If this montage of nutty loops from Jay Grandin and the Giant Ant crew for Disney XD’s LOL app doesn’t banish your pre-holiday blues we suggest you seek professional help for whatever Scrooge-like affliction may be eating away at your soul. [Watch]
The Berln-based Polish duo of motion designer Dominik Grejc and art director/illustrator Maria Giemza craft the real-life narrative of a young girl in Kabul whose life turns around thanks to Skateistan, a non-profit using skateboards to connect at-risk youth to education in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and South Africa. [Watch]
Carlín Díaz, a Venezuelan illustrator/animator/director now living in Paris, infuses his sweet and lush new music video for “Lilac” from Norwegian indie rockers Kakkmaddafakka with the updated spirit of French post-impressionist Henri Rousseau. [Watch]
Director Stefan Wernik and the crew at Sydney animation studio The Magnificent Itch, aim directly for your tear ducts with this painterly animated film showcasing the true story of a homeless man reconnected with his family and the world thru Australian affordable housing non-profit SGCH. [Watch]
Watch how Paris VFX powerhouse Unit Image, Partizan director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet and agency BETC combine forces for a VFX rampage through a French kitchen to make the case for the quality of TV channels available on Canal+. [Watch]
Wonderful dark and textured broadcast work from Toronto design and motion house Iamstatic for the titles of “Frontier,” the Canadian-American historical series chronicling the North American fur trade of the 1700s co-produced by Discovery Channel (Canada) and Netflix. [Watch]
