1:  The Best Work You May Never See: FCB Canada, Hornet, Director Dan Marsh Tell “Once Upon a Tree” Tale For Air Canada

Client Air Canada Agency FCB Toronto Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, chief creative officer; Danilo Boer, global creative director; Jeremiah McNama, Andrew MacPhee, executive creative directors; Hussein Rumaithi, Caleb McMullen, associate creative directors; Franca Piacente, broadcast producer; Kendra Plantt, VP, director of studio production; Chris Costa, sr. integrated producer; Jesse Reid-Smith, sr. production artist; Jean-Pierre De Leon, sr. art director; Leslie Couto, production artist; Alexandra Zuniga, production manager; Vince Piscopo, facilities manager; Shelley Brown, chief strategy officer; Shelagh Hartford, VP strategy.  Agency FCB Montreal Sylvain Dufresne, VP creative; Nicolas Baudry, sr. copywriter; Olivier Laplante, copywriter; Anick Rozon, producer. Production Company Hornet Dan Marsh, director; Hana Shimizu, managing partner; Karen Lawler, director of production; Kristin Labriola, head of creative development; Greg Bedard, exec producer; Sam Mason, creative director; Dez Stavracos, head of production; Sean O’Loughlin, producer; Matthew Sandager, sr. editor; Cole Bannick, assistant editor; Judy Tam, production coordinator; Lizzy Dolce, talent coordinator; Camillo Clauser, storyboard artist; Anya Butler, Vincent Gallut, Hannah Kim, Toshiki Nakamura, Kaycee Nwakudu, character designers; Chiara Benedetti, Kim Dulaney, Bryan Jimenez, Hannah Kim, environment designers; Sami Healy, animation lead; Josh Brennan, Matt Corsillo, Kaycee Nwakudu, Paris Powell, Fabien Rousseau, Patrick Sholar, Camille Vincent, animators; Josh Brennan, Sami Healy, Kaycee Nwakudu, Fabien Rousseau, Camille Vincent, cleanup animators; John Kalaigian, CG supervisor; Sam Mason, creative director; Justin Zurrow, CG lead; Krista Albert, Moises Gomes, CG modeling; Ali Jamili, Will Moody, look dev; Andrew Boccio, Matt Corsillo, previsualization; Jared Eng, CG layout; Ali Jamali, Laney Lai, Nicole Noel, Stacie Plassche, Rui Zhu, light & rendering; Eric Concepcion, compositing lead; Herc Fernandez, Alex Harding, Andy Malvasio, Dhruv Shankar, Shandy Tam, compositors; Evan Schoonmaker, colorist; Sami Healy, Justin Zurrow, Eric Concepcion, lead CG/motion graphics. Audio Cult Nation Charlotte Cardin, artist; Laurie Chouinard, artist manager; Tanguy Meunier, exec producer & music arrangement & mix; Lubalin, Sam Avant, Paul-Antoine Aubry, music arrangement; Melissa Hassing, music coordinator; Arnaud Coutray de Pradel, audio  producer; Fahey Martin, audio coordinator; Rene-Pierre Guerin, François Bélanger and Tanguy Meunier, sound design. Music Search (English) OSO Audio, Soundtree, Barking Owl. Music Licenses Bryan Adams, “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)”; Universal Music Publishing Group & Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd

2:  Top Spot of the Week: Apple Shares “Fuzzy Feelings” In Live-Action/Stop-Motion Animation Holiday Film

Client Apple Agency TBWAMedia Arts Lab Production Company Hungry Man Lucia Aniello, director; James Laxton, DP. Animation Production Company Passion Pictures Anna Mantzaris, animation director. Music “Isn’t It a Pity” by George Harrison

 

3:  Top Spot of the Week: Montefiore Einstein, Director Tom Hooper, Alto and The Mill Show “There’s Magic in All of Us” 

