FLAMIN Animations Showcases Latest Cohort’s Work at TNBFC XPO
Artists in the fourth year of Film London’s commissioning program for early-career Black animators shared short film works in progress; applications for new round opens March 31.
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Blinkink, Coldplay Team for ‘ALiEN HiTS/ALiEN RADiO’ Music Video
Isabel Garrett directs 28 global collaborators, including Sam Gainsborough, Will Wightman, and Studio Gruff, to create a mixed-media mosaic of life and love that premiered as part of the band’s ‘A Film for The Future’ project.
Blinkink, Partner Films Team for Prada's Holiday Campaign
In a series of videos, the London based production studio’s directing duo Jonny & Will stage a dinner party for brand ambassadors Kelvin Harrison Jr, Maya Hawke, KARINA, Louis Partridge and some special guests.
FLAMIN Animations Announces Artist Selections
Award-winning animation studio Blinkink partners with Film London and Arts Council England’s program supporting black-identifying artists within the art, film, and animation; artists receive £3,000 each to create 1–3-minute animations, along with mentoring opportunities, development support, and advice.
BLINKINK Crafts Coldplay ‘feelslikeimfallinginlove’ Lyric Video
Led by Raman Djafari, 15 artists bring visual life to the group’s new single, blending unique styles seamlessly to tell the story of two souls who repeatedly find each other in many different forms.
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Blinkink Builds Claymation ‘Layla’s Story’
The Royal Foundation for Early Childhood launches ‘Shape Us’ campaign with a 90-second stop-motion film directed by Sam Gainsborough about how kids develop and are shaped by the people and environments surrounding them.
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Watch: Blinkink’s Singing Sour Burstin Crawlers in Trolli’s ‘Gooniverse’ Spot
Renee Zhan creates a gory, gooey, tasty CG spot with realistic stop-motion textures in a terrifying factory setting that doesn’t seem to faze the colorful, happy, edible worms.
Blinkink and Whiskas Explore a Cat’s Mind Using Stop-Motion and Puppetry
Studio teams with creative agency AMV BBDO to conceptualize a feline dream in ‘Purr More’ cat food commercial, directed by expert cat whisperer Nina Gantz.
NOW Taps Blinkink Directorial Duo for Stop-Motion Spot
Adeena Grubb and Andy Biddle use hand-sewn set and character to create charming ‘Hmmmingbird’ TV advert for TopCashback shopping site.
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Blinkink Signs Directors Andy Biddle and Adeena Grub
The directorial duo joins the agency’s stop-motion team; a collaboration born out of the COVID shutdown in March 2020, the pair has created several amusing animated shorts featuring loveable characters with handcrafted techniques.
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Playing a Deadly Board Game of War in Iron Maiden’s ‘Stratego’ Music Video
Blinkink director Gustaf Holtenäs, inspired by Kentaro Miura’s ‘Berserk’ manga and the battlefield strategy game Stratego, mixes hand painted 2D backgrounds with 3D elements and Houdini simulations to take Maiden fans inside a stylized, fantastical Japanese-themed gaming world.
Balázs Simon Animates Bastille’s New Single ‘Thelma & Louise’
Blinkink director overcame optimization and rendering hurdles to create the music video’s immersive 3D animated digital landscape, transforming the group’s music into an audiovisual experience.
Blinkink Signs Director Renee Zhan
Sundance-winning animator joins Soho-based studio's commercial production roster; Zhan’s films have been screened at Annecy, TIFF, Edinburgh, Encounters, and Doc Leipzig.
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Evil Must Atone in Iron Maiden's ‘Writing on the Wall’ Music Video
BlinkInk director Nicos Livesey, working from concepts by former Pixar stalwarts Mark Andrews and Andrew Gordon, animates the band’s first new music in six years, a story of a dystopian world destroyed by pollution that can only be redeemed by a Maiden-esqe biblical wrath.
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‘Clash of Clans’ Stop-Motion ‘Merry Logmas’ Features U.K. Bake-Off Queen Prue Leith
Blinkink director Sam Gainsborough unleashes Supercell’s hit game characters to wreak havoc on Leith’s perfectly constructed gingerbread village.
Blinkink Creates Colorful Trip Through Nature in 2D Nestle Spot
Director Alex Grigg takes viewers through a fluid, vibrant and unpredictable world capturing expressions of nature and life while communicating the essence of the client’s sustainable and environmentally friendly new product line.
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Moby Drops Moving ‘My Only Love’ Music Video Depicting Amazon’s Heartbreaking Destruction
Celebrated musician teams with Brazilian studio Zombie on beautifully designed CG animated video chronicling rampant Amazon deforestation.
Blinkink Signs Directors James Papper & Sophie Koko Gate
Rising animation talents join Soho-based commercial production company directorial roster.
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Blinkink Delivers New Gorillaz Video, ‘Tranz’
U.K. animation specialists team up with Gorillaz director & co-creator Jamie Hewlett and director Nicos Livesey to create the world’s most famous virtual band’s first-ever performance video.
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Elton John’s New “Rocket Man”
First music video for the 1972 classic is based on Iranian filmmaker Majid Adin's real-life refugee story
Blinkink, nineteentwenty Create Christmas Movie Magic for Sky Cinema
Sky Cinema enlists production company Blinkink and visual effects specialists nineteentwenty to deliver their Christmas movie premieres in one seamless winter wonderland.
Ruffian Launches Animation Division with Award-Winning Artist Roster
Partnership with London-based Blinkink brings raft of commercial animation talent stateside including Greg Barth, the Layzell Bros., Elliot Dear, Joseph Mann, Chris Bristow, Nicos Livesey and Becky & Joe.
PES Joins Blinkink Directorial Roster
Following recent spots for Honda and Android, Oscar-nominated independent animation director PES joins London-based commercial production company.
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The Layzell Bros. Win Grand Prix at Cannes for ‘Shoplifters’ Short
Short film for U.K. retailer Harvey Nichols cleverly employs live-action security footage blended with 2D animation to create a humorous short film to help discourage shoplifting.
Blinkink’s Jonny & Will Return with ‘Disrespect NoBody’
BAFTA-nominated directors create a series of animated shorts aimed at an audience of 12-18 year-olds to help build awareness and tackle relationship abuse in all its forms.
