Moth Collective: HIAS “For the Refugee”

London animation and illustration studio Moth Collective combines both those talents into a powerful promo for the 130-year old American charity HIAS who work “to address the global refugee crisis by protecting refugees and displaced persons throughout the world and helping them to build new lives in safety and with dignity.” [Watch]

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Ghost Recon Wildlands E3 Trailer

Every E3 event produces a swarm of 3D game trailers but this violence-packed opus for Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Wildlands stands apart for closing the gap between pre-rendered cinematic and real-time gameplay footage to a significant degree. [Watch]

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Elevating the Art of the PSA: Buck for AA

If you’ve seen their work for Childline, you know Buck has a particular talent for animated PSAs. The latest evidence: This touching, low-key piece for Alcoholics Anonymous from ECD Orion Tait and crew held together by AA members’ narratives, a muted palette plus clever and organic transitions. [Watch]

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Behind the Scenes: Sydney Opera House “Lighting the Sails”

Matt Pyke and the Universal Everything crew gather 20 animation studios from around the planet to collaborate on 31 spirited living murals commissioned by, and projected onto, Jørn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House for the VIVID 2015 festival. [Watch]

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Sony PlayStation Vue Protects You Against Phone Zombies

MJZ director Frederik Bond and The Mill crew in LA help Sony launch its PlayStation Vue streaming TV service with a snappy, VFX-fueled :60 tempting their built in audience of PS3 and PS4 users to try the cable alternative which promises users will be able to purchase only the channels they want. Agency: Johannes Leonardo. [Watch]

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Taichi Kimura and Rapparu: Grades “King”

Meet Laika Takasu, Japanese school girl turned anime monster-blasting, smile-inducing, dance sensation. Shot in Chichibu, Japan by London-based director Taichi Kimura with animation by Rapparu for the ultra-poppy Grades track “King.” [Watch]

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Finlandia “1000 Years of Less Ordinary Wisdom”

Riveting 2.5 minute centerpiece for the new Finlandia “1000 Years of Less Ordinary Wisdom” campaign by Knucklehead Director Siri Bunford thru Wieden+Kennedy London. Killer cut by Xavier Perkins (Lucky Cat) and Adam Marshall (Whitehouse Post) with MPC providing Flame work and grade. [Watch]

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Steve Carell, Omelet and Royale Urge LA to “Save the Drop”

Anchored by the low-key tones of usually-funny-man Steve Carell, this easy-going spot rendered in an unfussy 2D style by motion shop Royale thru Omelet, challenges Angelenos to “Save the Drop” as the California drought just keeps getting worse. [Watch]

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BTS with MPC Paris on Perrier “Balloons”

The new MPC Paris studio takes the lead on this serious VFX effort called “Balloons,” collaborating with Les Télécréateurs’ directors Fleur & Manu and Ogilvy Paris, for Perrier. [Watch]

Behind the VFX of Björk’s “Black Lake” by Andrew Thomas Huang

Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York as part of their Björk retrospective, Andrew Thomas Huang‘s “Black Lake” tones down the visual surreality of his previous collaboration’s with the singer while dialing up the raw emotion of her performance. [Watch]

Zoran Bihac: Till Lindemann “Praise Abort” (NSFW)

German director Zoran Bihac pushes just about every uncomfortable button possible in this darkly comic/insane new video for Rammstein lead singer Till Lindemann. Words can’t really do it justice. Just watch (if you dare). [Watch]

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Nudity, Censorship, Handcuffs! We’ll Have “None of That”

Great story, pacing, and character work from Ringling College of Art and Design students Anna Hinds Paddock, Isabela Littger de Pinho, and Kriti Kaur in their 3D-animated short “None of That”. [Watch]

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Smith & Foulkes’ Latest for Honda

Nexus directors Smith & Foulkes‘ history with Honda is long and award-laden (we ran Honda “GRRR” on the cover of Stash 03 in Nov. 2004) and this latest pair of spots, which break today thru agency RPA, finds the directing duo’s signature charm and gentle humor applied to the launch of the HR-V Crossover. [Watch]

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Onur Senturk Sculpts Philip Larkin’s “High Windows”

Troublemakers director Onur Senturk sculpts a dark and dramatic vision of “High Windows” by esteemed English poet Philip Larkin, the first of three films launching The Josephine Hart Poetry Foundation’s Poetry Movement program which aims “to stand as the next logical step in terms of the way we consume verse.” [Watch]