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Game of Thrones: Sword Experience

The wizards at Red Paper Heart just returned from San Diego Comic-Con, arguably the largest orgy of geek culture in the world, where eager fans… Read more

From cubicles to choppers in McBess & Simon’s “Ray-Ban Round”

The power duo of McBess & Simon are back, this time for Ray-Ban in “Round.” The spot, produced by Passion Paris, is a condensed narrative of… Read more

Digital Kitchen: Man Seeking Woman Main Titles

Illuminate by Nicolas Ménard

Nicolas Ménard brings us Illuminate, a music video for Tourist featuring Years and Years and his first piece under Nexus Productions. Following his recent Young Guns 12… Read more

Bildungsroman

Bildungsroman: a coming-of-age story dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education “Bildungsroman” is a 2-minute personal project produced and directed by Barcelona-based art… Read more

Geoff McFetridge: What The Pluck?

Geoff McFetridge… Blue Oyster Cult… AND animation for a cause! Be still my heart. <3 UPDATE: The animation studio that helped this piece come to life is… Read more

Bullies, opera and typography: Sounds like a job for Giant Ant

The Vancouver Opera and librettist Shane Koyczan invited Giant Ant to collaborate on “Stickboy”, a new opera that tackles the psychological effects of bullying. We had… Read more

Golden Wolf: Doomsayers

Oh dang! Some impressive cel animated gymnastics from Golden Wolf. (More gems over at Jonathan Djob Nkondo’s tumblr)   Credits: Creative Director: Ingi Erlingsson Producer:… Read more

Animography Monthly No. 8: ‘Magnus’

Animography Monthly is a monthly recurring animation project to explore the use of animated typefaces. Joe Donaldson teamed up with Jay Quercia to take on… Read more

Imaginary Forces: The Bridge

Imaginary Forces’ Grant Lau directed this elegantly unexpected promo for FX’s second season of The Bridge.

Animade: Queue The Cowboy

Animade has released another charming short to promote “Ready Steady Play,” the follow up mobile title to their equally charming “Ready Steady Draw.” Currently available… Read more

Jon Boutin: Apple Trees

Made by Jon Boutin. Music by The Eels.

Michael Langan: Hundred Waters “Cavity”

Michael Langan’s music video for Hundred Waters’ “Cavity” features the filmmaker’s trademark penchant for playing with multiplicity and repetition. What begins as a deceptively simple… Read more

Golden Wolf + Primary: Dog Blood “Chella Ride”

Golden Wolf’s latest project is a frenetic, collage-inspired music video for Dog Blood, a collaborative project between Skrillex and Boys Noize. Art directed by Primary,… Read more

Carl Krull: Walker

We’ve posted Carl Krull‘s beautiful time-lapse drawings before. Love the camera motion in Walker, a spot made for a campaign focused on traffic safety. Sound… Read more

Mark Wincek: Lumin

Hunting with light, a nice story idea and lighting execution in Mark Wincek’s mid-year school project, Lumin.

Gergely Wootsch: Savages “Marshal Dear”

London-based Gergely Wootsch brings gorgeous Vonnegut-inspired visuals to this music video for the Savages’ Marshal Dear. Love the mix of 3D camera/environment and drawn 2D… Read more

Bot & Dolly: “Box” Interview and Behind the Scenes

As a follow up to our earlier post regarding the debut of Bot & Dolly’s mind-boggling short, “Box,” (above) we’re sharing an interview with the… Read more

Marc-Antoine Locatelli “Nuance”

French director Marc-Antoine Locatelli’s “Nuance” is an engrossing performance-based project worth checking out. Backed by track “Ants” (EdIT), dancer Lucas Boirat interacts with a mercurial… Read more

Conor Whelan: Windows & Midnight Over Sanctaphrax

Two personal projects by Dublin-based Conor Whelan. Windows meditates on the happy loneliness of traveling alone, while Midnight Over Sanctaphrax deftly uses depth mattes to… Read more

Joseph Pierce “The Pub”

In The Pub, Joseph Pierce uses his surreal magnifying glass to shine a light on the murky slipstream of a North London pub. Similar to… Read more