Director, motion designer, and CG artist Ryo Kitabatake at WOW in Tokyo stirs together mystery, isolation, and atmosphere in this sweeping music video for the DJ Shadow track “Slingblade”. [Watch]
Former Pixar animator Erick Oh (Finding Dory, Inside Out, Brave, etc.) breaks free from narrative logic in this six-minute parade of absurdist characters lead by Gunther, a mischievous sausage with an uncontrollable urge to dance. [Watch]
Director Ben Brand: “When my girlfriend told me the story of spreading her deceased grandmother’s ash over the sea (like a lot of people around the world do) I started wondering what actually happens to all that ash.” [Watch]
If your quarantine fatigue includes a growing aversion to be-nice-to-each-other messages, Swiss director/animator Lorenz Wunderle and the crew at YK Animation in Bern have the perfect antidote. [Watch]
The Mill Directors, Lisha Tan and David Lawson return to the helm for the latest Apex Legends trailer following a series of films for the Respawn franchise including spectacular work for the original launch and season two. [Watch]
Salomon Ligthelm, a self-taught filmmaker signed to Stink, conjures a dreamlike escape punctuated by glitches of chaos for Icelandic electro three-piece aYia with the ominous VFX and post handled by Artjail in NYC. [Watch]
