Nominated for a 2021 VES Student Award, Time’s Down by five recent graduates from French digital arts school ArtFX mixes blazing action, snarky dialogue, and seamless execution into a fabulous cyberpunk romp. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Motion Capture, Student Work, VFX · Tags ArtFX School, François Brugalières, Jonathan Bacheter, Nils Lemonnier, Valentin Soulard, Yan Weitlauff
No one does a trippy carnal rampage quite like Division directors Mrzyk & Moriceau. You may remember their insane 2017 MTV spot starring Dick the Dog, and if not, this romp for a Sydney fertility clinic will certainly get you up to speed. [Watch]
Illo creative director Ilenia Notarangelo in Turin, Italy: “Flowe is the fintech app developed by Mediolanum Bank for the Generation Z audience, providing a guide for first bank accounts and useful tips on saving.” [Watch]
For the 11th year, the Australian mega-conference Pause Fest was the catalyst for a series of short films called Pause Originals where artists “regain creative control, experiment, collaborate, and gain valuable industry exposure.” [Watch]
Category 3D Style, Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Short Films · Tags Echoic Audio, Eunwoo Lee, Geert van Hooff, Mehdi Hadi, Zelig Sound, Ziyang Yue
Animation director Shawn Wang, who first grabbed our attention with his 2016 student film Planet Unknown, leads the Digital Domain Shanghai crew on this dramatic crossbreeding of games Arknights and Rainbow Six: Siege. [Watch]
Brighton film director, animator, and VFX artist Jeb Hardwick teams with Budapest animation studio Umbrella for a gritty and apocalyptic take on “Meteor” by British metalcore band Architects. [Watch]