In their latest outing for Riot Games, French collective CRCR (Jérémy Pires, Paul Lacolley, Nicolas Dehghani) deliver a blistering music video/trailer packed with relentless fury and action for the League of Legends Soul Fighter release. [Watch]
Working with carte blanche from local distillery Saint-Esprit, the all-Annecy team of director/CG artist Guillaume Briet and Spacesheep studio highlight the modern-meets-traditional aura of the client’s artisanal pastis. [Watch]
Buenos Aires animation studio Clubcamping helps IKEA connect with college-bound consumers in these three anime-flavored “Find Your Slice of Life” spots showcasing how the Swedish furniture giant solves shared-living challenges. [Watch]
Mark Tang, a designer/CG artist based in Wuxi, China, showcases the distinctive geometry and sleek features of the XBLOOM K1 e-bike as well as his own directing/rendering skills in this concept film for the Chinese brand 100KR. [Watch]
Looking to pry the studio out of its comfort zone, the animation team at 2veinte in Buenos Aires takes on a new in-house project they describe as a “dramatic adult film filled with action and psychedelic vibes”. [Watch]
Working with the luxury of full creative freedom, CDs Oriol Puig and Fabio Medrano lead the Trizz crew into a CG world of electric color in this film for Castrol’s hybrid motor oil produced by Partizan thru The Brooklyn Brothers. [Watch]
Building up to the 2023 Women’s World Cup, Nike showcases 11 female soccer stars in a bonkers time-travel film that merges six animation and VFX-driven supporting spots into a new narrative by Iconoclast director Alaska. [Watch]
Recharge your summer with a peek at the brilliant design, animation, and VFX work included in Stash 160 – the latest must-see addition to the ever-expanding Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
The all-Montreal team of director/DP Nik Mirus, prodco L’ÉLOI, and motion stylists Baillat Studio merge carefully choreographed live-action and CG into a striking film for Crown Royal’s new luxury Golden Apple whisky. [Watch]
Le Cube partner/CD Santiago Oddis captures the “intricate dance that unfolds between souls” in this lyrical character work which serves as the hero film for an exhibition featuring 13 graphic artists at Final Frontier’s Silk Gallery in Madrid. [Watch]
ECD Piotr Jaworowski and the crew at Warsaw studio Ars Thanea visualize the powerful bass of the Beolab 19 wireless subwoofer while showcasing its sculptural design in this film for Danish high-end audio brand Bang & Olufsen. [Watch]
Combining Houdini and onset wire work, VFX boutique Artjail helps Anonymous Content director Patrick Daughters achieve an atmosphere “somewhere between Kafka and Pixar” in this ambitious spot for US healthcare provider Village Medical. [Watch]
Striking a blow against the sugary evil of the fountain-drink industrial complex, Hornet director Andy Baker builds out a dark animated world where Tractor’s organic alternatives provide an escape to daylight. [Watch]
Directing duo Julien Vallée and Eve Duhamel veer from their signature production method of hands-on, in-camera effects to explore AI in After Light, a short film they describe as a “playful twist on dystopia”. [Watch]