“The Wind in the Willows: Official Trailer” is Not a Trailer

The recent surge in high-end commercial stop-motion projects continues in dramatic form with this ambitious environmental PSA disguised as the trailer for a remake of Kenneth Grahame’s kids’ classic “The Wind in the Willows.” [Watch]

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Hi-Sim Directs “Barricades” Music Video for Editors

Bristol animation directing duo Hi-Sim (aka Chris Hawkes and Chuen Hung Tsang) explore the whimsical edges of chaos and what happens when carefully planned systems fall apart in this CG video for English rock band Editors. [Watch]

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QUIXEL’s Beautiful Real Time CG Short Film “Rebirth”

Director and Quixel CEO Teddy Bergsman Lind: “Rebirth is a real-time cinematic produced by harnessing the power of Unreal Engine 4, real-world scans from the Megascans Icelandic collection, and Houdini with photorealistic results rivaling traditional offline renderers. [Watch]

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“American Gods” Season 2 by King and Country

The second season of “American Gods” on STARZ launched this month with 11 neon-laced motion posters created by Los Angeles studio King and Country to showcase key characters from the series. [Watch]

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Corona “La Cerveza Más Fina” – History in the Making

Watch how director Nicolas Ménard and the Nexus crew teamed with model master Andy Gent to craft an obsessively detailed stop-motion journey through the 90-year history of Corona Beer and Mexico. [Watch]

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“17 Small Ideas” by Andrew Myers

Brooklyn artist, photographer, filmmaker, and Hornet director Andrew Myers describes his new personal project – a collection of quiet, eclectic, and often surreal vignettes – as “sketchbook ambience.” [Watch]

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Asian Paints “Colour Next ‘19” Campaign

Post Office Studios in Mumbai created this series of five seductive CG films as the anchor of a new integrated brand campaign for Indian multinational Asian Paints called Colour Next ‘19. [Watch]

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Animating Volvo’s Drive for Car Safety Equality

A stripped down CG treatment by Goodbye Kansas surgically edited to the sparse dynamic’s of a track by UK producer Lapalux provides plenty of visceral punch in this spot for Volvo’s E.V.A. car safety equality initiative. [Watch]

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Psyop Updates a Nursery Rhyme for Converse

Director Marie Hyon and the Psyop crew offer an assertive new twist on The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe creating “story within a story tableaus of women, to create living portraits embodying the spirit of punk rock.” [Watch]

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The Making of Sipsmith Gin’s “Mr Swan”

Take a look at the extraordinary level of craftsmanship invested in this spot for London Gin distillers Sipsmith by Biscuit director Jeff Low and a stop motion team whose credits include Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs and Fantastic Mr. Fox. [Watch]

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Jordan “Why Not?” by FutureDeluxe

FutureDeluxe wraps Oklahoma Thunder star Russell Westbrook in a vibrant, glitchy package of design and VFX for Nike’s Jordan brand in this impossible-to-ignore :30 with additional post by Electric Theatre Collective. [Watch]

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Death-Cap Mushrooms are Terrifying and Unstoppable!

Yes, the title sounds like clickbait but this explainer (the first in The Atlantic’s new four-part series called “Life Up Close”) directed by Washington DC’s Elyse Kelly backs up the hype with science and intricate graphics. [Watch]

Proud & Punch “Treat Me Good” by Mighty Nice

Co-directors Softly Dunstan and Darren Price at Mighty Nice in Sydney use a smart mix of 3D and watercolor illustration to leverage the package designs of Proud & Punch frozen treats into a series of short and charming animated spots. [Watch]

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“‘88” Honors Basquiat at the Barbican

Ruffmercy, the UK animator/director (and Stash regular) best known for his music video work, lets loose with a magnum opus called “’88,” a gloriously chaotic 11-minute film made for The Barbican’s Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective in London. [Watch]