Client Montefiore Einstein Loreen Babcock, SVP, chief marketing officer. Agency Alto New York Hanes Ciatti, chief creative officer, founder; Matt Bonin, managing partner, entertainment + production; Ed Rogers, managing partner; Tara Fray, head of strategy, partner; Dan Kroeger, Pierre Janneau, executive creative directors/partners; Anthony Goldstein, Chris Groom, creative directors; Ben Berkon, Mark Johnston, executive producers, film; Filipe Nogueira, art director. Production Company SMUGGLER Tom Hooper, director; Patrick Milling Smith, Brian Carmody, exec producers; Sue Yeon Ahn, managing director/exec producer; Alex Hughes, head of production; Mary Livingston, producer; Jonathan Mayo, production supervisor; Troy Cribbin, Jennifer Beliard, commercial coordinators; Peter Jackson, 1st AD; Steven Annis, DP; Ethan Tobman, production designer; Lee Ann Jarvis, costume designer. Casting Vitamin Enriched Katherine Foronjy, casting director. Music Alexandre Desplat, composer. Editorial Final Cut Jim Helton, editor; Sarah Roebuck, exec producer; Wade Weliever, sr. producer; Alyce Muhammad, assistant editor. Post/VFX The Mill Matt Fuller, creative director; Angela Lupo, managing director, exec producer; Ed Rilli, sr. producer. Color Grade Company 3 Sofie Friis Borup, colorist; Shannen Troup, producer. Sound Design & Mix Barking Owl Gus Koven, sound designer; Matt Keith, mix engineer; Ashley Benton, exec producer.

4:  Terre de Liens, Director Valentin Stoll, Indie Agency Strike “Come Back Down To Earth” For Farmers, Farmland

Client Terre de Liens Agency Strike, Paris Jérôme Gonfond, president/chief creative officer; Pierre Bellefleur, general director/chief strategy officer; Mélina Audoux, head of production; Rémi Lascault, creative director; Jeanne Perrone, copywriter; Alba Menéndez, artistic director. Production Company Werlen Meyer Valentin Stoll, director, animator & compositing artist; Marc Froget, producer; Johan Ravit, character design; Basile Godard, lead decorator; Marine Dieval, Emmie Marrière, Kévin Mei, Raphaël Levesque , decorators; Johan Ravit, Justine Bosc, Camille Sallan, Julien Lanzi, animators; Lucas Ponzio, FX animator; Arthur Navet, compositing artist, motion designer. (Toolbox: hotoshop, TV Paint, Premiere Pro, After Effects) Sound Octopus Etienne de Nanteuil, sound production; Romain Pailot, sound composer.

5:  Director Henry Hobson, adam&eveDDB “Feel It Now” On PlayStation 5

Client Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Agency adam&eveDDB Richard Brim, chief creative officer; Ant Nelson, Mike Sutherland, executive creative directors; Andy Clough, Rich McGrann, creative directors; Mary Fostiropoulos, Jaki Jo Hannan, producers; Simon Adamson, executive content director; Jessica Taylor, head of content. Design Agency King Henry Scott Silvey, joint head of design; Sam Harris, Dave Callow, artworkers. Production Agency Cain&Abel Ludovica Melica, executive producer adaptation; Charlotte O’Reilly, sr. producer; Dylan Pugh, producer. Can Yagan, editor; James Brown, joint head of integrated production; Matt Walker, digital producer; Hash Milhan, creative technology director; Sam Butler, digital design director. Production Company MJZ Henry Hobson, director; Lucy Jones, executive producer/head of production; James Waters, producer; Luke Thornton, production manager; Mauro Chiarello, DP; Jonathan Houlding, production designer; John Lowe, 1st AD; Florian Hatwagner, MoVi operator; Charlotte Martin, casting director. Production Service Company Division Film Rok Bukovec, managing director/EP; Rok Luneznik, EP/producer; Spela Bajc, line producer; Urska Vardijan, production manager; Miha Knific, production designer, Slovenia; Monika Lorber, costume designer; Ana Lazovski, hair & makeup artist; Filip Krzisnik, stunts; Kristjan Repalust, SFX. Editorial Work Editorial Stewart Reeves, editor; Rain Keene, edit assistant; Frankie Elster, producer. Postproduction/VFX Framestore  Guy Lubin, William Laban, Michael Baker, Rocky Vanoost and Alexia Paterson, Top 5x VFX team; William Laban, Guy Lubin, VFX supervisor; Michael Baker, 2D supervisor; Rocky Vanoost, animation supervisor; Luigi Russo, Flame; William Bartlett, executive creative director; Adam Bailey, Daniel Bielawski, Harry McCusker-Bland, animation; Aaron Baudin, Deniz Cinar, Morten Kvale, Zybrand Jacobs, FX; Alex Ling, Corrina Wilson, Cristina Recuero Esquina, Dominique Breyvogel; Jess Kavasoglu, Julia Caram, Kotryna Lidziute, Max Degroot, Mike Simons, Min-Hui Chang, Owen Braekke-Carroll, Suzanne Jandu, Zavier Mojica, compositors; Nikola Yordanov, Chelsea Aston, Scott McInnes, Katie Hallaron, Gabriella Pruskowska, Tomas Muller, digital matte painting & concept; Andrew Niven, Jack Field, Daniella Marsh, design. Color Company 3 Jean-Clement Soret, colorist; Santino Napolitano, Karl Pasamonte, Jack Kennedy, color assists. Audio 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound design & mix; Olivia Ray, Carla Thomas, audio producers.

