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March 20, 2025
Director Jonny Kofoed at Assembly in Aukland, teams with veteran agency creative Nick Worthington to craft an artful and very personal mixed media short film based on Worthington’s struggle to recover from brain trauma. [Watch]
Standing out in the CG watch wars is tough but AD/designer Hugo Escande at French studio DEUX MILLE does just that in this Bell & Ross film, subtly linking the timepiece’s spinning hands to the brand’s aviation roots. [Watch]
ECD Mason Nicoll and the Digital Kitchen team (whose work you should watch here and here) weave distressed found footage into a menacing mix of nostalgia and psychological angst in their titles for S3 of the Showtime drama Yellowjackets. [Watch]
CD duo Romina Giarrizzo and Marco Salemi at Milan motion house Hup.Studio just dropped us this elegant exercise in lighting and texture showcasing the COSMO sofa system for designer Philippe Tabet and Italian furniture brand Et al. [Watch]
Golden Wolf stretches their creative and production skills into a full 16-minutes of fantasy adventure in this Doodles short film featuring animation by Mexican studio Mighty and three songs by Pharrell Williams. [Watch]
Directors Callan Woolcock, Jordan Booker, and the team at Jumbla in Melbourne prove that exceptional design and animation are not exclusive to major brands with this beautifully crafted spot for an Australian home builder. [Watch]
Working with agency Born Social, ECD Clayton Welham and the CG design team at Found in London, turn the rebrand of Guinness Smooth into a sensory experience with a snappy swirl of effervescence and fluid dynamics. [Watch]
Tulips & Chimneys at Passion Pictures and Guy Manwaring at Merman Branded co-direct this hard-hitting spot for UK charity Women’s Aid which works to end domestic abuse against women and children. [Watch]
Ringling College Motion Design students Rin Yokoi and Diane Lee opened the school’s FutureProof 2025 conference this week with these kinetic and surgically crafted titles serving as the centerpiece of their comprehensive event branding. [Watch]
Max Lugavere’s critically acclaimed feature documentary Little Empty Boxes is punctuated by these animated segments from collage master Ariel Costa (aka BlinkMyBrain), who tags the work as a “blend of emotion and Surrealism.” [Watch]
Fresh off their latest Airbnb stay, the BUCK crew move onto IRL gatherings with their “optimistic, eccentric, and empathetic” overhaul of the branding ecosystem for global events marketplace Eventbrite. [Watch]
Not to Scale director Peter Baynton takes over the adventures of the Great Western Railway “Famous Five” campaign, capturing the charm of Eileen Soper’s original illustrations with a modern romantic twist and new characters. [Watch]
The latest Animorsels animation meet-up blasts off in Nottingham March 27th with lots of spacey short animations and a talk from Steph Ramplin, a 3D artist/animator whose clients include Nick Jr, Spotify, Apple, and Meta. [Watch]
Working with director Yan Bokhanovich (Yanchi) and LA studio SNAKK, UK animation stylist Ruffmercy brings his signature handmade excitement to this launch spot for fashion sportswear brand ANTA and their Kyrie Irving KAI 2 sneaker. [Watch]
