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May 13, 2025
To mark The New Yorker’s founding in 1925, directors Guto Terni, Marcos Kotlhar, and the animation crew at ROOF Studio distill a sense of the magazine’s enduring visual wit and cultural resonance from over 5,000 pieces of cover art. [Watch]
Imaginary Forces CD and 4 x Emmy nominee Ronnie Koff, whose work we track here, sets the stage for the Apple TV+ comedy series Government Cheese with a measured and enigmatic play on instructional graphics. [Watch]
Veteran animation director Suresh Eriyat and his crew at Studio Eeksaurus in Mumbai showcase the cultural importance of Deccani sheep and their wool in this music-driven film for Indian research institute Centre for Pastoralism. [Watch]
Speed and drama may not be the first adjectives that leap to mind about curling but that could all change with this fun and frosty CG work from the team at The Operators Creative in London for the sport’s world governing body. [Watch]
Paris post house Paume, lead by EP/founders Alexis Benot and Tuan Ho, makes its Stash debut with a riveting and style-forward spot via Division director Marius Gonzalez for Canadian recreational vehicle maker Can-Am. [Watch]
Here’s a full rundown of the 10 new short films included in season 4 of Tim Miller and David Fincher’s Emmy-winning anthology series Love, Death + Robots returning to Netflix May 15, complete with head credits and voice cast. [Watch]
Nikolay Kirchev and Yordan Stoyanov, founders of the newly spawned Yonick Studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, just dropped us their first project, a spec film for consumer electronics maker Nothing they describe as “a love letter to a brand we admire”. [Watch]
CD Will Johnson and the motion team at Scholar merge inspiration from Risograph printing and oil paint textures in this film showcasing the features and benefits offered to small businesses by San Francisco-based fintech brand Mercury. [Watch]
Watch as veteran director Brent Bonacorso reveals how he leveraged AI tools to generate dramatic environments and VFX then combined them with live-action for this moody but ultimately hopeful film for the American Cancer Society. [Watch]
CD Danny Rubyono at motion design boutique Duro in Beaverton, Oregon teams with Istanbul-based designer/animator Sercan Altintas to reimagine the studio’s own branding through a series of four CG bumpers. [Watch]
FINCH director Dougal Wilson, with supporting help from Sydney studios Alt.VFX and Make-up Effects Group, land this playful series of three silent films in Australian cinemas to remind audiences to put their phones on, yes… silent. [Watch]
One minute into this Snoop Dogg cover of the Tom Petty track “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”, Psyop studio partners Temple Caché take over the visuals with a cannabis-fueled mashup of live-action, 2D, 3D, motion design, and AI. [Watch]
Troublemakers directing duo Burcu Sanku and Geoffrey Godet continue to delight with the fifth iteration of their Ramadan campaign for French luxury jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels’ Alhambra Collection thru Paris agency Mazarine. [Watch]
Following on his work for Mercedes-Benz and Acura (here and here), Nexus director Shane Griffin turns his motion talents to the Genesis brand in this tightly crafted CG spot commissioned thru LA agency Innocean. [Watch]
