Mathematic Launches New Animation Arm: Illusion of Motion
March 16, 2026
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.
Ugo Mangin: “This is a film you want to watch and rewatch: beyond the concept and the codes it plays with, it’s packed with small hidden comedy details that reveal themselves over multiple viewings.
“What’s also quite rare is how closely the form and the content are intertwined: the narrative mechanics, the visual glitches, the sound… everything ‘works’ like a glitch.”
Client: Heetch
Agency: Grinta
Co-founder/CEO: Mickael Krikorian, Julien Scaglione
Copywriter: Max Harrington
Art Director: Gianni Leotta
Assistant Art Director: Raphael Samson
Production: Hamlet
Director: Ugo Mangin
EP: Clément Martorell
Producer: Elsa Philippe
Line Producer: Zélie Delétrain
Production Coordinator: Salomé Drach
DP: Marques Angelo
1st AD: Oscar Le Pollotec
Set designer: Pauline Petit
Stylist: Anais Kevorkian
Casting director: Teodora Doslov
Cast: Jaden Tshintu, Enzo Casu, Achille Ndari
VFX/post: Hamlet
Producer: Léa Török
Editor: Benjamin Bruel
VFX: Lucas Latil, Clément Chasseray, Ilyès Nezzari, Nathan Grosshans
Colorist: Arnaud Laurent
Sound: Audioscore
Sound design: Marin Cardoze
