The Collision Awards Releases New Trend Report on The State of Animation in 2025
May 15, 2025
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]
Sunhye Kim, a motion design student at VDAS in South Korea, grabbed our attention with this vibrant spec spot for French luggage brand DOT-DROPS highlighting the customization fun of their optional sticker kits. [Watch]
Renaissance duo Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing (aka Impactist) create an exhilarating collage of original photography, illustration, 3D graphics, and type for the track ‘Two for One Burger Bun’ from their latest album HEY PIG. [Watch]
Designed to teach kids about anxiety in a relatable and entertaining way, “Nixie and Nimbo” is a streaming series co-created by Hornet director Yves Geleyn and the studio’s head of creative development Kristin Labriola. [Watch]
The newest passion project from Danish animation studio Tumblehead, “Tales from the Multiverse” casts God as a single parent and wannabe programmer struggling to mind squabbling kids as he tweaks an app he calls the Multiverse. [Watch]
In one of the most ambitious animated music videos of the last decade, London Alley director Mathew Cullen and Nathan Love animation director Joe Burrascano rally a massive crew for Katy Perry’s surreal circus romp in “Smile”. [Watch]
Director Liam Chapple and the crew at Carbon craft a luxe and mesmerizing full-CG spot showcasing the collaboration of US faucet brand Brizo and artist/fashion designer Jason Wu thru Indianapolis agency Young & Larrimore. [Watch]
London VFX force Time Based Arts adds impressive visual muscle to the global launch spot for PlayStation 5 – touting its DualSense wireless controller and 3D audio – directed by Biscuit’s Dan DiFelice through adam&eveDDB. [Watch]
Studio Grackle, a virtual traditional animation studio founded by Spencer Wan, jumped onto the Stash radar this week with their debut project, a whiplash trailer for Hades, the action role-playing game from Supergiant Games. [Watch]
Director James Papper teams with Blinkink roster-mates Guy Field, Sophie Koko Gate, José Fatkinson, and Bridget Meyne to create a loveably eccentric spot for Camden Town’s QR code-driven, free beer giveaway thru Wieden+Kennedy, London. [Watch]
The Mathematic VFX crew in Paris stitch together a dizzying array of shots for Caviar director Henry Scholfield’s latest visual feast: a 60-second spot for the launch of Gojek ride-hailing and food delivery services in Vietnam. [Watch]
The battle between Epic Games and Apple over Fortnite and App Store payment policies has at least one upside: this 45-second animated takedown of Ridley Scott’s 1984 Super Bowl commercial casting a worm-infested apple as Big Brother. [Watch]
Director/animator Di Lu (who now works at Pixar) reveals the perils of character design critiques in her thesis film “Super Generic” completed during her time in the Computer Animation program at the Ringling College of Art and Design. [Watch]
