A smiling animated man with curly dark hair and a stubbly beard, wearing a blue denim jacket labeled Daniel, works under the hood of a vehicle outdoors in daylight—like putting his heart out to dry after laundry day. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Laundry Hangs Your Heart Out to Dry for Washington Lottery

Heart-tugging animated lottery spots may have hit an apex with this classic, but this new campaign from Laundry Studios thru Wunderman-Thompson keeps all the emotion while redefining the pipeline for the age of AI production. [Watch]

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“The Misfortune Cookie” Cartoon Noir Short Film by Againstallodds

Stockholm directors againstallodds, whose character-centric work ranges from an adaptation of Paddington Bear to the world’s sweetest security guard, explore a cartoon-noir aesthetic in their new passion project “The Misfortune Cookie”. [Watch]

McDonalds "Inner Child" by Againstallodds and Passion Pictures | STASH MAGAZINE

McDonalds “Inner Child” by Againstallodds

Firmly grasping your tear duct triggers with both hands, Swedish directing team againstallodds return to the holiday season with a heart-tugging CG narrative for McDonalds via Passion Pictures and Leo Burnett. [Watch]

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Againstallodds Directs “A Giant Story” for Intuit

Business and financial software maker Intuit’s first Super Bowl spot was lifted from this four-minute feel-good opus directed by the masters of such things: Passion Animation directors againstallodds. [Watch]

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Againstallodds: James Wellbeloved “Mega City”

Three years after signing with Passion Animation Studio for UK and US representation, Stockholm-based duo againstallodds (aka Niklas Rissler and Derek Picken) have become the go-to directors for heart-tugging CG narratives. [Watch]

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againstallodds: Very “Get More Out of Giving”

The first of the 2016 feel-good CG holiday ads arrives courtesy of Passion directors againstallodds (who warmed a billion hearts last year with Loteria “Justino”) thru UK agency St Luke’s for British online retailer Very.co.uk. [Watch]