6:  BBDO NY, Lobo Deploy AI-Animated Cat With A Van Gogh Vibe For SAP

Client SAP Agency BBDO New York Matt Macdonald, chief creative officer, NY; Corey Rakowsky, Kleber Menezes, executive creative directors; Marina Gokman, Steven Schroth, creative directors; Alex Gianni, EVP, head of content production; Becky Burkhard, group executive producer; Katie Theobalds, music producer. Media Agency OMD Production Lobo Richard Carelli, Mateus de Paula Santos, directors; Luis Ribeiro, managing partner; Paul Amorese, exec producer (live action) & line producer; Su Constantine, exec producer (animation); Katherine Pacula, line producer (Fixer); Rob Hauer, DP; Leandro Pena, VFX supervisor; Pablo Zurita, post producer; Pedro Falcone, editor; Matheus Miglionico, assistant editor. Telecine Color Collective  Alex Jimenez, telecine artist; Claudia Guevera,  producer. Music Storefront Music Productions, LLC Kari Steinert, composer; Adam Elk, John “Scrapper” Sneider, partners/exec producers; Kirsten Messier, exec producer

7:  The Best Work You May Never See: Tesco, BBH, Directing Team Alaska Help U.K. To “Become More Christmas” 

Client Tesco Agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) London Alex Grieve, global chief creative officer; Felipe Guimaraes, creative director; Elliott White, sr. copywriter; Wil Maxey, sr. art director; Saskia Jones, group strategy director; Hannah Slapper, strategy director; Tom Papaloizou, sr. strategist; Lisa Nicholls, Nicole Southey, sr. producers; Valentina Schwendinger, assistant producer; Julian Cave, art producer. BBH Dublin Amy Crowe, Amy Harrington; Hywel Evans, Daniel Olaifa, music supervisor. Production Company Iconoclast  Alaska (Marco Lafer and Gustavo Moraes), director; Jean Mougin, exec producer; Emma Butterworth, line producer; Natalie Isaac, production manager; Arthur De Borman, production designer; Pierre De Kerchove, DP; Anarchy Ltd, costumes; Freddie Stopler, prosthetics make-up. Editorial Trim Editing Paul Hardcastle, editor; Josh Mannox, assistant editor. Postproduction Black Kite Studios Alex Lovejoy, VFX supervisor; Tom Mangham, colorist; James Hansell, 3D lead; George Brunt, compositing lead; Paul Branch, exec producer; Phil Whalley, sr. producer. Sound 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound engineer

8:  Riot Forge, Histeria! and The Hit House Walk on the Wild Side In Music Video For Song of Nunu: A League of Legends Story

Client Riot Games/Riot Forge, Tequila Works Drew Stauffer, creative director; Zack Ely, Steve Pagano, producers. Production Company/VFX Studio Histeria!, Sao Paulo, Brazil Jan Savier, director; Marcelo Moreno, exec producer; Livia Quintanilha, production lead; Igor Muniz, art director/CG lead; Victor Tchaba, art director; Felipe Simões, Breno Licursi, animation leads; Gabriela Zaneti, Renato Montoro, compositing leads. Music/Sound DEEGAN, writer, performer, composer, lyricist “You and Me Makes Us” co-published by Riot Games Music and The Hit House. Zack Ely, Steve Pagano, composers/producers. Audio Post Consonance Productions Jeff Kanan, mixer; Jonny Altepeter, mastered by.

 

9:  Droga5 NY, Director Seb Edwards “Rumble” To Promote Bout Where Worlds of Boxing and UFC Will Collide

