The CNN Motion crew illuminates the surprising and socially complex 5,000-year history of red-colored lips in this beautifully illustrated explainer with art direction by Ignacio Osorio and Alexander Sears. [Watch]
				
			 
						
			
				
				
				Inspired by video artist Nam Jun Paik’s timeless installation “TV Buddha”, the Solid VFX crew in Seoul, South Korea create an atmospheric CG future populated with a solitary and enigmatic figure. [Watch]
				
			 
						
			
				
				
				Check the avalanche of surreal CG nonsense going on in the new short film from Peter Tomaszewicz and Christiana Perdiou called “The Shrewd Awakening” which they describe as “vivid, flirtatious, electric, and inconceivable.” [Watch]
				
			 
						
			
				
				
				After giving us a peek at his comedic chops with a Max Headroom-inspired character in 2013’s “Rap God”, Eminem drops the gloves in this new video for “Godzilla ft. Juice WRLD” playing the full-on fool and multiple characters. [Watch]
				
			 
						
			
				
				
				The 2020 edition of the TOCA ME Design Conference opened in Munich this month with these striking and thoughtful titles crafted by hometown design and animation studio Uber Eck. [Watch]
				
			 
						
			
				
				
				The disarmingly stripped-down style and off-kilter text-to-speech performances in director/animator Rory Waudby-Tolley’s animated short “Powerwash (I Love You)” keep you unprepared for the film’s deeper truths and hopeful ending. [Watch]