In a straight-up weaponization of AI against it’s creators, director Chris Boyle and the crew at London mixed-media studio Private Island drop a satirical, three-minute boy band take-down of tech billionaires. [Watch]
Working thru French prodco Wilders, directors Benjamin Marchal, Nicolas Duval, and Paris post house Digital District channel our cinephile memories into the opening title sequence for the 2026 Young Director Awards. [Watch]
Category AI, Brand film, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Titles · Tags Benjamin Marchal, CRAIZY, Digital District, Nicolas Duval, Wilders, Young Director Awards
Director/designer Sijin Liu, whose breakout Siri Lee music video we featured on the cover of Stash 175, merges symbolism and surrealism into an eerie and enigmatic film for French-Taiwanese singer Bai yun. [Watch]
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]
Nexus Studios director Laurie Rowan powers up the kitschy fun of an 80s training montage in this keynote film for Google’s I/O 2026 event, a cheeky and tactile merger of 3D animation, puppetry, and AI. [Watch]
Category AI, Animation, Brand film, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Puppets · Tags Factory Studios, Google, Laurie Rowan, Nexus, Nexus Studios
Veteran creative director and CG artist Tavo Ponce just dropped us his latest personal experiment, an ethereal motion adventure that leans into the imperfections and impossibilities of AI filmmaking. [Watch]