Animation for Hire

75 minutes
Animation for Hire

Whether promoting an NGO or a coffee machine, whether using egg cartons or the latest rendering software, these animators use everything they have at their disposal to bring you the most exciting commissioned works.

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2015

Showing in this program

A.A. – Doors

A.A. – Doors

  • Buck
  • United States, 2015
  • 2 min.

Buck was approached by A.A. World Services, Inc. with an open brief, tasked with telling its members’ stories, their struggles in the shadow of alcoholism, and how they’ve found their way back toward the light of recovery.
Alcoholics Anonymous(A.A.) is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and

AIDS Concern – Testing

AIDS Concern – Testing

  • Yin Ni Keung / Man Ting Sin / Yin Kwan Cheung / Cheuk Hin Ho / Wing Hang Tang
  • Hong Kong, 2014
  • 3 min.

The animation was a student co-operative project for the client AIDS CONCERN (Hong Kong) to encourage people to take the HIV test as a preventive measure. The full version contains all three parts which can be separated and subdivided to show individually. Each part addresses a different sector of the community. The first part addresses sexually active young adults and it highlights the fear of no

Animadventscalender – Let it Snow

Animadventscalender – Let it Snow

  • Britt Raes
  • Belgium, 2014

A girl and her cat in a winter landscape.

An ultrashort made as part of an animated advent calendar.

Brookvale Union – Freak Show

Brookvale Union – Freak Show

  • Mark Gravas
  • Australia, 2015

Outdoor and online commercial for Brookvale Union's range of alcoholic Ginger Beer and Ciders.

Bux – Explanimation

Bux – Explanimation

  • Emanuel Wiemans
  • The Netherlands, 2014

Explanimation for a new trading app for online use.

Care For The Wild – Cat Aid

Care For The Wild – Cat Aid

  • Anthony Farquhar-Smith
  • United Kingdom, 2014
  • 2 min.

The cats of the internet join together to sing a Band Aid style song for their endangered cousins.

Eneco – Dutch Wind

Eneco – Dutch Wind

  • Daniel Sytsma
  • The Netherlands, 2014

A story about the importance of wind and what it can do for us in the future.

EPA – Air Pollution

EPA – Air Pollution

  • Stefan Wernik
  • Australia, 2015
  • 2 min.

Air pollution is a

Epic Games – Kite

Epic Games – Kite

  • Gavin Moran
  • United States, 2015
  • 2 min.

A young boy tries to recapture an errant kite as he travels through a diverse and beautiful landscape which is being generated in real-time in our Unreal Engine at 30fps. Everything you see is not pre-rendered, it is generated on the fly in a landscape that measures 100 square miles.

Facebook – Factory

Facebook – Factory

  • Buck
  • United States, 2015

It’s a titillating, typography and technique smorgasbord! To launch the new creative think tank at Facebook (aka The Factory), Buck dug deep into our bag of tricks to reveal how The Factory plans on playing with others at Facebook HQ.

Fox Entertainment – Chomet Couch Gag

Fox Entertainment – Chomet Couch Gag

  • Sylvain Chomet
  • United Kingdom, 2014

Sylvain Chomet's French parody of the Simpsons family has Homer eating snails, Bart force feeding a goose and Maggie lost in a very strange place. This was Chomet’s answer to Matt Groening’s brief: to create a unique Simpsons opening sequence to launch the 2014 new series.

Grand National – The Outsider

Grand National – The Outsider

  • Alan Smith / Adam Foulkes
  • United Kingdom, 2015

Set in a mythological, fantasy landscape the film’s unlikely hero is cast out by his unicorn peers. He strives to run faster than they can fly which causes his body to transform. He bursts into the modern day, revealing himself as a natural born racehorse running in The Crabbie’s Grand National.

Greenpeace – Wind

Greenpeace – Wind

  • Gustavo Karam / Juan Manuel Freire / Ralph Karam
  • Argentina, 2014

Commissioned by Greenpeace, Le Cube teamed up with Chilean agency Porta to tell a story of the corruption of nature by men. This is the story of the animation called Viento (Wind): Wind, the main character, charges the price of man’s actions in nature.

