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Steelworks Scales the Peaks of Fashion in Spec Brand Film

CDs Nidia Dias and Miguel Rato lead the Steelworks CG team in a dramatic merger of urban and mountain fashion in this sleek and visually kinetic in-house brand film. [Watch]

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Bark&Bite Schedule Delight into Microsoft Planner

The best software explainer films transform the mundane details of everyday tasks into a series of delightful moments, treading a fine line between visual engagement and coherence. Bark&Bite’s new work for Microsoft Planner does just that. [Watch]

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Tonic DNA Make the JUMP in New R&D Short Film

The latest chapter in Tonic DNA’s in-house R&D project JUMP just landed and finds the Montreal studio exploring an Unreal engine pipeline and AI tools to further develop the look and motion for their universe-hopping character Leaf. [Watch]

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ManvsMachine Muscles Up for the Ford Mustang GTD

The Ford Mustang GTD supercar (800+ HP, $325,000) made its IRL debut at Le Mans on the weekend with the ManvsMachine crew providing back-up with this supercharged CG glimpse at the most powerful street-legal Mustang ever. [Watch]

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Clément Soulmagnon Dreams of the Côte d’Azur in “Méditerranée” Music Video for Juniore

Eddy director Clément Soulmagnon, whose wonderful Aurore short film we included in the Best of Stash 2021, transports us to past summers on the Côte d’Azur in this dreamy music video for French band Juniore. [Watch]

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Vallée Duhamel’s New Short Takes “The Pulse Within”

Expanding on their 2023 motion experiment After Light, directors Julien Vallée and Eve Duhamel weave together live-action, CG, and a variety of AI tools for The Pulse Within, their short film which premiered at the Tribeca Festival. [Watch]

Tendril Unfolds Elegant Fantasy for the Huawei Pocket 2

The geometric fantasy world of Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen comes to life with tasteful restraint in this product film for the Huawei Pocket 2 phone that “remaps and redefines the boundaries between technology, art and fashion.” [Watch]

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Scholar Sets the Stage for Google Marketing Live

The 2024 edition of the Google Marketing Live event opened with this bright and bubbly mixed-motion sequence lead by Scholar CDs Will Campbell and Juan Carlos Cuadra who set out to “showcase what Google AI can do for you”. [Watch]

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Roof Studio Generates Good Karma for New York Blood Center

Director Kawe de Sá leads the character design and animation team at Roof Studio in Brooklyn on a musical journey into good vibes in this CG-as-claymation spot for New York Blood Center Enterprises thru Miami agency Markham Yard. [Watch]

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Vedran Rupic, Mother, and Black Kite do the Chicken

Poultry-inspired choreography provides the driving force in this wonderfully bizarre KFC spot from Business Club director Vedran Rupic (thru Mother London with VFX and post from Black Kite) asking citizens of the UK to Believe in Chicken. [Watch]

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Forward Festival Creative Conference Returns to Berlin August 29-30

The Forward Festival returns to Berlin’s HKW venue with a lineup of more than 40 international top creatives from a variety of fields including digital art, motion and graphic design, typography, photography and much more. [Watch]

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Sophisticated Happiness: Clim Studio for Roger & Gallet

Founded in 1862, venerable French perfume brand Roger & Gallet looks anything but its age in this series of effervescent new spots from Clim Studio in Barcelona crafted to “exude joy and sophistication”. [Watch]

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Trizz Studio Keeps it Sweet and Gooey for Ricola

Teaming with Toronto agency FUSE Create, the crew at Barcelona’s Trizz Studio whip up a swirling elixir of CG gooiness showcasing the ingredients (honey, caramel, and Swiss herbs) that go into Ricola Throat Balm lozenges. [Watch]

Noodle Finds Perspective Where 2D and 3D Meet in “Origin” Short Film

Following on the quirky charm of his 2023 short film Ripe, Noodle founder/CD Doug Alberts just dropped us his latest motion experiment called Origin, a snappy meditation on perspective and the boundary between 2D and 3D. [Watch]