Impossible Dream 1.5

Ivan Zacharias and W+K reunite for Honda’s Impossible Dream.

Frankie De Leonardis

boolab recently teamed up with agency Young & Rubicam Madrid to create a whimsical three-spot testimonial campaign for financial services company BBVA. Directed by Frankie De Leonardis, each spot stars a different Spanish celebrity relating the story of their life to BBVA’s 59+ program for seniors.

We first bumped into De Leonardis’ work via the epic Season 6 Lost promo he directed for Spanish network Cuarto last year. Visually, that project is so radically different from the BBVA work that I wanted find out a little more about this eclectic filmmaker.

Read on for our Q&A with Frankie De Leonardis and a making-of video for the BBVA campaign…

Maxim Zhestkov: RECURSION

RECURSION is a new film that comes from Russia-based director Maxim Zhestkov.

His films exude the quality you would expect from a world-class studio but with a certain trace of characteristic that only an artist could produce.

And this time is no exception: elegant, simple and beautiful.

Q&A with Maxim Zhestkov

Sean Stiegemeier: Timelapse of Eyjafjallajökull Volcano

Sean Stiegemeier captured some amazing timelapse footage of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Iceland.

Three Legged Legs: “Chronicles” and “Crazy Beliefs” for Starbucks

Two Part Quickie: Three Legged Legs kicks off a new Chronicles section that showcases designs and pitches which where never realized. Also, check out their nifty ad for Starbucks, called Crazy Beliefs.

Kijek & Adamski Build A City With 1 km of Yarn

Simplicity, restraint, symbolism and practical approaches are all present in some of my favorite work this year. This latest stop-motion piece from Polish directing-duo Katarzyna Kijek & Przemysław Adamski for the Tomasz Stańko Quintet is a textbook example of implying an expansive environment and abstract narrative with the simplest tools and restrictions.

Using noting more than 1 km of yarn, a few flashlights and a lamp; Kijek and Adamski create an experience more consuming than any drive-by, city night-shoot could produce. This piece is but another reminder that limitations (technical or monetary) should not restrict creativity and that solutions outside of the computer can still serve as viable ones.

Brain-power still has a pretty good shot against render-power.

(via Promo News)

Warren & Nick: UNKLE “Follow Me Down”

Warren & Nick / Rokkit for UNKLE “Follow Me Down” (Contains nudity, so possibly NSFW)