Switching seamlessly between 2D and CG animation, director Jan Xavier and the crew at São Paulo studio Histeria! translate a fantasy adventure about a boy and his yeti into a music video/trailer for Riot’s “Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story”. [Watch]
The design and animation crew at BUCK in Sydney take an appropriately light and loose approach to dressing up archival tennis action from The Australian Open in new work highlighting the relaxed social atmosphere of Aussie tennis. [Watch]
Guy de Maupassant’s classic 1883 short story “The Piece of String” finds a new audience among Gen Z students with help from this concise animated version by Cape Town studio We Are Batch for education technology platform Nearpod. [Watch]
Eddy director Lucas Durkheim indulges his obsession with action movies in this short, intense, and comedic glimpse into the work and family life of Coco, a rogue hit woman who finds plenty of satisfaction in her job. [Watch]
In a refreshingly upbeat take on the future of the environment, director Artem Shcherbakov and the ZHEESHEE animation crew introduce a trash-powered robot with existential problems for the 2023 portfolio of Pause Originals short films. [Watch]
Psyop directors Marie Hyon and HANZOHANZO amp the excitement ahead of the League of Legends 2023 World Championship this week with a four-minute ode to grit and determination powered by vocals from K-Pop phenom NewJeans. [Watch]
