The Light and BIEN Form Creative and Strategic Alliance
January 7, 2025
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]
For their latest in-house studio ID, the crew at Lobster Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, teamed up with illustrator/animator Vincent Tsui and composer/sound designer David Kamp for a one-minute slice of the surreal. [Watch]
The 2023 edition of creative tech fest FITC hit Toronto this week with these glitchy and dramatic titles by local studios Worship (visuals) and Cypher (audio) opening the outstanding two-day slate of speakers, panels, and workshops. [Watch]
After dropping this stunner for Purple back in 2020, the design and animation team at ManvsMachine return to the CG mattress wars with a cool and sophisticated product film for Tuft & Needle. [Watch]
Trajectoire Studio and CD/motion designer Michel Naufal create stylish tennis and golf films as part of a dedicated immersive experience space in the Lacoste flagship store on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. [Watch]
Turin studio Illo builds out a welcoming world of abstracted architectural elements for this film designed to increase brand awareness and lead generation for the European property investment platform Walliance. [Watch]
LA motion designer (and former monk) Champ Panupong Techawongthawon and his animation team set out to dazzle viewers with this blast of geometry and intricate transitions for the cloud-based observability platform Mezmo. [Watch]
