Director Roman Veiga Joins Troublemakers’ Roster
April 18, 2024
Join LUMBRE, the Buenos Aires animation and design studio for a look at how they conjured the zany energy of their branding campaign for Boing, the sister channel to Turner’s Cartoon Network and Boomerang currently on air in Italy, France, Spain and South Africa. [Watch]
Wonderful hand-rendered flow to this quasi-minimal, stream of consciousness music video from UK animators Anna Ginsburg and Gworge (aka George Wheeler) for South London rapper/actor Loyle Carner called “Stars and Shards.” [Watch]
Join director/CD Valere Amirault and the animation crew at Paris CG specialists Mécanique Générale on their trippy (but gorgeously rendered) jaunt into animated existentialism called “Symphony of Two Minds.” [Watch]
The genre of animal love triangles slips into murderous new territory in “Chaud Lapin,” the carefully rendered graduation film directed and animated by Supinfocom Arles students Géraldine Gaston, Alexis Magaud, Flora Andrivon, Maël Berreur, and Soline Bejuy. [Watch]
London animation director and designer Jesse Collett brings a soft and whimsical feel to the latest nugget of wisdom from School of Life founder Alain de Botton, an insightful and surprising look at the factors contributing to your own sense of self-esteem. [Watch]
Blazing and emotional animated film from Sao Paulo studio Le Cube helps legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna deliver his heartfelt message of encouragement to fellow Brazilian athletes competing on their home turf at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer. [Watch]
The on-going gentrification of Berlin takes a strange turn in this striking interpretation by artist/architect/designer Riccardo Torresi for “Ganz Berlin” from German electro-artist Diego Parravano, aka Copycat Club. [Watch]
Irish animator Max Halley (currently working at Giant Ant in Vancouver) recruits a straight-talking chicken to reveal the deep-rooted psychological source of your perpetual and overwhelming need for other people’s approval. [Watch]
London’s One Small Pixel and Onesize in Amsterdam invite you on an intriguing abstract journey full of immaculate details to highlight the 2016 UK art events sponsored by oil and gas giant BP including opera, ballet, art exhibits, festivals, awards, grants and lectures. [Watch]
Follow the Northern California river otter on a seasonal journey through the prismatic light of the High Sierras to the Pacific Ocean with this vivid mix of 2D/3D animation and hand drawn illustrations crafted by Bay Area production studio Little Fluffy Clouds for the River Otter Ecology Project. [Watch]
Accomplished character work and bang-on comic timing mark this short film called “Fuel” directed and animated in two months by third year MOPA (formerly Supinfocom Arles) student Camille Jalabert. [Watch]
A full-on jolt of visual caffeine, Stash 117 adds another 31 stellar video projects to the Stash Permanent Collection – the planet’s largest online archive of design, animation and VFX, plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews. [Watch]
Few things will perk up a Friday like discovering great new work from a studio you’ve never heard of. Witness the careful lighting, subtle character work and palpable teenage angst in this spec Coke spot called “Am I in Your Mind” from three-year old Hong Kong VFX house HEHAAA. [Watch]
Stink director Marcio Leitão (a.k.a Squarehead) tranforms the simplest of sketches by illustrator Daniel Semanas and the smooth VO from UK actor Nick Brimble into the most minimal animated TV spot we’ve seen this decade. [Watch]
