The Light and BIEN Form Creative and Strategic Alliance
January 7, 2025
Director/animator/illustrator Kaho Yoshida mixes 2D animation and stop-motion into a very personal film addressing some of the issues she has faced as an Asian woman living in the West. [Watch]
Director Ben Steer and the animation crew at Blue Zoo in London showcase the diversity of BBC’s coverage of the 2022 Rugby League World Cup which now includes men’s, women’s, and wheelchair competitions. [Watch]
A new short film from 3D artist Julian Glander is always cause for gleeful anticipation as you have absolutely no idea what awaits in the coming frames except for the fact it will be excentric, fun, and subversively philosophical. [Watch]
The latest issue of Stash just hit the Permanent Collection with a whole new crop of inspired design, animation, and VFX work. Sneak a peek at the new two-minute trailer to see which work made the cut. [Watch]
The avatar of LA fashion designer Melody Ehsani dominates the basketball court with a 2D/3D wave of confidence and style in this animated spot by Mathematic director Boris Zaiontchkovsky for Beats by Dre. [Watch]
Director Joseph Mann and London Studio Blinkink merge CG and stop-motion into a mini-meditation on isolation and the importance of personal connection in this holiday heart warmer for 02 thru VCCP London. [Watch]
The irreverence and audacity of Adult Swim’s Smalls short films serve up the perfect pallet cleanser between commercial projects with Mike Anderson’s 10-minute epic “Hot Future” providing the latest proof. [Watch]
Mixing tactile 3D explorations and live-action, the design and animation team at Buck craft a smart and smooth product film for Microsoft’s Surface Laptop 5 full of “abstract, magical moments.” [Watch]
Starting with a single line, London-based creative director Vladislav Solovjov builds his latest personal CG exploration Purity into a complex series of shifting and lyrical and compositions. [Watch]
Directing duo Shan Christopher Ogilvie and Ewa Smyk (aka Bare Golly Films) gather a remote team of artists to paint 1,200 watercolors and fuse them into a gently fluid music video for multiple Grammy-winner Jacob Collier. [Watch]
Feral Child directors Nella Addy and Rogan vd Berg follow up last year’s Lush Snow Ferry film with a complimentary piece of fantasy adventure featuring The Lord of Misrule, a creative renegade inspired by David Bowie and Mick Jagger. [Watch]
NOMINT follows up their 2021 WWF stop-motion ice spot with an even more improbable go with fire in this global campaign designed to raise awareness about the danger of wildfires caused by climate change. [Watch]
In their latest in-house CG study, the design and animation crew at Panoply in London investigate the psychological condition known as derealization, which involves feelings of detachment from one’s self and surroundings. [Watch]
In his two-part Flowless series of short CG films, Florida-based director/animator Alex Maltsev takes a meditative look at “the collision of surface and light as it changes angle and speed.” [Watch]
