Pete Candeland and Sophie Sound Launch “Never Stop Candy Bang” Podcast
September 10, 2025
Pete Candeland and Sophie Sound Launch “Never Stop Candy Bang” Podcast
From the release:
Never Stop Candy Bang is the new raw and unfiltered podcast diving deep into the worlds of film, sound, and storytelling. Each month, visionary animator/ director Pete Candeland (Gorillaz, LAIKA, Netflix) teams up with sound design innovator Sophie Sound (aka Sophie Kuebler) to talk on Never Stop Candy Bang. [Watch]
TAVO Studio Bottles the Canary Islands for Macaronesian Gin (Director’s Cut)
Madrid’s TAVO Studio, whose work we track here, teams with hometown agency Mi Querido Watson on a new film for Macaronesian Gin inspired by the flora, fauna, and volcanic landscapes of the spirit’s Canary Island home. [Watch]
Will MacNeil & weareseventeen Open OFFF Montréal
CD Will MacNeil, who’s been working with weareseventeen following the closure of The Mill, opened the first OFFF Montreal conference yesterday with this thoughtful sequence he describes as a “manifesto on creativity in our turbulent world”. [Watch]
The Art of Chocolate: JVG Sculpts a Galaxy for Mars
Working thru Dubai agency Code 8, CD Javier Vallejo and the CG motion team at JVG in Madrid sculpt an abstract and sophisticated vision of chocolate as art in this director’s cut of their spot for Mars’ Galaxy brand. [Watch]
David Dimeola & Ryan O’Phelan Launch DeltaRomeo
From the release: Industry veterans David Dimeola and Ryan O’Phelan have launched DeltaRomeo, a next-generation studio built for modern creative production—combining proven post-production expertise with generative AI that rapidly transforms ideas into fully realized visual worlds. [Watch]
Your Voice Matters: The State of Design Survey 2025
The motion design and animation industry is changing fast — new tools, new demands, new opportunities. We want to understand how these shifts are affecting the artists, studios, and production teams who make the work happen. [Watch]
