Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Seed and 26 Directors Say “Check ‘em”
London animation studio Seed gathers wildly disparate micro-animations from 26 directors in this cheeky and eclectic 30-second spot encouraging women to “Check ‘em” during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. [Watch]
Giant Ant: Caught in Slack “Traffic”
The team at Giant Ant in Vancouver take their latest open brief from Slack deep into bright-and-happy land via this bouncy 3D mini-opus, with post-production from The Sequence Group, and music/sound design from Antfood. [Watch]
Giant Ant Levels Up at FITC Toronto 2016
The 15th edition of the venerable FITC Toronto creative technology event opened April 17 with this title sequence by Vancouver’s Giant Ant. Leveraging the conference theme “Level Up,” the 2D, 3D, and cel-animated romp traces a fun revisionist history of video games packed with sly nods and clever transitions. [Watch]
Golden Wolf: Zedd ft. Troye Sivan “Papercut (Grey remix)”
Shoreditch prodco Golden Wolf build a poignant collage of the excitement and ennui of youth in this dense and collaborative black and white opus for the “Papercut (Grey remix)” track from Grammy-winning producer/musician Zedd. [Watch]
Giant Ant Builds a Spaceship with Slack
Vancouver narrative masters Giant Ant mix traditional animation and 3D in this updated take on 1930’s cartoons for Slack powered by the song “Count Your Blessings And Smile” written by legendary English actor, singer-songwriter George Formby and re-recorded by Toronto’s Danny Simmons. [Watch]
“Happy Holidays” (or not) from Eoin Duffy
It’s no secret how Vancouver filmmaker Eoin Duffy feels about Xmas, skewering the season’s conventions for three years running with short, acerbic animated tales. His 2015 take, titled “Happy Holidays” teams Duffy with character animator Henrique Barone and audio maven John Black at Cypher Audio. [Watch]
