RASCAL Welcomes Andy Steele and Mireille Antoine as Heads of CG and Production
May 7, 2025
Merging live-action, stop-motion, 2D, and 3D, director Fx Goby (whose wonderful BBC Olympics spot you can re-watch here) leads the Nexus and Mighty Nice crews into an ambitious three-spot campaign for US insurance brand Lemonade. [Watch]
Gobelins animation graduates Antoine Dahan, Clement Delaby, and Rayan Takhedmit step into the director’s chair for the first time with this moody, mystery-soaked music video produced by Paris studio Les Monstres. [Watch]
Passion Pictures and Feral Child (who also brought us this bit of mania for Lush), team with MJZ director Steve Ayson for a delightfully dark take on the stress parents endure when it comes to the safety of their children. [Watch]
Following up on his striking Space Hippie R&D project, Copenhagen designer/animator/CD Kasper Nyman creates another Nike-inspired motion exercise, this time for a brand exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany. [Watch]
Your last chance to enter the Collision Awards is approaching! Submit your work by Friday, May 30. Open to animators and motion designers in all styles, including Commercials, Experimental, TV, Games & XR, Film, and Digital Communication. [Watch]
The team at Paris studio I-réel continues their creative collaboration with luxury watchmaker Ulysse Nardin in this launch film for the new Diver [AIR] sport watch premiered during the Watches & Wonders 2025 trade show. [Watch]
Partizan director Antoine Bardou Jacquet and the VFX crew at Electric Theatre Collective distance Genesis from heritage luxury vehicle brands with a horde of antiquated light bulbs (yes, ideas) chasing the 2026 GV70 SUV. [Watch]
To mark The New Yorker’s founding in 1925, directors Guto Terni, Marcos Kotlhar, and the animation crew at ROOF Studio distill a sense of the magazine’s enduring visual wit and cultural resonance from over 5,000 pieces of cover art. [Watch]
Imaginary Forces CD and 4 x Emmy nominee Ronnie Koff, whose work we track here, sets the stage for the Apple TV+ comedy series Government Cheese with a measured and enigmatic play on instructional graphics. [Watch]
Veteran animation director Suresh Eriyat and his crew at Studio Eeksaurus in Mumbai showcase the cultural importance of Deccani sheep and their wool in this music-driven film for Indian research institute Centre for Pastoralism. [Watch]
Speed and drama may not be the first adjectives that leap to mind about curling but that could all change with this fun and frosty CG work from the team at The Operators Creative in London for the sport’s world governing body. [Watch]
Paris post house Paume, lead by EP/founders Alexis Benot and Tuan Ho, makes its Stash debut with a riveting and style-forward spot via Division director Marius Gonzalez for Canadian recreational vehicle maker Can-Am. [Watch]
Here’s a full rundown of the 10 new short films included in season 4 of Tim Miller and David Fincher’s Emmy-winning anthology series Love, Death + Robots returning to Netflix May 15, complete with head credits and voice cast. [Watch]
Nikolay Kirchev and Yordan Stoyanov, founders of the newly spawned Yonick Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, just dropped us their first project, a spec film for consumer electronics maker Nothing they describe as “a love letter to a brand we admire”. [Watch]
