Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
Disguised as a Disney animated feature trailer, this holiday spot for German grocery retailer Edeka – by Anorak director Christopher Riggert and the animation/VFX team at The Mill – packs a powerful environmental message. [Watch]
A prison break film like no other, Karl Poyzer and Joseph Roberts’ follow up to their 2020 animated sci-fi parody Floaters features the voices of Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State) and Joel Fry (Cruella, Game Of Thrones). [Watch]
Creative director Karin Fong and the Imaginary Forces crew weave together themes of magic and matriarchy into a grand title sequence for Amazon’s epic fantasy series “The Wheel of Time”. [Watch]
In his new personal work, Lisbon director João Vaz Oliveira fuses striking images and surgical edits into a visceral and hyper-visual ode to fellow creatives who have inspired him. [Watch]
Working with Bodega Studios in New York, creative directors Ron Gervais and Dave Greene at Iamstatic in Toronto create a world of extreme situations to show off the durability of Dell’s Rugged laptops. [Watch]
Animator and illustrator Yves Paradis: “This project is an exquisite corpse of seven parts from animators around the world. Each was given the last five seconds from the previous animator and two months to create their own sequence.” [Watch]
Referencing the op art of Victor Vasarely, London motion designers Paul Plowman and George Dyson (aka Greedy Goons) craft an intricate, hypnotic, and technically challenging music video for the electronic musician/producer Testset. [Watch]
Following on from their visual research into the textures and tactility of felt, the crew at Media.Work in Moscow pivot their CG powers to explore another ubiquitous material that we all take for granted. [Watch]
Passion Animation directors Kyra & Constantin, who kept tear ducts wide-open last year with this spot for Ernst, turn their talents for character and narrative to a Toyota driver who finally gives into sharing holiday joy. [Watch]
The 2021 edition of OFFF Vienna launched with this ambitious and atmospheric allegory from director Ian Bradley and the creative team at animation/VFX studio Carbon, complete with a live orchestral score by Antfood. [Watch]
In their ongoing series for Unbabel’s AI-powered translation platform, Favo Studio once again conjures visually inventive, smile-inducing content from dry information (e.g. customer service training). [Watch]
Animation director Nick Groeneveld and the creature crew at Ambassadors in Amsterdam wrangle a pair of small furry friends in this holiday charmer by Holy Fools director Jelle de Jonge for Dutch supermarket chain Albert Heijn. [Watch]
Fabian Aerts, the Brussel’s based director/designer who recently dropped these riveting titles and this spectacular short film, just released his latest CG opus – a fanatically detailed and abstract look at the concept of paradigms. [Watch]
Way back in primary school, UK Twitter user @DanannMcAleer penned a darkly comic John Lewis holiday spot. Fast forward 26 years, he tweets his original pitch, and the social platform turns it into a Christmas ad of their own. [Watch]
