Channeling dark early-80’s animation like Watership Down and Heavy Metal, this music video for The Strokes was an international collaboration written/directed by Mike Burakoff with a stellar crew including Benjy Brooke, 2veinte, and Ugo Bienvenu. [Watch]
Over the last two years, Brooklyn director/animator Jack Maschka set aside chunks time away from paying gigs to create this adventure about an alien and a space seed that bestows “unimaginable strength and mysterious magical powers.” [Watch]
Polyester Studio in Toronto: “A series of short typographic and illustrative animations for Toronto International Film Festival telling different stories and anecdotes about growing up in New Zealand from director Taika Waititi.” [Watch]
Picking up where director Pete Candeland left off in 2018’s “Five & The Missing Jewels” spot, Partizan director Michael Gracey takes flight for Great Western Railway with animation handled again by Electic Theatre Collective in London. [Watch]
The intimate bond between a dog and his owner takes on a poetic and sculptural air in this low-key animated work based on illustrations by artist Dane Khy thru London studio Coffee & TV for UK animal welfare charity Mayhew. [Watch]
Director Shaofu Zhang and the crew at Taiko’s studios in LA and Wuhan, China reimagine the Chinese myth of Pangu (aka the first living being and creator of everything) in this charming short film for Tencent’s Penguin Pictures. [Watch]
