Directors Ryo Kitabatake and Takuma Sasaki at WOW in Tokyo commemorate the studio’s 25th anniversary with a visceral CG nightmare for the ages with help from UK real-time and volumetric content specialists Dimension Studio. [Watch]
In his latest personal short film How Have You Been?, director/animator Andy Baker reteams with London illustrator Polly Nor for a surreal look at “coping with grief, depression, and the mundanity of life in lockdown.” [Watch]
From the team at Motion504 in Minneapolis: “In his directorial debut at Motion504, Derek Loftis inspired the small but mighty team, keeping everyone connected and motivated through the thick of the pandemic.” [Watch]
Director Joe Wood, sound designer/composer Patrick Henchman, and the crew at Rumpus Animation in Bristol get up to all sorts of sweaty, frenetic fun in this festival hit they produced for Aardman’s online channel, Aardboiled. [Watch]
Venezuelan art director/designer Leo Esteves (aka les83machines) in Munich, Germany: “Coming from a long fascination with tribal masks and rituals, this project is a combination of some of my favorite classic cars and the power icons that those cars represent, to create petroltribes ritualistic masks. [Watch]
Following up on their striking work for Balenciaga’s Spring 22 Clones Collection, the MPC teams in London and Bangalore draw on a 2010’s videogame aesthetic to build out a melancholy love story set in a VR-obsessed future dystopia. [Watch]
