The festive spot, styled like a 1950s stop-mo Christmas special, opens on Christmas Eve at the restaurant.
A bite-sized hero takes center stage in the children’s book and commercial, narrated by Mindy Kaling; supports the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation.
Directed by Kyra Buschor and Constantin Paeplow, the CG animated short is the latest chapter in the continuing story of Finn and his family for Swiss supermarket Migros’ annual campaign.
Directors Andy Biddle and Adeena Grubb teamed with model makers at Sculpt-Double for the spot, which follows a furry rabbit family as they discover the joy of staying connected.
Directed by Yoriaki Mochizuki, the 10-minute piece from Intertrend Communications marks the final chapter in the car company’s GRIP series and the brand’s first-ever anime film.
Software introduces Pose Mode, Hand Pose presets, and a series of community-suggested workflow mods to make storyboarding and scene creation more expressive and precise.
Directed by Johnny Kelly and created in partnership with +61 and Bear Meets Eagle on Fire, the commercial features the animators’ visible hands for a ‘behind-the-scenes’ feel.
Milk and Lola Post join the previously acquired Tippett Studio, PhantomFX, and Spectre Post under the new PMG creative collective; each studio will retain its approach and creative leadership, ensuring consistent experiences for clients across film, episodic, commercial and immersive content.
Christian Irles transfers from Image Engine to London HQ, while Andy Walker joins the Montreal team from Image Engine New York.
The awards ceremony, set for April 17, 2026, will recognize the best Ibero-American animation works in 10 categories; the call is open to animated projects released between June 1, 2024, and December 31, 2025.
Pierre-Luc Granjon’s short about a child’s magical inner world takes the top prize; ‘Kafka in Love’ wins for Best Nordic-Baltic Short, while ‘Papillon’ wins for Best Global Short.
AWN is now a media partner with the leading award that recognizes excellence in video and TV across all screens; submissions now being accepted through December 12.
It’s less than one week away… the person behind the camera on Guillermo del Toro’s highly anticipated film joins more than 150 award-winning speakers from the world of animation, VFX, games and AI who will take part in a packed schedule of keynotes, talks, panels, workshops and masterclasses; event runs October 12-17 in Turin, Italy.
The animation studio kicked AI to the curb and refined line work, refreshed the background art, and updated the product packaging while preserving the spot’s original spirit.
New EP brings more than 25 years of experience in advertising and post-production on projects with brands such as Dior and Louis Vuitton; opened Paris MPC office in 2014.
The world’s largest entertainment content market returns to Cannes October 13-16.
Félix Dufour-Laperrière takes home the Grand Prize for feature animation, while Roberto Catani takes home the Grand Prize for short animation, at the 49th annual Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Directed by Steve Small and crafted by the AKA 3D team, the 30-second short ‘Lost and Hound’ shows how Admiral and her trusty four-legged sidekick, Alfie, first met.
The stop-motion series aims to find if talking critters can help people understand the challenges of the traditional financial system, and present cryptocurrency as a tool to increase their financial freedom.
The final set of competitive short films were selected from a record 2,850 entries in the Commissioned, Narrative, Non-Narrative, Student and Canadian Student categories; festival runs September 25-29 in Ottawa.
Submit your work by July 13 - multiple categories include shorts, visualizations, VFX sequences, game cinematics, and real-time pieces; conference runs December 15-18 in Hong Kong.
The anime-inspired milk campaign that champions authenticity in craft features a series of 7 spots that speak directly to a Gen-Z audience fluent in internet culture.
Created in partnership with Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam and Psyop director duo Todd + Kylie, the short features footage largely captured through gameplay, with cinematic storytelling elements.
Created in collaboration with brand design agency Design Bridge and Partners London, the hero spot ‘Always Get Back Up’ runs across TV and VOD.
Entries now being accepted in multiple categories, including shorts, visualizations, VFX sequences, game cinematics, and real-time pieces; deadline to enter is July 13.
