Ugo Mangin & Hamlet Uncover the “Glheetch” for Heetch

Eccentric comedy is one of our favorite strategies for punching out of the clutter, and it’s deftly handled here by director Ugo Mangin and Brussels prodco Hamlet for French ride-hailing app Heetch thru Paris agency Grinta. [Watch]

Digital Kitchen Gets Inside the Mind of Detective Cross

Digital Kitchen sets a tense and foreboding tone for season two of the Amazon crime thriller series Cross, orchestrating a layered collision between the psyche of detective Alex Cross and his city, Washington, D.C. [Watch]

Animorsels Presents BUCK’s Jen Zheng and Friends April 16 in Nottingham

Join us at Animorsels, April 16 in Nottingham for an evening of animated time travel and drinks with talks from BUCK’s Jen Zheng, animation director Steff Lee, and animator/CD Sophie Johnson-Hill. [Watch]

Two men stand on a sidewalk; one in a suit with an awkward posture, the other in casual clothes and a headset, interacting with a device, like modern-day NPCs. In the background, a Coinbase ATM and newspaper box sit against a concrete wall.

I’ve Gotta Be Me: Here’s How Oscar Hudson Made NPCs Into Real Characters for Coinbase

The hapless non-playable characters of the gaming world finally have their day as one of them breaks free in this Coinbase spot by MJZ director Oscar Hudson thru agency Isle of Any, and aired during the Academy Awards. [Watch]

Duncan Elms & Makemake Open “The Dinosaurs” on Netflix

Makemake CD Duncan Elms, whose work we track here, leads the studio’s 3D team into a mist-shrouded world of hidden giants with these titles for Steven Spielberg’s nature doc series The Dinosaurs on Netflix. [Watch]

Mathematic Launches New Animation Arm: Illusion of Motion

From the release: Mathematic’s wild little sibling is here. Illusion of Motion (IOM) is a new animation arm focused on 2D, 3D, Mixed Media, character-driven storytelling. [Watch]