In his ambitious new passion project, Uruguay-based Brazilian director/animator Chico Jofilsan employs multiple techniques to tackle one of the central dilemmas facing all creatives, “How to choose one idea from among so many?” [Read more]
Moscow CG masters Loop transform two TV commercials for Russian house manufacturer Terem into riveting, art-driven films marking the company’s 10th anniversary and highlighting possibilities for customization. [Read more]
Not-for-profit production company SALT and illustrator Elena Skoreyko Wagner add a sense of meandering whimsy to American poet Marie Howe’s “Singularity (after Stephen Hawking)” in this short for the virtual version of the 2020 Universe in Verse event. [Read more]
New London studio Optical Arts just leaped onto the Stash radar with the submission of “Utopia”, their intriguing architectural exploration of “an imaginary mausoleum in Chandigarh, Le Corbusier’s modernist city in Northern India.” [Read more]
Mixing long exposures on a vintage Bolex with motion control and in-camera projections, Smuggler directors Jason Sondock and Simon Davis (aka rubberband) pull off a technically ambitious lockdown video with a gritty/lo-fi feel for NYC duo Lewis Del Mar. [Read more]
The latest looping treat from Laurie Rowan, the UK animator, illustrator, and director (thru Nexus Studios) whose collection of eccentric CG character gifs has generated over 700 million views and twice as many smiles. [Read more]
The latest in Ruffmercy’s music video canon finds the London director/animator using gold leaf and homemade Super 8 textures to enhance footage of Brussels-based vocalist Martha Da’or on the track “Moving On” by Italian producer Clap! Clap!. [Read more]
Egyptian agency KAIRO for Ideas gathers local creatives including artist/illustrators Muhammad Mustafa and Mariam ElReweny, animators Alia Mohamed Wahby and Asem Kamal, plus rock band Cairokee for the Abo El-Reesh Children’s Hospital. [Read more]
The second in a series of four films coming from Japanese flower artist Azuma Makoto, “Story of Flowers 2” finds illustrator Katie Scott and animator James Paulley continuing the detailed execution and calm pacing they introduced in the first film. [Read more]
