The boldness and drama of the all-electric Carmen coupe from Spanish luxury automotive brand Hispano Suiza come to riveting life in this mix of CG and stylized live-action directed by FILFURY and produced by Untold Studios. [Watch]
Director/co-founder Chris Boyle at Private Island in London: “Synthetic Summer is a machine learning interpretation of an American beer advert. It features no real people and is generated entirely from text prompts.” [Watch]
French directing duo Mathilde Loubes and Antoine Bonnet, who created the outstanding Un Diable dans la Poche animated short during their students days at Gobelins, just completed this lyrical five-minute opus for the Paris Opera. [Watch]
Cologne creative agency FEEDMEE raises the bar for B2B explainer films with this elegant and artful combination of information and emotional engagement for the German smart home brand Gira. [Watch]
Woodwork Amsterdam and director Menno Fokma kick virtual street fashion up a notch in this glitchy showcase for the limited-edition IRL adidas “Into the Metaverse” collection inspired by the NFT, Indigo Herz. [Watch]
German directing duo WOUQ (aka Mariusz Becker and Philip Lück) are back with more intriguing, immaculate interiors for the Polish D2C custom shelving brand Tylko. [Watch]
With a combination of CG and macro cinematography, Paris creative digital agency I-réel expands its portfolio of luxury product films with this intimate and intricate work for venerable Swiss watchmaker Baume & Mercier. [Watch]
The animation team at B-O-D studio in Beijing conjures a two-minute blast of non-stop action fantasy to launch the third edition of Pandada Games’ Ninja Must Die franchise into the Japanese market. [Watch]
The BBC’s new linear channel in Scandinavia (a merger of BBC Brit and BBC Earth) launches with these striking IDs fashioned by the crew at London studio weareseventeen around the concept of “The Bright Side”. [Watch]
The Team at Cairo VFX shop Monkeys turned around 100+ shots in just 12 days for this knockout spot directed by Ahmed Hussein at ASAP Productions for First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) and their sponsorship of Egyptian football club Al Ahly. [Watch]
3D artist Ben Koppel in London: “This is a self-initiated R&D project that came from studying and recreating several types of mechanisms in Houdini plus my recent purchase of Vitra Toolboxes. [Watch]
After winning a shelf-full of awards on the festival circuit, École des Nouvelles Images students Marianne Bergeonneau, Lauriane Montpert, Mélina Mandon, Cloé Peyrebrune, and Elvira Taussac have released their romantic fantasy WET online. [Watch]
London 3D animation studio Dada Projects (also responsible for this ambitious Rimowa film) visualizes the materials, processes, and life cycle of the Peel Hemp Chair from California studio PROWL. [Watch]
Focused on expanding beyond their brand-driven design and animation work, the team at MAKE in Minneapolis are developing original IPs including this promising kids’ series called Mechsplorers. [Watch]