Explaining What Not to Recycle in Québec

Montreal VFX and animation studio Shed and agency Cart1er turn the decidedly unglamorous challenge of informing fellow Quebecois about the don’ts of recycling into a fun, snappy and informative :30. [Watch]

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Art&Graft Studio Film: “The Walk”

London motion studio Art&Graft just sent us their latest in-house animated short “The Walk.” Marked by a peaceful/atmospheric tone and meticulous palette, the film “about the simple pleasure of putting one foot in front of the other” was inspired by the spectacular Lake District in the North-west of England. [Watch]

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ChezEddy + Stories AG: Triumph “Find the One”

Paris animation studio ChezEddy and multiple-Tony-winning American composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown channel the wide-eyed exuberance of the Disney princess genre for UK women’s lingerie maker Triumph in this 3D spectacular starring upcoming modeling phenom Hannah Ferguson. [Watch]

Buck Bakes Up McDonald’s “Muffins”

Buck continues their string of character-driven charmers for McDonald’s with a 3D romp including the world’s yummiest-looking CG blueberry muffin, all fresh from ECD Ryan Honey and crew thru Cossette Chicago. [Watch]

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Spectacular MacLaren 570s from Dom & Nic and MPC

Outsider directors Dom & Nic: “After researching the feasibility of shooting a real black swan it became clear the best way forward for this film was to create it entirely in CG [but] we wanted to approach it with the same mentality and process that we would do a live action shoot. [Watch]

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Flipping for Dairy Queen “Oreo Blizzard”

The Chicago outpost of The Mill/Mill+ expand their repertoire with this impossibly happy 2D character fest for Dairy Queen powered by a catchy ditty scripted by agency Barkley US and composed by Sam Billen at Primary Color Music. [Watch]