Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
How Not to “Love Freebies” at Harvey Nichols
Blinkink directors The Layzell Brothers (Matt and Paul), who first caught our attention back in 2011 with their mad holiday idents for E4 and then the insane “Future Travel” short for Cartoon Network, have fun with real security footage of shoplifters at Harvey Nichols to promote the UK retailer’s Rewards App. [Watch]
Nicolas Ménard “Loop Ring Chop Drink”
Montreal graphic designer Nicolas Ménard moved to London in 2012 to complete an MA in animation at the Royal College of Art where he created this darkly comic animated mini-masterwork called “Loop Ring Chop Drink 2014” which just completed a successful festival run. [Watch]
Dvein + Trizz: Alagoas “Ghosts”
The Dvein directing crew teams with fellow Barcelonians and CG/VFX specialists Trizz, plus Madrid VFX shop Lanczos to explore the dangers of drinking extraterrestrial psychotropic fluids in this new music video for “Ghosts” from Brooklyn band Alagoas. [Watch]
Your Brain on “Drug’s Alive”
Blinkink directing duo Tom & Nicos create a striking in-camera mash-up of replacement stop-motion techniques including plasticine, felt and colored wool, plus projections and UV paint in this trailer for the “Cannibis on Trial” episode of Channel 4’s controversial Drugs Live doc series. [Watch]
Blinkink Sign Stephen McNally
The diverse roster of London’s Blinkink expands with the signing of Dublin native and Royal College of Art graduate Stephen McNally.
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Hornet Invades Shoreditch
In a reverse of the ongoing British invasion of the US post scene, New York and Brooklyn-based production company Hornet opens a studio in London’s Shoreditch district. [Watch]
