Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
A bitter-sweet tale of leaving and family, this animated short from five 2021 Gobelins animation grads was inspired by the work of Japanese artists, including manga master Matsumoto Taiyó, illustrator Taniucho Rokuró, and filmmaker Yuasa Masaaki. [Watch]
Building on the success of Burberry’s breakout 2020 holiday ad, Riff Raff directors Megaforce and MPC’s VFX team regroup to conjure more weather-driven extreme dancing while elevating the choreography to magical new heights. [Watch]
The latest work from prolific UK director/animator Russ Murphy finds him deconstructing the face of rapper/producer Mac Miller into a glitchy and low-tech but ultimately hypnotic sequence of handmade frames. [Watch]
Hungarian CG studio DIGIC Pictures continues its run as an elite purveyor of film for the game industry with this character-driven work for Unknown 9: Awakening, the third-person action/adventure from Reflector Entertainment. [Watch]
Exploring the concept of “what lies underneath the ice”, creative director Paul Mitchell and the crew at Elastic mark the return of NHL games to ESPN (after 20 years) with this ambitious and frosty mix of CG and 2D motion design. [Watch]
Transitioning from darkness to fearless over two and a half minutes, this new work for Sick Kids hospital directed by Mark Zibert with VFX and post by The Vanity is one of the most rousing and emotional spots you will witness this year. [Watch]
Bulgarian director/animator Simona Mehandzhieva, who graduated with the Narrative Animation class of 2020 from the Royal College of Art, applies her vibrant and idiosyncratic style to a piece for Denmark-based space-pop duo Moon Panda. [Watch]
Inspired by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Greg Smallwood’s comic series Moon Knight, Indian director/designer Akshay Tiwari (currently at The Mill NY), crafts a personal film he describes as “a journey through death, doubt, and delirium culminating in symbolic rebirth.” [Watch]
The newest grad film from this year’s animation class at GOBELINS, wraps important ideas about women’s rights and authoritarian rule into a charming dark comedy about three elderly women who just want to sing. [Watch]
In a unique collaboration, Barcelona design and animation studio Niceshit creates a manic brand film for their friends at Basque brewery Gross, who in turn released a limited-edition Niceshit IPA called Blue Dog. [Watch]
In the gentle and edifying short film Blue Curry from five animation students at GOBELINS in Paris, a mother invites her son to understand the beauty of diversity on Earth as they prepare dinner together. [Watch]
Director Raj Davsi and the CG masters at FutureDeluxe mark the launch of Vietnamese sneaker brand Bitis Hunter’s latest release – a collaboration with rapper/renaissance man Viet Max – in this sultry mix of dance and digital. [Watch]
Best known for her animated feature background work, Paris-based artist Anne Raffin leaps into the director’s chair with this dystopian vision for French DJ and musician François X with Les Monstres studio handling production. [Watch]
A young woman with crippling OCD confronts her worst fears head-on to save the day for her sister in this intimate, composed, and surprisingly emotional short film from five animation students at GOBELINS in Paris. [Watch]
