Li Xuan Reveals the Soft Side of AI in Music Video for Roy Wang’s “The Star Shepherd”

A full-on cultural phenomenon in China where it drove over 50 million views in 24 hours, this emotional music video for singer/songwriter and UNICEF ambassador Roy Wang, uses AI to simulate the warmth of stop-motion felt animation. [Watch]

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Biting Humor: Tobias Fouracre & 1920 Serve Up a Christmas Twist for Dr. Oetker

Partizan Studio’s stop-motion master Tobias Fouracre (Isle of Dogs, Corpse Bride), teams with the VFX crew at 1920 and agency adam&eveDDB to add a dash of darkish humor into your holiday ad diet. [Watch]

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Uncommon & Friends Unleash “Heroes Take the Crown” Short Film for Clash Royale

The Stockholm branch of Uncommon Creative wrangles seven directors and prodco’s into an epic eight-minute exquisite corpse-style short film for Supercell’s Clash Royale that includes CG, stop-motion, 2D animation, and VFX segments. [Watch]

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Walking the Walk for Droga5 and Kaiser Permanente

London post/VFX house Black Kite and LA stop motion studio Open the Portal build out a hybrid world for US healthcare consortium Kaiser Permanente in this jaunty spot by Riff Raff directing duo The Sacred Egg thru Droga5. [Watch]

Character, Craft, and Chocolate: Behind the Scenes on the Suchard 2025 Christmas Spot

Take a peek into the making of the 2025 Spanish holiday spot for Swiss chocolate brand Suchard – full of warm, handcrafted family vibes courtesy of prodco BOL, with Device directing and Pangur Animation handling the stop-motion. [Watch]

Wallace & Gromit Unwrap the Holidays (and more) for Barbour

Following on 2024’s fabulous Barbour holiday spot, Nick Park’s timeless Plasticine personalities Wallace and Gromit return for another round of gentle stop-motion comedy via director Steve Harding-Hill and the Aardman animation team. [Watch]