Things take an unexpected turn when two boxers meet for an epic showdown in this video for Escape from Acapulco’s track “Hit & Run” by director Greg Kouts. Fantastic casting of Rocci Williams as the hardened veteran and Ryen Perkins-Gangens as the fresh-faced challenger!

Production Company: Wanda London
Executive Producer: Anna Ryabtsun
Starring: Ryen Perkins-Gangens, Rocci Williams
Director: Greg Kouts
Director of Photography: Steven Ferguson
Focus Puller: Shane Almedia
Steadicam Operator: Ilana Garrad
Gaffer: Kit Wood
Spark: Chris Barber
Line Producer: Rosa Rooney
Choreographer: Charlie Mayhew
Hair and Makeup: Alex Knights
Post Producer: Tom Dean
Editor: Olly Stothert at Flock Collective
Colourist: Myles Bevan at Time Based Arts
Sound Design: Luke Hatfield at Vaudeville
Production Assistants: Mimi Jayson, Sofia Mellander

Seattle-based design studio Strange & Wonderful shows you how to have the best Summer!

New animated video for JAY-Z’s track “The Story of O.J.” directed by JAY-Z and Mark Romanek!

Director: Mark Romanek & JAY-Z
Executive Producer: Elizabeth Newman
Producer: Daniel Midgley
Production Coordinator: Lauren Wesley
Creative Director: Lisha Tan Lead
Character Design: Rustam Hasanov
Art Director: Tim Devlin
Title Design: Ilya Abulkhanov
Design: Nathan McKenna, George Fuentes, Ren Chen, Lisha Tan, Amy Graham
Animation: Justin Demetrician, Jason Kang, Kyle Moore, Mikhail Pakhomov, Tim Devlin, Evan Parsons
3D Modeling: Sasha Vinogradova
2D Lead Artist: John Shirley
Storyboard Artist: Vince Wei
Character Animation by Titmouse
Producer: Ben Kalina
Animation Director: Mike Roush
Production Manager: Brendan O’Connor
Animation: Matt Augustin, Roberto Rosi, Richard Mather, Thom McDonnell, Daran Carlin-Weber, Jonathan Peartree, George Chung, Adam Temple, Brian Pak, Mike McCraw, Dante Buford, Marius Alecse, Connie Chan
Cleanup: Jan Naylor, Yi Song, Carl Aspuria, Anthony Parrotta
Editorial by Arcade Edit
Editor: Paul Martinez
Assistant Editor: Pete Dandrea

A short animation about heartbreak by Dylan Glynn. We had the pleasure of working with Dylan on a project for Red Bull Music Academy last year, where he brought to life a conversation between Jessy Lanza and Jeremy Greenspan (watch here).

Calling this a music video does not do it justice. Directed by cinematographer Bradford Young and produced produced by Ava DuVernay, “Black America Again” is a 21-minute short film based on Common’s 11th studio album that both celebrates African-American culture and strives to change how that community is perceived. Gorgeous work all around!

Directed by Bradford Young
Produced by Erin Wile
Cinematography by Bradford Young, Shawn Peters, Maceo Bishop & JRR-Kwesi Fanti
Editing and Sound Design by Marc Thomas
Executive Producer Ava Duvernay

Director Alex MacLean pays homage to 90’s hip hop videos for Slyy Cooperstein and Dope Rebels’ track “The Jump Off.”

Director: Alex MacLean
Director of Photography: Chris Marino
Executive Producer: Stephen Wayne Mallett
Editor: Hayden Johnson

Production Company: Green Glow Films
Post Production: ROGUE
Grip & Electric: Handheld Films

Special thanks to: Jason Diamond, Josh Diamond, and David Kruta

Shot on Location in Jamaica Queens, NY

A delightfully bizarre short about a woman who can’t stop growing fingers by Los Angeles-based animator Matt Reynolds.

Music: Libythth
Sound Mix: Aidan Reynolds
Voice of Hot Dog Hands: Gillian Wallace Horvat
Made at CalArts, 2016

Montréal-based collaborators Vincent Raineri and Simon Duhamel create a colourful isometric universe for Valaire’s track “Whiskey Dew.”

London-based animator Luiz Stockler illustrates Alain de Botton’s sensible advice about the importance of accepting our inner kultz. Click here to check out previous posts of Stockler’s work!

Fun video from Irish filmmaker and artist Kevin McGloughlin! “Scrapbook” combines leftover tricks from old rollerblading projects with new animation. Click here to check out previous posts of McGloughlin’s work!

Lovely video for Vulfgang Rainstorme’s track “Semblance” by animators Annalotta Pauly and Yan Dan Wong.

A beautiful portrait of the important work being done to inspire a new generation of dancers in the Kibera Slum in Kenya. Directed by Maceo Frost of Stockholm, Sweden (previously featured here).

Commissioned by Nokia
Director – Maceo Frost
Director of Photography – Robin Asselmeyer
Produced by Francis Mild
Production company – Knucklehead
Agency – Mother London