Director Lea Esmaili Joins Blinkink for UK Representation
November 21, 2024
Commissioned by FX Networks and based on Pamela Ribon’s acclaimed coming-of-age memoir, “My Year Of Dicks” earned Icelandic director/animator Sara Gunnarsdóttir a 2023 Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film. [Watch]
Director/animator Michael Emry at IMAGE+NOISE in LA teams with UK director/visual artist Troy Browne for a bold spec motion piece built around the power and mystique of Air Jordan basketball shoes. [Watch]
As part of a complete rebrand for French artisanal perfumery Atelier Cologne, FutureDeluxe works with agency AKQA to interpret the brand’s scents as elegant and organic CG sculptures that drive the updated visual language. [Watch]
If understated surrealism with a touch of wit is a new marker of luxury then it’s safe to say Rimantas Lukavicius and his CG crew at Korb nailed this tastefully dramatic brand film for upscale Italian outerwear maker Moncler. [Watch]
French directing collective Megaforce and London VFX masters ETC set a new bar for product demos with this witty VFX fantasy showcasing the 2x Active Noise Cancellation feature of Apple’s 2nd generation AirPods Pro. [Watch]
Fresh from the playful mind of Berlin-based director/animator Merlin Flügel (who dropped this wonderfully strange short in 2021), comes the trailer for the 2023 edition of the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film. [Watch]
To honor Michael Jordon’s impact on basketball and mark his 60th birthday, Stance Studio in Miami crafts a weighty in-house CG tribute film featuring artist Matthew Senna’s solid-gold Air Jordan 10 OVO’s. [Watch]
Planet-based food brand WhatIF doubles down on their commitment to Earth-friendly production in this snappy :60 anthem film filled with quirky characters and snappy animation from LOBO thru agency Fable.Works. [Watch]
Get a jump on your spring brainstorming with this two-minute glimpse at all the motion projects packed into Stash 158, the latest design, animation, and VFX work to be inducted into the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
This abstract CG piece by director/3D artist Berk Budal and composer/sound designer Christoph Groß yeilds a riveting 90-second visualization of the premise “Tension is the rope that connects desire to its outcome.” [Watch]
With a nod to a certain 2012 animated earworm about silly methods of demise, Buenos Aires studio Buda.tv confirms animals can indeed be guilty of the seven deadly sins in their new in-house short film. [Watch]
Working with brand consultancy Darwin & Verne, the new Madrid-based studio Blanco Void softly illustrates three timeless principles from Roman architect Vitruvius for Cosentino’s Pietra Kode Collection of designer surfaces. [Watch]
Blinkink director Raman Djafari layers up live-action chaos and a slew of stop-motion-style CG creatures to conjure three minutes of mayhem for the “Worms” single from American singer/songwriter Ashnikko. [Watch]
Directly on the heels of their zoetrope escapade for FREENOW, London VFX force Electric Theatre Collective joins Academy Films director Henry Scholfield for some ambitious art appropriation with Coca-Cola. [Watch]
