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Listen to Your Heart: Julien & Quentin, Blacksmith, and RZA for Powerbeats Pro 2

French directing duo Julien & Quentin and NYC VFX shop Blacksmith wrap LeBron James, Lionel Messi, and Shohei Ohtani into an exhilarating epic highlighting the heart rate monitoring feature of the Powerbeats Pro 2 earbuds. [Watch]

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Faux Soleil Open “Devil May Cry” Series on Netflix

Working with South Korean prodco Studio Mir, Eddy directing duo Faux Soleil and Paris animation house Brunch Studio craft a frenetic head credit sequence for the Netflix series adaptation of Capcom’s Devil May Cry game. [Watch]

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Andy Martin Keeps it Loose for DIVVY in “Nobody’s Anyone” Music Video

UK director/animator Andy Martin, whose charming character work we feature here, takes the exit into graphically rougher territory with this music video for DIVVY, mixing urgent typography and freestyle dance moves. [Watch]

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Builders Club and Accenture Song Get to the Point with ChatGPT “The Intelligence Age”

Following closely on their recent brand refresh, OpenAI debuted its first TV spot at Super Bowl LIX with this motion work by Builders Club thru agency Accenture Song, exploring the possibilities of AI. [Watch]

The Wisdom of Forgotten Androids: Watch Aleem Hossain’s New Sci-fi Short Film

Screenwriter/director/educator Aleem Hossain, whose award-winning sci-fi feature After We Leave streams on Amazon, turns his narrative skills to a philosophical short film starring forgotten androids. [Watch]

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Joe Taylor Dreams Up a Cosmic Zoom for Procreate

Joe Taylor, a British animator/illustrator based in Berlin and signed to the NOMINT roster, brings his signature psychedelic animation style to a branded content commission for digital art app Procreate. [Watch]

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1stAveMachine & Plenty Stick With WhatsApp

Somehow we missed this joy-filled, explosion of character design from Buenos Aires studio Plenty and the local office of 1stAveMachine for whatsApp when it first came out, so we’re making up for it now. [Watch]

Weareseventeen & Tissot Take on the Tyranny of 24 Seconds

The design and production talents of London motion studio weareseventeen are on full display in their latest work for Swiss watch brand Tissot, a tightly edited ode to the catalytic powers of time-induced pressure. [Watch]

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The OpenAI Brand Refresh in Motion

Working with Rotterdam design agency Studio Dumbar/DEPT and Berlin type foundry Dinamo, the in-house design team at OpenAI nudges the company’s branding forward with a new font and subtle updates as laid out in this stellar reveal film. [Watch]

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Sleek and Sweaty: Found Romances Ralph Lauren’s Elixir

London’s Found Studio, whose visual exploits we follow here, merges their mastery of CG style with steamy fashion live-action by director/photographer Alex Nataf-Taghizadeh for the launch of Ralph Lauren’s Romance Elixir fragrance. [Watch]

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Mark Zibert and Tantrum Hit the Road and Open Tear Ducts for Terry Fox Foundation

Director Mark Zibert, whose Sick Kids “Be A Light” reset the bar for the emotional power of advertising, delivers a heart-stopper here for the Terry Fox Foundation with Toronto Studio Tantrum tackling the delicate VFX. [Watch]

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Abra.network Takes Hard Drive Tech to 11 for Western Digital

Reteaming with agency ELA Advertising, Warsaw studio Abra.network transforms a tech-heavy disk drive product reveal into an engaging peek at the future of storage with a detailed and dynamic CG treatment for Western Digital. [Watch]

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RadicalMedia and Harbor Handle Honda’s Odd Balls

The humble (but unpredictable) rugby ball provides the muse for this stripped down execution for Honda’s sponsorship of the Six Nations Championship directed by Freddie Leyden thru RadicalMedia Europe with Harbor handling VFX and post. [Watch]

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FutureDeluxe Sees the Light With Renault Emblème

CD Marcus Chaloner and the FutureDeluxe team bathe the Renault Emblème concept EV in both stark and refracted light for this reveal video showcasing both the styling cues and underlying technical innovations of the vehicle. [Watch]