Director/Writer Audrey Ellis Fox Joins Fela for North American Representation
January 30, 2025
AI escapes our devices and hijacks our bodies in this gradually intensifying title sequence from the 2024 edition of OFFF Barcelona by Scottish/Canadian filmmaker Stuart Langfield with Glasgow studio Revenant handling VFX. [Watch]
Somewhere in the future, when the world has come to its senses and finally establishes the Car Insurance Advertising Hall of Fame (CIAHoF), this spot from Division directing duo Mrzyk & Moriceau will be inducted for sheer audacity. [Watch]
Gabriele Montinaro, a freelance motion designer based in Italy, bares his heart and understandably tortured soul in this exuberant motion exercise (and even more energetic process reel) about a problem many creatives identify with. [Watch]
Working with Toronto prodco Impossible Studios, director/CD Alon Isocianu and Reactiv weave together live-action with delicate floral VFX in a striking piece for the Canadian Cancer Society that he calls “a real labor of love for a great cause.” [Watch]
Director Matt von Trott and the team at Assembly in Auckland craft an emotionally resonant animated odyssey inspired by the challenges experienced by hospitalized children for the Australian charity Hospitals United for Sick Kids. [Watch]
Following up on their retro-print inspired Crocs spot from last fall, the CG motion crew at Bark&Bite in Leeds slip into a new look based on the casual footwear brand’s partnership with the NBA. [Watch]
Andrew Pope, a partner and principal Flame artist at Hero Post in Atlanta, captures the inherent calm and satisfaction of fine joinery in this minimalist and mesmerizing CG short film called Dovetail. [Watch]
I’ll bet dental tech product videos are not what come to mind when you think of visual excitement but the motion crew at Aydream in Seoul saw this project for Korean digital healthcare startup Arcreal in a different light. [Watch]
After a glory-filled rampage thru the festival circuit, Tiny Little Cartoons (aka Eric Paperth and Tyler March) let loose their interplanetary musical comedy about the moon’s quest for a celestial body that appreciates him on adult swim SMALLS. [Watch]
The importance of in-house passion projects for boosting studio skills, moral, and visibility continues to grow exponentially as demonstrated in this dramatic film by the Norway-based design and motion team at Futhark Studios. [Watch]
Finding a muse in his six-year-old daughter, Spanish mixed media specialist Antoni Sendra hand-paints 2,000 printed video frames to create a sweet and heartfelt ode to the magic of childhood and family in his short film “Joana”. [Watch]
Working thru prodco Friend London and agency Publicis Conseil, ManvsMachine takes the director’s chair in this complex mix of live-action and photo-real VFX for the EV reboot of the Renault 5 with post handled by Electric Theatre Collective. [Watch]
London CG specialists Zünc Studio, who we first featured last summer for this SkinCeuticals work, are back with a verdant and tactile product film for British luxury goods brand Smythson introducing a new colorway for the spring 2024 collection. [Watch]
Director Tony Zagoraios and his CG animation team at Yeti Pictures in Athens, Greece, just dropped their latest in-house mini comedy-adventure, and like their previous short film Summertime, it is full of playful details and irreverent attitude. [Watch]
