The Collision Awards Releases New Trend Report on The State of Animation in 2025
May 15, 2025
French animator/director Alexandre Louvenaz pushes his signature retro CG chaos into hilarious new territory with this manic and not entirely SFW parody of TV home renovation shows for Adult Swim. [Watch]
Australian director Scott Geersen and his 3D studio Substance nudge the bar to a welcome new level for realistically flawed CG surfaces in this striking open for TEDx Sydney. [Watch]
A powerful compilation of the meticulous and ultimately respectful graphics created for Nicholas Schrunk’s feature doc “Blood Road,” including the opening titles and narrative assets. [Watch]
Buenos Aires motion studio Ale Pixel translates UK designer/director Noma Bar’s striking use of negative space and graphic metaphor into the first in an animated series highlighting smart safety systems in Mercedes-Benz vehicles. [Watch]
Illustration and motion from Christian Borstlap and the crew at Amsterdam creative studio Part of a Bigger Plan combine with Johnny Reilly’s VO to bring a feel-good fuzzy charm to this piece for the Artis Royal Zoo. [Watch]
Everything you didn’t know you needed to know about the clitoris, assembled into three charming, insightful, and multi-award winning minutes courtesy of Montreal director/animator Lori Malépart-Traversy. [Watch]
Here’s a cute and trippy 3D confection to perk up your Tuesday morning: meet the carefree and stylish Cosmic Panda created by Jaime Álvarez Sobreviela (aka Mr Kat) with animation by São Paulo studio Le Cube. [Watch]
Join our friends at FITC for a half-day workshop in NYC to learn the basic principles and best practices for filming in 360, including how to capture video, edit and publish using the Samsung Gear 360. [Watch]
If, like me, you feel a deep skepticism and/or distrust about the internet of things, this new spot by Stockholm agency Forsman & Bodenfors for Swedish tech giant Semcon should make you smile. [Watch]
Berlin design house Zeitguised launched their new commercial arm called foam Studio with this CG short called “Auto Nom,” a whimsical and impossible-to-ignore effort “that explores the unexpected consequences of autonomous mobility.” [Watch]
The latest update to Passion directing duo Kyra & Constantin’s smile-inducing and massively popular “Rollin’ Wild” series focuses on the problems of the inflated indigenous animals of France. [Watch]
Fourteen years after the original game, the follow up to Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil (actually a prequel) made a surprise appearance at E3 2017 with this potty-mouthed, raucous, and richly detailed clip from Unit Image in Paris. [Watch]
Sing along with the bouncing karaoke ball in this jaw-dropper from director Matthias Zentner full of dubious characters and ambitious VFX for Chinese home-sharing platform Xiaozhu (Small Pig). [Watch]
The formative musical memories of Interpol lead guitarist Daniel Kessler come to life in a dark and stormy palette via the talents of Nice Shit studio in Barcelona – the latest in a series of shorts for the Primavera Sound festival. [Watch]
