Before a recent jaunt to his local Department of Motor Vehicles, director/animator Doug Alberts could have just griped and complained like the rest of us but chose instead to spin the “personalities, funny smells, and paperwork” into a smile-inducing song and music video. [Watch]
Softly painted vignettes by Lisbon-based interdisciplinary artist Ignasi Monreal take on subtle signs of life in this beautiful 60-second brand film for Spanish apparel retailer ZARA with production, design, and animation by The Mill. [Watch]
Designer/director Arisu Kashiwagi, who won an Emmy for her work on the Stranger Things titles, merges character and charcoal into a layered and atmospheric opening for The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey on Apple TV+. [Watch]
From the release: Over Black History Month a group of Black creatives and technologists used the downtime from their jobs to create THE BLACK ARTS PROJECT – an NFT collective that will harness the power of Black creativity and make the Web3 world more inclusive for Black people. [Watch]
Eddy director Olivier Lescot draws inspiration from Hollywood westerns, graphic novels, and classic manga into a new personal film he describes as “an exploration of immersive camera movement capturing all the essence of pure action.” [Watch]
From the team at Illo in Turin, Italy: “This video is part of a motion series we created for The Nature Conservancy on what we can do to preserve our planet.” [Watch]
