New virtual animation studio Super Dope formed in the depths of lockdown and now, after five months of work, introduces themselves to the world with this effervescent CG character piece called “Ice Cream.” [Watch]
Since graduating from the UK’s National Film & Television School in 2019, Greek director/designer Fokion Xenos has watched his ambitious MA graduation film “Heatwave” selected for 137 film festivals, winning 20+ awards along the way. [Watch]
After breakout collaborations on animated game trailers for Mother Russia and My Friend Pedro, US indie game publisher Devolver Digital gives WIZZ directors CRCR carte blanche on this film for the launch of “reverse horror” title Carrion. [Watch]
Director/animator Daniel Stankler in London: “The French 79 album, ‘Joshua’, is about [founder Simon Henner’s] childhood in Marseille, and so Marseille was quite important for the film. [Watch]
Passion Pictures’ stop motion maven Mark Waring, who counts Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” and Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” among his many credits, conjures a heartwarming tale of cooperation and trade for Standard Chartered bank thru TBWA/Singapore. [Watch]
Division director Francois Rousselet and the Mathematic animation team in Paris mix live-action with inky animation in this homage to Glen Keane’s Oscar-winning animated short “Dear Basketball” for Nike China thru Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai. [Watch]
