The Light and BIEN Form Creative and Strategic Alliance
January 7, 2025
Sergio Saleh, CD at LUMBRE studio in Buenos Aires: “No brief. No feedback. No deadline. We created this Tiki series for ourselves from ideas we had floating around mixed with various whims that popped up in the process.” [Watch]
The 22nd running of the Barcelona OFFF festival opened yesterday on the heels of this innovative chapter-based campaign film, an allegorical journey crafted by hometown studio Vasava and London CG specialists Found. [Watch]
LOBO director Diogo Kalil, illustrator Vini Bustamante, and BBDO Dublin pull together with voice-driven AI on this poignant pro-bono effort for Irish homelessness charity, Dublin Simon Community. [Watch]
Mixing inspiration from sci-fi film classics with the energy of modern Nike spots, Massive Assembly in LA and NMBRS Studio in Stockholm serve up an intense and kinetic trailer for Riot Games’ Valorant Champions event. [Watch]
The latest CG short film from Athens-based director and 3D artist Dimitrios Sakkas visualizes the struggles of life as a series of obsessively detailed natural vignettes in a very personal project titled Reborn. [Watch]
Working with agency Truant London, director Chris Boyle and the Private Island animation crew conjure an impossible-to-ignore CG spot for UK non-profit Material Focus and their Recycle Your Electricals campaign. [Watch]
Wildly successful on the festival circuit (94 screenings and many awards), the short film “At First Sight” by Dutch artist/animator Sjaak Rood is finally available online in all its splattery, visceral, and emotional glory. [Watch]
The collaboration between Superunion and the LSO expands in its sixth year to capture the dynamic connections of the orchestra members to the conductor with CG innovators XK studio once more providing striking visuals. [Watch]
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]
