Hornet Adds Eric Lane to Global Roster of Directors
October 15, 2025
Covert Promotes Dan Andrew, Adrian Monroy, and Morteza Parsadan to Creative Leadership Positions
From the release: Creative studio Covert has announced a trio of promotions: Dan Andrew has been promoted from VFX Creative Director to Head of Creative. Andrew’s appointment makes way for the promotion of Adrian Monroy as Head of 2D and Morteza Parsadan as Head of 3D. [Watch]
The Power of Craft: Ciclope Festival 2025 – Berlin Oct 7-9
The Ciclope Festival gathers the media industry’s most influential players alongside new and emerging talent, providing an intimate setting for open and honest conversations that span seniority, department, and geographic borders. [Watch]
Raman Djafari and Analog Shatter Expectations for MLS Leagues Cup on Apple TV
Blinkink director Raman Djafari follows up his Euro 2024 spot for the BBC with another soccer-centric piece, this time for the MLS Leagues Cup on Apple TV with London CG and VFX house Analog Studio handling the dramatic visuals. [Watch]
Camille Boumans and Ewan Jones Morris Put The Rolling Stones to “Shame, Shame, Shame”
Partizan director and mixed media artist Camille Boumans teams with UK filmmaker/animator Ewan Jones Morris for this loose and low-fi lyric video for The Stones’ cover of the Shirley & Company 1974 disco hit “Shame, Shame, Shame”. [Watch]
Jacob Collier “Lark in A Sky Shop” Music Video by Marie Lavis
Working with the stark simplicity of ink on paper, visual artist and designer Marie Lavis provides the perfect compliment to the fractured and frenetic complexity of a demo track by seven-time Grammy winner Jacob Collier. [Watch]
Johnny Kelly & Nexus Plug Into “Feel Good Energy”
Nexus Studios director Johnny Kelly’s animated character mastery takes many forms and this latest, a musical romp for Austria’s Energie AG thru Vienna agency Studio Sonntag, merges live-action sockets and CG lip-sync. [Watch]
