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Yonny Zafrani: Answering Machine

While at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Yonny Zafrani discovered a new muse: his answering machine. This short film takes actual recorded calls… Read more

Grzegorz Jonkajtys: Ark

Way back in June of 2006, we posted a Quickie about Grzegorz Jonkajtys’ short film, Ark. He recently sent word that the film’s site has… Read more

Nervo: “Paper Airplane”

Paper Airplane is a collaboration between Nervo and agency start-up muh-tay-zik for communications technology company, Premiere Global Services. The animation does a wonderful job of… Read more

DVEIN for NatGeo

Barcelona-based DVEIN just dropped a set of four IDs for National Geographic Channel that show how extraordinary ordinary objects can be when they’re examined from… Read more

PauseNYC: November 10-11

PauseNYC (presented by FITC) has put together a solid lineup of speakers for its inaugural event this November 10th and 11th at the BMCC Tribeca… Read more

Psyop and Fortissimo go their separate ways

The much talked about reverse merger between Psyop and Israel-based Fortissimo Acquisition Corp. has been shot down by the latter’s shareholders. The tumultuous economy was… Read more

Vincent Chai: World War

Vincent Chai’s “World War” is an ambitious 3D short film created for his degree in 3D animation at the University Of Hertfordshire. Vicent Chai’s site… Read more

VFS: Perfect the way we are

Vancouver Film School alumni and faculty teamed up to create Perfectthewayweare.ca, a website and visual essay attempting to bring some of Canada’s pressing social and… Read more

Shilo For Saatchi & Saatchi London : Guinness “Spoken Word”

This elegant and poetic piece, directed by Shilo, mixes an amazing performance by international spoken word artist Ainsley Burrows, with flowing, metaphorical cg elements and a cinematic live action location. Working… Read more

Hornet’s Peter Sluszka for SimCity Creator

Hornet’s Peter Sluszka created a wonderous mixed media ride through a child’s imagination in this spot for SimCity Creator. The playful interaction between live action… Read more

Black Thinking: “Scratch Me”

For his contribution to the aforementioned Black Thinking campaign, boolab’s Nico Casavecchia directed “Scratch Me,” a twisted take on turntablism that involves a couple of… Read more

Passion Pictures/Pete Candeland for Rock Band 2

UPDATE: High-res QuickTime here Building on their previous success working with Passion Pictures’ Pete Candeland, Harmonix invited the director to helm the trailer for Rock… Read more

Michael Langan: Doxology

In Michael Langan’s “Doxology,” several whimsical vignettes tie together in a thoughtful stream of consciousness. Something about the cosmic tennis balls, floating carrot snacks, and… Read more

Kineza: Film Noir

For the Visual Semiotics Workshop at Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Kineza (a.k.a. Poland-based design team Margaret Stabryn and Peter Korczynski) created these moody… Read more

Mr. Hyde’s Fx and Mat for RBC

Fx and Mat (with Paris-based production company Mr. Hyde) directed this feel-good spot for the Royal Bank of Canada and agency BBDO Toronto. I love… Read more

Black Thinking: “The Fly and the Eye”

For Black Thinking, Cisma (Denis Kamioka) directed “The Fly and the Eye,” a comically surreal short that’s equal parts Hitchcock and Alice in Wonderland. As… Read more

GOOD: The Hidden Cost of War

I love GOOD’s Transparency series. By combinging great writing with clean, concise visuals, GOOD consistently produces top-notch visual essays that treat viewers like intelligent beings.… Read more

Pota Tseng: “Musk”

For this graduate thesis at SVA, Pota Tseng (currently at yU+co) took inspiration from a 1913 poem entitled The Gardener by Bengali artist and Brahmo… Read more

Fortissimo/Psyop to Merge with Stink?

I’ll be honest, most of the details in this article about Fortissimo (the acquisition company that bought Psyop back in January) and Stink Productions in… Read more

Fugslig & The Mill for Acura

Behold the latest little gems from current DGA Commercial Director of the Year, Nicolai Fugslig, for Acura (via RPA). This collaboration with the Mill NY… Read more

Fit Is Still Go

A few days ago I posted a new Honda Fit spot created by Digital Domain and directed by Eric Barba and Brad Parker, and just… Read more

Quayola Natures

Quayola teamed up with Mira Calix to work on a 2 Screens Video Installation commissioned by Faster Than Sound. They went out to “explore the… Read more

AENY: Tonight! September 25th @ 6:45

Tonight at the AENY (free!) meetings, Bran Dougherty-Johnson of Grow Design Work will be showing work for his upcoming PSST! Pass It On project, and… Read more

SFW: Diesel XXX

I posted this up as a quickie yesterday, but it has gotten such an amazing response that we have decided to let it bask in… Read more