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Cineplex “Lily & The Snowman”

Tis the season of tear-inducing animation and Hornet directors Dan & Jason and Hyesung Park bring their best character game to this piece running in Cineplex’s theaters and online thru Toronto agency Zulu Alpha Kilo about “growing up and remembering the things in life that matter.” [Watch]

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Blue Zoo Gives You “More Stuff” for XMAS

Over-the-top anti-materialist fun to put you in the mood for holiday shopping (or not) from London animation house Blue Zoo and powered by a cheeky and infectious track written and produced by musical comedian Ben Champion. [Watch]

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Michael Fragstein: Dan Freeman And The Serious “Dagner”

Slip into this enigmatic and disorienting dream conjured by Stuttgart director Michael Fragstein for a track by Berlin alt-indie group Dan Freeman And The Serious called “Dagner.” [Watch]

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Yule Log 2.015: That Burning Holiday Desire

At 9:30pm on Christmas eve 1966, New York TV station WPIX debuted a three-hour program comprised of a single 17-second, 16 millimeter looped clip of the Gracie Mansion fireplace with carols as a soundtrack. Then… [Watch]

Bleacher Report Schooled by Blackalicious: #SportsAlphabet

Turner Sports’ Bleacher Report leaps from the clutter with their maiden ad campaign, leaving no animation style unexplored in this manic, two-minute character romp created by Gentleman Scholar thru agency barrettSF and powered by a remixed track from CA hip-hop duo Blackalicious. [Watch]

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Andy Serkis Joins Coldplay for “Adventure Of A Lifetime”

Turning rock stars into motion-captured dancing apes will cause both snickers and shudders in some quarters, but UK director Mat Whitecross lets fun trump any and all artistic concerns in his new Coldplay video with Andy Serkis in charge of MC and Mathematic creating the CG chimps and their jungle environment. [Watch]