Agency Droga5 NY and Accenture Song David Droga, CEO, Accenture Song; Jason Kreher, chief creative officer, Accenture Song; Scott Bell chief creative officer; Tres Colacion, Giancarlo Rodas, group creative directors; Bastien Grisolet, Matt Sorrell, Alex Romans, Nathaniel Lawlor, Tom Coleman, Derek Lui, creative directors; Cara Checchini, sr. art director; Mia Rafowitz, sr. copywriter; Dan Pulito, design director; Kenisha Rullan, sr. designer; Kalissa White, designer; Ruben Mercadal, Jenn Mann, co-heads of production; Dave Stephenson, executive producer, film; Roger Moran, Patrick Wood, sr. producers, film; Madeleine Wilkinson, Harit Muttreja, associate producers, film; Cliff Lewis, director of art production; Dagmar Wong, sr. producer, art; Alyssa Dolman, executive producer, print & fabrication; Manini Gupta, sr. producer, interactive; Mike Ladman, sr. music supervisor; Mara Techam, Jr. music supervisor; Colleen Leddy, Harry Roman-Torres, co-chief strategy officers; Drew Wimel, group strategy director. Production Company Park Pictures Seb Edwards, director; Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Scott Howard, Fran Thompson, Michelle O’Brien, Charlotte Knight, exec producers; Chelsea Schwiering, head of production; Laurie Boccaccio, producer; Adam Arkapaw, DP; Maria Djurkovic, production designer; Gavin Fitch, art director; George Walker, 1st AD; Jane Lloyd, line producer; Hollie Bellis, producer; Andrew Tomlinson, set designer. 3D Design SHOWstudio Matthew Gossage, art director & director of technology; Izzie Koyander, jr. creative technologist. Editorial Cosmo Street Tom Lindsay, editor; Joey Henshaw, Alexandra Jimenez, assistant editors; Anne Lai, head of production. Postproduction Time Based Arts Simone Grattarola, colorist; Stephen Grasso, 2D lead; Mike Battcock, Ben Cantor, 3D leads; Bernie Varela, Adam Fenwick, Eleonora Laddago, Leo Weston, Liam Doyle, Lucy Lawrence, Ludvig Hallenius, Mike Outlaw, Olivia O’Neill, Prince Yladom, Ria Shroff, Andrius Jurkevicius, 2D artists; Bethan Williams, Joe Ibbett, Jordan Carter, Jordan Coles, Maxime Ponsart, Teodora Retegan, Ashley West, 3D artists; Lee Matthews, matte painting; Tom Johnson, exec producer; Tom Manton, producer. Music Sonny Bono, writer, "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)"; Betty Chung, performer. Sound 750mph Sam Ashwell, sound design & mix; Olivia Ray, audio producer.

10:  Top Spot of the Week: TBWAChiatDay LA, Feature/TV Writers Conjure Up Horror Short For Jack in the Box

Client Jack in the Box Agency TBWAChiatDay Renato Fernandez, chief creative officer; Bruno Regalo, chief design officer; Jason Karley, executive creative director; Bert Marissen, Jeff O’Keefe, creative directors; Stephanie Sczublewski, sr. art director; Jamie Wynn, Heather English, sr. copywriters; Scott Behrens, copywriter; Cameron Cartwright, art director; Kim-Lara King, executive producer; Amand Azoroh, sr. producer; Aliza Grover, Sergio Muniz, Chris Wood, producers; Daysi Centeno, production coordinator; Corey Kindberg, strategy director; Aaron Rivera, sr. strategist; Stephanie Ehui, head of connections strategy; Josh Brinkman, data strategist. Creative/Hollywood Screenwriter Partners Asha Michelle Wilson, Kara Lee Corthron, Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan. Production Company Green Arm Man Productions Marcus Dunstan, director; Eric Leach, DP; Sean Gowrie, line producer/unit production manager; Christopher T. Sadler, 1st AD; Michael Barton, production designer; Lauren Kendall Veronick, costume designer; Onyx Studios, creature effects designer. Editorial Andre Coutts, editor; James Rota, producer. VFX Set In Stone Brook Stone, Jackie Stone, producers. Monster Truck Model & Animation Soapbox Films Tentacle Model & Animation Ty Thomson Monster Effects Dastoli Digital. Color Therapy Studios Omar Inguanzo, sr. colorist. Sound Design & Mix Therapy Studios Dillon Cahill, mix engineer; Dori Holly, assistant mix  engineer; John Ramsay, exec producer. Music Charles Clouser, artist/composer. Production Company (Food) Camp Lucky Tom Ryan, director/DP; Tammie Kleinmann, CEO/partner; Brandon Tapp, exec producer; Chelsea Sevadjian, Evan Murphy, producers. Editorial Be Grizzlee Mick Hackett, Cudjo Collins, Paul Plew, editors; Mystikal Scalzi, assistant editor; Ian Dawson, exec producer; Jesse Looney, sr. producer. VFX Christopher Moore, sr. Flame (cleanup/comp); Jimmy Cassale, Flame (cleanup/comp); Laura Panella, effects/graphics; Jesse Looney, sr. producer. Color Luis Silva, sr. colorist. Sound Design & Mix (Food only) Lime Studios Adam Primack, mix engineer; Ally Hustings, Collin Thomas, Ian Connie, assistant mix engineers; Cassie Underwood, associate producer; Susie Boyajan, exec producer.