron Becker and the Filmograph crew in LA, deserves your attention. [Watch]
The all-Swiss duo of animator Michael Frei and game developer Mario von Rickenbach, who released the fabulous and award-winning Plug & Play in 2015, are back with a teaser for more interactive fun called KIDS. [Watch]
Four new compilations of work from UK composer Simon Pyke receive the always-intriguing Universal Everything mocap CG treatment in this promo film designed and directed by longtime collaborator (and sibling) Matt Pyke. [Watch]
Brazilian studios LOBO and Vetor Zero contrast stripped down geometry with intense blasts of color in this impossible-to-ignore broadcast ID system for the Rede Globo television network. [Watch]
Buenos Aires animation studio Le Cube, prodco Final Frontier, and agency R/GA Shanghai reteam (after this Nike project) on a rampaging brand film for China’s Boxing Cat Brewery starring Louis, a pugilistic super-hero of suds.
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Could graphic health warnings on ammunition boxes help reduce gun violence in America? This graphic PSA, with production by Method Studios, poses that question just in time for National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 7th. [Watch]
French VFX artist Kevin Cordier-Royer weaves live action and CG into a striking and whimsical fashion-first brand film for social coaching consultancy Lorr & Sens. [Watch]
Mikey Please and Dan Ojari (aka Blink directing duo Parabella) hint at the charm and craftsmanship packed into their new stop-motion animated short “Alan the Infinite…” with this quirk-filled trailer. [Watch]
Inspired by the “colors, motifs, and bold attitudes” of period artists like Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Willem de Kooning, UK designer/director David Penn sets the tone for CNN’s six-part docu-series on The Kennedys. [Watch]
São Paulo post house Nash conjures full-on feature-level VFX in this two-minute cinema ad from Saigon director Vellas which updates the 1980s animated cult-hit TV series Dungeons & Dragons. [Watch]
The-Artery celebrated the Eurovision invasion of Israel earlier this month by inviting animators, designers, and illustrators from 17 countries to “visualize what it means for humans and machines to operate as one.” [Watch]
Funny is just not a word I associate with safety advertising so this pair of spots for electric utility Southern California Edison starring a fast-talking, no-nonsense CG squirrel is a welcome change. [Watch]
