Nexus Studios director Fx Goby and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett are back at it with a new music video that merges the animated quartet with pyrotechnics and prosthetics into a creepy/comic slice of fun. [Watch]
Smuggler director Aoife McArdle and London VFX/post house Black Kite Studios help a confused Adam Driver figure out “The Singularity” in this extended 90-second version of Squarespace’s 2023 Super Bowl spot. [Watch]
EA’s new monster-hunting role-playing game Wild Hearts launches with this spectacular full-throttle CG trailer, a massive effort from Mill+ director Morten Vinther and the animation and creature crews at The Mill studios in Shanghai, Bangalore, London, and LA. [Watch]
The Buenos Aires duo of director/animator Bruno Persico and graphic designer/writer Clara Fernández look back at the unexpected consequences of the pandemic shutdown on our closest relationships in their short film Aire. [Watch]
London VFX/animation studio Factory Fifteen stages a series of high-octane action tableaux in this single-shot, full-CG sequence showcasing the music and sound design cues available in Spitfire Audio’s Albion Colossus library. [Watch]
Ordinary Folk animator and motion designer Manuel Neto takes over the director’s chair for this concise and charming story of one intrepid character’s heroic response to the threat of rain. [Watch]
With the goal of making filing your taxes “look and feel as comfortable as AF”, CD Alexandre Torres and the Tendril design/animation crew float a series of plush visuals for the finance app Cash App. [Watch]
Stop-motion innovator and Oscar-nominee PES unpeels new opening titles for the TV show Het Klokhuis (The Apple Core) on Dutch public network NTR, refreshing the frenetic originals he crafted back in 2013. [Watch]
Copenhagen motion studio Frame highlights nine iconic lamps, both classic and new, from Louis Poulsen’s Spring 2023 collection in the latest film collaboration between the two Danish design companies. [Watch]
Director Olivier Staphylas (Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon) teams with choreographer Nicky Andersen (BTS, Taylor Swift) and a serious character design/animation crew to launch Simon Fuller’s virtual band The Meeps. [Watch]
The latest collab between Austin studio PROPER and outdoor gear maker YETI is an action-packed full-CG effort showcasing just how everything-proof and virtually indestructible the brand’s GoBox hard case really is. [Watch]
With his latest experimental short film Nature Portals, London artist and director Markos Kay continues his mission to integrate AI tools into the environment of professional art direction and production. [Watch]
CD Igor Sordokhonov at Media.Work: “Launching the new and revolutionary Invincible 3 running shoes, Nike asked us to imagine ways to describe the model’s innovative cushioning.” [Watch]
Simmering with understated tension and atmosphere, Toke Madsen’s graduation film demonstrates a mastery of character subtleties and narrative timing while wrapping it all in classical light and impressionist rendering. [Watch]