Working in close collaboration with Ridley Scott, Studio AKA director Steve Small crafts a somber but somehow hopeful title sequence for “Raised by Wolves”, the new HBO Max series about androids raising human children on a distant planet. [Watch]
Passion Pictures’ stop motion maven Mark Waring, who counts Tim Burton’s “Corpse Bride” and Wes Anderson’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” among his many credits, conjures a heartwarming tale of cooperation and trade for Standard Chartered bank thru TBWA/Singapore. [Watch]
Division director Francois Rousselet and the Mathematic animation team in Paris mix live-action with inky animation in this homage to Glen Keane’s Oscar-winning animated short “Dear Basketball” for Nike China thru Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai. [Watch]
Propelled by quirky hand-drawn animation and gentle humor, this new spot from the team at Buck thru R/GA for marketing automation and email platform Mailchimp, offers entrepreneurs hope and encouragement in tough times. [Watch]
LOOCreative, a motion design studio in Seoul just hit the Stash radar with this full CG title sequence for “My Country”, a TV series based on South Korean history produced by local subscription network and broadcaster JTBC. [Watch]
Set in a de-humanizing future, Imaginary Forces’ intense new brand film for Japanese cosmetics brand SK-II reveals the deep emotional connection between Misaki Matsutom and Ayaka Takahashi, Japan’s first Olympic Badminton Doubles gold medalists. [Watch]
São Paulo animation studio Factory Brasil and agency FCB Health Brasil help Nestlé Health Science mark National Nutritionist Day with this gentle and touching story of a healthcare professional who refuses to give up on her patient. [Watch]
A thoughtful and ultimately emotional look at the world in 2020, “Right Now” is the latest in-house short film from Vancouver’s Giant Ant, written by studio co-founder and ECD Jay Grandin. [Watch]
London design and motion mavens Art&Graft let loose with an inclusive and brilliantly bonkers rebrand for Boing, the global division of Warner Bros. Entertainment aimed at kids and young adults. [Watch]
Oliver Davies, The Mill director who made a splash earlier this summer with his visually innovative work for Manchester United and Adidas, returns with a striking and surreal VFX adventure for Dashlane’s password manager. [Watch]
The dreary tedium of a New York subway ride transforms into a 60-second psychotropic adventure courtesy of Partizan director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet and Paris VFX masters Mathematic thru 72andSunny for Adobe’s Photoshop. [Watch]
Director Ben Hibon and the Unit Image animation crew in Paris are back with a sweeping new action/fantasy trailer announcing the “Call of the Mountain” expansion release of Riot Games’ free-to-play online game Legends of Runeterra. [Watch]
New York-based Dutch director Fons Schiedon, who graced the cover of Stash 15 with his insane MTV Asia ID, creates a far more calm and contemplative mood in his new video for English electronic duo Groove Armada. [Watch]
Toronto director/animator Oscar Mar, whose resume includes gigs as lead motion designer and graphic design director at Electronic Arts and Ubisoft, creates a fabulous mix of style and tension in his new passion project “Speed Animals.” [Watch]