Passion Signs Future Power Station to Roster for UK and US
June 23, 2022
“This Tape Deck is a Time Machine” Teaser by Patrick Osborne and Nexus
Nexus director Patrick Osborne, who won the Best Animated Short Film Oscar for Feast in 2014, gives us a peek at the future of animation production with this teaser for his new real-time animated series created using Unreal Engine. [Watch]
“The Sam Story” Short Film by Richard Noble
Starting with the true story of American twins Jim Lewis, Jim Springer, and their freakishly identical lives after being separated at birth, Richard Noble’s RCA grad film looks beyond the spooky coincidences into the concept of free will. [Watch]
Twitter’s Perfect Christmas Ad by Roxane Campoy and Passion Paris
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]
John Lewis “Unexpected Guest” by Mark Molloy and nineteentwenty
UK retailer John Lewis maintains their place atop the holiday ad ecosystem with another note-perfect tear-fest – this year’s edition arriving courtesy of Smuggler director Mark Molloy and London VFX and post house nineteentwenty. [Watch]
King + Country Take Home Main Title Design Emmy for “The Good Lord Bird”
From the release: The Television Academy presented King + Country with the 2021 Creative Arts Emmy® Award for Outstanding Main Title Design for The Good Lord Bird, an American historical dramatic miniseries, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by James McBride. [Watch]
Famous Lungs and the Real Cost of Teenage Smoking
Director Peter Sluszka and the Hornet team wrangle stop-motion celebrity lungs (including Terry Crews, Tony Hawk, and rapper/actress Sky Katz) into a weirdly engaging campaign to curb teen smoking for the FDA thru FCB New York [Watch]
