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Get “Crushed!” With Zack Lydon for Valentine’s Day

Seattle animator/illustrator Zack Lydon joins forces with the team at local micro press Zine Hug for a quick blast of Risograph-printed, heart-shaped attitude powered by a track from British producer/composer Danny L Harle. [Watch]

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FLATMIND Showcases “A World of Beauty” in Shanghai

FLATMIND, a full-service prodco with studios in Italy and China, just danced onto the Stash radar with this massive LED installation for The Italian Cultural Institute of Shanghai called “A World of Beauty”. [Watch]

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“DONKS” Short Film by Felix Colgrave

Australian director/animator/cartoonist and musician Felix Colgrave just unleashed his latest test of your cranial integrity, a whimsical and musical exploration of “ocean plastic, avatars, and adaptive bottom feeders”. [Watch]

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CrowdStrike Saves Troy in Super Bowl Debut

Radical Media director Tarsem Singh and Framestore’s NY VFX crew added a hint of Monty Python to Super Bowl LVII with the debut spot for US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike (seen here in the extended 60-second version). [Watch]

Anime Meets AI in Linkin Park “Lost” Music Video by Shibuya

Maciej Kuciara and Emily Yang (aka pplpleasr), cofounders and artists at web3 content studio Shibuya take the lead in directing this riveting visual amalgam of anime and AI for the Linkin Park track “Lost”. [Watch]

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Gorillaz “Silent Running” Music Video by Jamie Hewlett and Fx Goby

Nexus Studios director Fx Goby and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett are back at it with a new music video that merges the animated quartet with pyrotechnics and prosthetics into a creepy/comic slice of fun. [Watch]

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Squarespace Takes Adam Driver to the Super Bowl

Smuggler director Aoife McArdle and London VFX/post house Black Kite Studios help a confused Adam Driver figure out “The Singularity” in this extended 90-second version of Squarespace’s 2023 Super Bowl spot. [Watch]

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The Mill Tames a World Gone Wild in Game Trailer for EA’s Wild Hearts

EA’s new monster-hunting role-playing game Wild Hearts launches with this spectacular full-throttle CG trailer, a massive effort from Mill+ director Morten Vinther and the animation and creature crews at The Mill studios in Shanghai, Bangalore, London, and LA. [Watch]

“Aire” Short Film Looks at the Quiet Devastation of Quarantine

The Buenos Aires duo of director/animator Bruno Persico and graphic designer/writer Clara Fernández look back at the unexpected consequences of the pandemic shutdown on our closest relationships in their short film Aire. [Watch]

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Factory Fifteen Freezes the Action for Spitfire Audio’s Albion Colossus Library

London VFX/animation studio Factory Fifteen stages a series of high-octane action tableaux in this single-shot, full-CG sequence showcasing the music and sound design cues available in Spitfire Audio’s Albion Colossus library. [Watch]

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“Raindrop” Short film by Manuel Neto and Ordinary Folk

Ordinary Folk animator and motion designer Manuel Neto takes over the director’s chair for this concise and charming story of one intrepid character’s heroic response to the threat of rain. [Watch]

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Tendril Snuggles Up to Tax Season for Cash App

With the goal of making filing your taxes “look and feel as comfortable as AF”, CD Alexandre Torres and the Tendril design/animation crew float a series of plush visuals for the finance app Cash App. [Watch]

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10 Years Later, PES Updates His “Het Klokhuis” Title Sequence

Stop-motion innovator and Oscar-nominee PES unpeels new opening titles for the TV show Het Klokhuis (The Apple Core) on Dutch public network NTR, refreshing the frenetic originals he crafted back in 2013. [Watch]

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Frame Showcases Lighting “Icons” for Louis Poulsen

Copenhagen motion studio Frame highlights nine iconic lamps, both classic and new, from Louis Poulsen’s Spring 2023 collection in the latest film collaboration between the two Danish design companies. [Watch]