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December 6, 2021
United Nations “Don’t Choose Extinction” by Murray Butler and Framestore
Framestore Pictures’ director Murray Butler and the Framestore creature VFX team resurrect a 70 million-year-old Utahraptor (voiced by Jack Black) to deliver a message about the dangers of fossil fuel subsidies and their contribution to our own extinction. [Read more]
Polyester Studio Serves Up Ford Smoothies
From the team at Polyester Studio in Toronto: “Animating Ford’s commitment to sustainability by showing how the natural materials that go into Ford vehicles can be turned into a smoothie.” [Read more]
Bosideng “Down Jacket” Spot by Barry Greaves and MPC
From the team at MPC: “We partnered directly with [Chinese apparel brand] Bosideng to launch a full CGI global commercial, directed by MPC’s Barry Greaves. The aim was to showcase the rigorous 150-step process each jacket encounters before meeting customers. [Read more]
Mac Miller “San Francisco” Music Video by Ruffmercy
The latest work from prolific UK director/animator Russ Murphy finds him deconstructing the face of rapper/producer Mac Miller into a glitchy and low-tech but ultimately hypnotic sequence of handmade frames. [Read more]
“Sororelle” Stop Motion Short Film by Frederic Even and Louise Mercadier
From the team at Papy3D in Paris: “Three sisters are facing an impending disaster: the imminent flooding by the Sea of the lands where they live. In the midst of such chaos, the sisterly union is shaken up and each of the sisters experiences the imminence of death, in their inner selves. “Frédéric Even and […] [Read more]
“Moon Knight” Fan Film by Akshay Tiwari
Inspired by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Greg Smallwood’s comic series Moon Knight, Indian director/designer Akshay Tiwari (currently at The Mill NY), crafts a personal film he describes as “a journey through death, doubt, and delirium culminating in symbolic rebirth.” [Read more]
