The intricate, illustrative style perfected by the Tulips and Chimneys studio in Cape Town, South Africa proves a perfect match for Hendrick’s Gin’s eccentric branding. [Watch]
Director/animator Alex Grigg interprets the words of comedian and The Daily Show host Trevor Noah into an intriguing Cubist-flavored film for WeTransfer’s WePresent series.
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World Cup 2018 ad fever begins with this massive spot by RSA director Jake Scott and Manhattan VFX house Blacksmith dispatching beer delivery drones to soccer fans around the planet including Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. [Watch]
Buenos Aires animation masters Le Cube create 210 seconds of intense cel animation to generate over 700 possible storylines in Nike China’s interactive experience called “The Road To HBL.” [Watch]
Beautiful promotional clip for the non-profit Vision Get Wild exhibition and awards happening May 16-18 in Taipei, Taiwan created by hometown motion studio Whitelight. [Watch]
Passion Paris and directors againstallodds spin their special brand of narrative CG magic for French luggage company Delsey in this modern fairytale about a workaholic and his quest for something more than a lost bag. [Watch]
Starting with illustrations by Gabriel Alcala, director Ben Jones and the animation crew at Bento Box in Los Angeles whip up a batch of appropriately hallucinatory visuals for “Genius,” featuring Labrinth, Sia, and Diplo (aka LSD). [Watch]
If Hikari Toriumi’s poignant 4th year Calarts film “Polaris” (about a young polar bear leaving home for the first time ) doesn’t make you tear up, seek help. [Watch]
Director Paulo Garcia and São Paulo animation house Zombie target your heartstrings in this animated story of the challenges faced by a child and her family while fighting cancer “showing there’s no better treatment than love.” [Watch]
First year CalArts Character Animation student Chalky Wong combines prodigious drafting skills, an organic feel for visual storytelling, plus careful attention to the emotional quotient of his characters. [Watch]
The first VR and 360 interactive Google doodle celebrates filmmaking pioneer and VFX innovator Georges Méliès. The project was co-directed by Fx Goby at Nexus Studios and Hélène Leroux at Google. [Watch]
Watch all six installments of Modern Philosophy, a sharp and super-digestible mini series produced by LA entertainment whirlwind Super Deluxe with design and direction by Studio AKA director Eamonn O’Neill. [Watch]
A pair of raucous and irreverent CG promos riffing on the eye-shaped logo of commercial Israeli television channel Reshet 13 for their upcoming launch of the Big Brother franchise. [Watch]
Ash Thorp and rising 3D phenom Zaoeyo collaborate on a tribute to Akira, the classic 1988 anime feature film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo. [Watch]