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Hello Spring Feature Film

Lanhua Ma Feature Film Movie Tuesday, 27 October 2026

Hello Spring

Hello Spring is a feature film about a young student and her journey with creative writing. The film runs for 87 minutes and was shot on location in Nanjing, China. Hello Spring combines live action with hand-drawn animation to create an experimental visual language. The story unfolds in three chapters, and each chapter uses a different visual approach. The color palette shifts from desaturated to vibrant as the student finds her own voice. Adapted from a graphic novel, the film uses comedy to look at education in East Asia and invites viewers of all ages to reflect on learning.

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Eggshell Montage Animation

Fong Lok Kee Rocky Animation Movie Monday, 26 October 2026

Eggshell Montage

Eggshell Montage is an animated video that brings together a series of looping motion artworks. Each scene is built around ambience and a sense of flowing movement, similar to running water in a river. The looping motion is smooth and continuous, and it creates a calm atmosphere for the viewer. Most shots are very wide, and the objects are small and distant, so the audience can feel placed inside the scene. The artworks were illustrated in Photoshop on a tablet and animated in After Effects. Projection on a wall increases the impact of the viewing experience.

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Sea of Ink Animation

Chenxin Yang Animation Movie Sunday, 25 October 2026

Sea of Ink

Sea of Ink is an animated short film about an artist who struggles with a creative block and travels under the sea. The film shows how the artist breaks through barriers during the creative process. A visual aesthetic of three-dimensional hand-drawn watercolor ink gives the story a distinct look. The work combines 2D animation, 3D animation, live-action footage, hand-drawn illustrations and motion graphics. The live-action scenes were filmed with a DSLR camera. Sea of Ink runs for two minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

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AI Point of View Digital Animation

Compound Collective Digital Animation Movie Saturday, 24 October 2026

AI Point of View

AI Point of View is an audiovisual project that captures Seoul and Korea through artificial intelligence. It reinterprets the city's neon lights and nightscape with bold color contrasts, dynamic compositions, and smooth camera movements. Inspired by the fusion of tradition and futurism, it blends vibrant city streets with Korean patterns and a rich color palette. Designed in an ultra-wide format, it breaks conventional AI video limitations, enhancing visual impact and exploring new possibilities in AI-generated media art.

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Uncontrolled Love Publicity for Public Exhibition

Ziyue Hu Publicity for Public Exhibition Movie Friday, 23 October 2026

Uncontrolled Love

Uncontrolled Love is a publicity project for a public exhibition against domestic violence. The project includes a website, posters and an animated video. The exhibition presents the negative effects of domestic violence on children through real events and works of art. Visitors are shown how such treatment can harm the physical and mental health of children. Deep colors and a carefully developed painting style were selected to make the message direct and engaging. The aim is to help parents recognize harmful ways of educating children.

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RingCentral - Message, Video, Phone. Motion Design

Not Real Motion Design Movie Thursday, 22 October 2026

RingCentral - Message, Video, Phone.

RingCentral is the #1 business communications platform, bringing everyone and everything together to get work done. NotReal developed an overview video to showcase everything this powerful app can do, so viewers can get a glimpse of how broad and complete this product really is. There's the coexistence of three worlds: Real, the user point showed through realistic work situations. Digital, conformed by deconstructed UIs that highlight specific features of the app. And Abstract, to describe general functionality. Throughout the video, there's a team creating a product through the app.

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Design Team of the Day

Design Team of the DaySpecial CoverageTuesday, 20 October 2026

World's Greatest Design Teams.

Sometimes you need a very big team of talented designers to come up with truly great designs. Every day, we feature a distinct award-winning innovative and creative design team. Explore and discover original and creative architecture, good design, fashion, graphics design and design strategy projects from design teams worldwide. Get inspired by the original works by grand master designers.

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