Prodco HENRY & Hybrid Studio LIPSTICK Launch AI Roster
July 16, 2025
Alessandro Pacciani + Juice = BMW M4
Tokyo-based director Alessandro Pacciani travels to Shanghai to capture BMW’s M4 then conjures 90 seconds of vehicular adrenaline called “Factory Trailer” with the help of editor Marco Battiloro and the VFX skills of Warsaw post house Juice. [Watch]
Smoke & Mirrors Launches New Studio in Bangkok
From the release: Smoke & Mirrors (S&M), one of the world’s leading post production houses, has launched a new joint venture with Oriental Post, a subsidiary of leading Thai entertainment company, Kantana Group. The new venture sees S&M, one of the world’s most recognized brands in commercial post production, take its first steps into ASEAN […] [Watch]
Transistor Studios Hires Nicola Finn as Executive Producer at New Brooklyn Studio
From the release: New EP brings wealth of varied industry experience, while fresh studio space provides inspiring home for company. Design-driven production company Transistor Studios has announced the appointment of Nicola Finn as executive producer. The Londoner has joined the team at Transistor’s HQ in Brooklyn, New York, where she will help to generate new […] [Watch]
Online Premiere: House Special’s “Jailbreak”
Stash is excited to present the online premiere of “Jailbreak,” House Special director Aaron Sorenson’s light-hearted, stop-motion wink to German Expressionism. Photographed in rich black and white, the ambitious in-house film follows the studio’s wildly successful 2015 CG short “Tale of Momentum & Inertia.” [Watch]
UNICEF Unfairy Tales: “Malak and the Boat” (Director’s Cut)
Written, directed and animated by Brazilian CG talent André Holzmeister, “Malak and the Boat” is the first in a new animated series sponsored by UNICEF thru agency 180LA called Unfairy Tales designed to highlight the trauma suffered by the youngest victims of the Syrian refugee crisis. [Watch]
Top Talent joins the CG Department at The Mill Los Angeles
From the release: 2015 was a time of remarkable work for the CG department at The Mill in Los Angeles. High profile projects included Google Spotlight Stories – Help, Coca-Cola – Torch Bear, and the Game of War campaign. In response to this, Heads of 3D John Leonti and Robert Sethi have grown the award-winning […] [Watch]
