Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Continuing their work for the World Wildlife Fund, director Yannis Konstantinidis and the NOMINT animation team in London mix 3D-printed stop motion and live-action atmospherics into a haunting message about the climate crisis. [Watch]
If you need a retreat from the rush and stress of your work week, Steelworks creative directors Nidia Dias and Miguel Rato have just the thing – a peaceful, CG fantasy tour through the “Worlds Of Japan”. [Watch]
Riff Raff Films’ directing duo The Sacred Egg and The Mill, whose recent collaboration for Topgolf we featured in Stash 162, are back for another intricate mix of VFX and partying – this time for Smirnoff through McCann North America. [Watch]
Toronto poet/composer Benjamin Hackman teams with Barcelona animation house Alla Kinda to recount a personal commuting mishap that leads to a frenzied yet thoughtful monologue on the rush of modern life and what it all might mean. [Watch]
To mark the opening of its retail shop Weekend Characters, Toronto animation studio Polyester produced this wonderfully whimsical short film mixing characters featured on merchandise in the store with live-action. [Watch]
In his latest collaboration with LA visual artist James Jean, director and CG artist Zachary Corzine again extends one of Jean’s paintings into four dimensions using gentle, ambient 3D animation. [Watch]
LA motion designer Champ Panupong Techawongthawon, whose work for Mezmo we featured in Stash 160, is back with another impossible-to-ignore brand film – this time in concert with John Mcneil Studio for cyber security firm Commvault. [Watch]
German post and VFX house ACHT backs up English director Joshua Vii as he takes a bee’s eye view in this mix of motion-control and CG exploring the exterior and interior of the new Škoda Kodiaq crossover SUV. [Watch]
Danish menswear brand Shaping New Tomorrow takes their first steps into 3D with three sleek and minimalist films from the motion design crew at sub.stnc® in Malmo, Sweden, and animator Federico Piccirillo. [Watch]
The design and motion team at ManvsMachine embark on a dramatic expedition into the Karakoram mountain range in Kashmir with agency WeSayHi in this brand film for Italian luxury outerwear brand Moncler. [Watch]
Working with Hornet, Andrew Vucko and his motion team in Toronto craft a clean, kinetic, and modular new motion identity for premium music streaming platform Tidal to work across the breadth of the brand as well as in future campaigns. [Watch]
London artist, animator, and video essayist Alan Warburton parses the issues surrounding the use and ramifications of generative AI in this thoughtful documentary with most of the footage created with the tools under discussion. [Watch]
Eddy directing duo Jean-Charles Kerninon and Clement Lauricella (aka Boddicker) and the crew at Brunch Studio in Paris showcase the many sides of their animation talents in their latest trailer for Riot’s Teamfight Tactics. [Watch]
Passion Pictures’ animation director Anna Mantzaris brings her woolly stop-motion talents to Apple’s 2023 holiday film, a properly heart-warming four-minute opus directed by Lucia Aniello at Hungry Man thru TBWA\Media Arts Lab. [Watch]
