The battle between South African Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya and the I.A.A.F. over her gender and ban from competition anchors this crusading film directed by Ralph Karam and animated by the crew at Le Cube for Unilever brand, Lux. [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Brand film, Character Animation, Explainer, Featured · Tags DaHouse Audio, Final Frontier, Le Cube, Lux, Ralph Karam, Unilever
NYC studio Bigstar teams with writer/director Robe Imbriano (ABC’s Soul of a Nation) to address the history of white supremacy and how “passive racism perpetuated via white fatigue is the biggest challenge in the fight against racism today.” [Watch]
For their first new music video since releasing the Grammy-winning No Geography album in 2019, The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons turn to the UK’s master of color and chaos, director/animator Ruffmercy. [Watch]
Bangkok-based director and VFX supervisor Julien Vanhoenacker, who created the surreal post-apocalyptic 2016 short film “A Drop”, swings the tone and palette a full 180 degrees for this bright and breezy adventure packed with beer-loving penguins. [Watch]
Blinkink directors Stevie Gee and Essy May in London: “Meatballs in sunglasses, Burgers on BMXs, and Ice Queens with attitude. For this super fun job, we had the pleasure of designing all the characters and sets ourselves and then used the classic techniques of stop motion animation, puppetry, and model miniatures to bring them to life.” [Watch]
Category Advertising, Animation, Miniatures, Puppets, Stop Motion, The Inbox · Tags Arch Film Studio, BlinkInk, DoorDash, Final Cut, John St, SNDWRx, Stevie Gee & Essy May
Andrew Jones, Founder/ECD at FutureDeluxe in London: “In recognition of Earth Day, we collaborated with Converse to create a launch film and key visuals for all the new colorways of the latest addition to the Converse Renew lineup: The Chuck Taylor All Star Crater Knit. [Watch]