Sibling Rivalry Welcomes James F. Coton to Director Roster
May 13, 2025
Google Creative Lab and Anyways Creative in London commission nine animators to each create a fun pop vox film based on the real-life experiences of seasoned iPhone users trying out Google’s Pixel 2 phone. [Watch]
LA studio Capacity opened the PromaxGames Summit in San Francisco this week with these ambitious sponsor titles riffing on an open world version of the host city jammed with action and fun. [Watch]
Young Russian studio Superdesigners just arrived on the Stash radar with this submission: the meticulous and austere CG promo for an exhibition of kinetic and op art at the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. [Watch]
CalArts Character Animation student Chia-Hsin Lee takes the road less travelled by restricting the lead character of his short film “In an Empty Wood” to the role of narrator. [Watch]
Both striking and surreal, “Hypertrain” was completed by Etienne Kompis and Fela Bellotto as their graduation film while studying 2D-animation together at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland. [Watch]
Weaving together 2D and 3D techniques, Art&Graft in London conjure an inviting and atmospheric illustrative style for Tilal Al Ghaf, a new community-driven property development in Dubai. [Watch]
At the 2017 Emmy awards, Elastic director Patrick Clair claimed three of the five nominations in the Outstanding Main Title Design category for his work on American Gods (Starz), The Crown (Netflix), and Westworld (HBO). [Watch]
Agile Films director Zac Ella steers the manic, multilayered chaos in this launch film for the GLITCH two-part soccer boot from Adidas which allows players change the outer layer to suit the mood. [Watch]
Directors Dalmiro Buigues, Martin Dasnoy and the crew at Buda in Buenos Aires launch the Nike Epic React runners in Argentina with six intensely cute fantasy animation pieces made for mobile via agency Nosotros Cinco. [Watch]
The all-Jerusalem team of director/animator Kobi Vogman and street artists Brothers of Light (siblings Elna and Gab) combine talents to create a striking mix of stop motion and 2D animation for Israel’s Shapiro Brewery. [Watch]
Magnus Atom, motion graphics designer at VICE in Brooklyn: “To celebrate Weed Week, I was asked to create some trip-inducing animated visuals to play on and around 4/20. Happy Weed Week ya’ll!” [Watch]
French director/designer Ugo Bienvenu applies his signature golden age of comic books style to a quirky and perky retro-future holiday promo for Japanese clothing brand Edwin. [Watch]
Drawing inspiration from a poem by Italian architect, designer, and Memphis master Ettore Sottsass, director Ryan Rumbolt and the Wonderlust team in Halifax “explore the spectrum of emotions in everyday life.” [Watch]
Blink director Dougal Wilson and the MPC VFX crew re-team to shake up the sartorial status quo for ghost parties everywhere in this spot for IKEA thru Mother. [Watch]