Havaianas – Anta

Havaianas – Anta

  • Ralph Karam / Gustavo Karam / Juan Manuel Freire
  • Argentina, 2015

Havaianas, the Brazilian most famous brand of flip flops sponsors two NGOs that care about the Environment, donating 7% of its special line of flip flop sales. This animation which explains how the Anta (Tapir) helps nature. And do not blink. You might miss a Tapir pooping.

Honda “Paper”

Honda “Paper”

  • PES
  • United States, 2015
  • 2 min.

The new Honda commercial by PES

IBM – Smart to the Bone

IBM – Smart to the Bone

  • Martin Allais
  • United States / Spain, 2014
  • 2 min.

A mini documentary about the amazing work Ibm is sponsoring to make 3d print smart bones in Italy.

Le Tour Utrecht – Bon Voyage!

Le Tour Utrecht – Bon Voyage!

  • Job / Joris & Marieke
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 3 min.

When Tim wants to watch the start of the Tour de France in Utrecht with his girl, he ends up at the wrong side of the barriers and has to find a way to get to her.
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Lego – Adventure in the City

Lego – Adventure in the City

  • Rogier Wieland
  • The Netherlands, 2015
  • 3 min.

In a world made of LEGO bricks, one day the snake, who lives in a small house on top of a very high building, discovers a serious threat that approaches the city he lives in: The Grey, a lava-like organism, freezes everything it touches into a grey solid mass.

While trying to save the city, things only get worse. The dinosaur escapes from the zoo and it’s also attacking the city. How are the citi

Magnet Realising – ABCs of Death 2

Magnet Realising – ABCs of Death 2

  • Wolfgang Matzl
  • Austria, 2014

An old school book comes to life in the title sequence for „ABCs of Death 2“, an anthology featuring 26 short tales of death by directors from all around the globe.

Man and Dog

Man and Dog

  • Kylie Matulick / Todd Mueller
  • United States, 2015

With a little help from his best friend and a bottle of Coke, one man discovers that a change in perspective can make all the difference in the world.

Mediobanca – Rebuilt

Mediobanca – Rebuilt

  • Dadomani Studio
  • Italy, 2014
  • 2 min.

The history of Mediobanca told in 2 minutes and a lot of paper

Minor – Split the Squirrel

Minor – Split the Squirrel

  • Mike Huber
  • Switzerland / The Netherlands, 2014

Cute squirrel Split has a passion for finding the best nuts in the world. He's on a journey to bring them to the factory to create the best tasting chocolate.

Motiontales – Tell Your Story

Motiontales – Tell Your Story

  • Laura Dumitru / Michiel Kloppenburg / Mischa de Wilt
  • The Netherlands, 2014

Everyone has a story. This is how Motiontales unveils theirs.

MTV – Rock Stories: Red Hot Chili Peppers

MTV – Rock Stories: Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Sean Buckelew
  • United States, 2014

Before they were the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis and Flea were a couple of roomies that couldn’t pay the rent
In this animated series, music luminary and iconic "120 Minutes" host, Matt Pinfield shares some of his craziest tales from his years of hanging with the biggest names in the music world.

Music is on

Music is on

  • Jin Angdoo
  • The Netherlands, 2015

The new promo for NPO Radio 2. This spot is filmed in 'stop-motion' style and produced by the Korean director Jin Lee Angdoo.

National Cable & Telecommunications Association – Hub

National Cable & Telecommunications Association – Hub

  • Buck
  • United States, 2014

How do you make a spot that paints an even more awesome portrait of the INTERNET? Splatter Paint, of course! Teaming up with POSSIBLE, we bring you our second spot from the “Onward Internet” campaign. This time even adding a little touch of glittery unicorns. Onward Internet!

Natuur & Milieu – Sun Seeks Roof

Natuur & Milieu – Sun Seeks Roof

  • Frame Order
  • The Netherlands, 2015

Commercial made for government organisation Natuur & Milieu to promote the usage of solar panels

Natuurpunt – The Garden Ape

Natuurpunt – The Garden Ape

  • Marc James Roels / Emma de Swaef
  • Belgium, 2015

A green ape enthisiastically explores a wild city garden and makes it his new home. A public awareness campaign for Belgian environmental socienty Natuurpunt to stimulate people to let their gardens become more wild and eco friendly.

Nick Jr – Crafty Creatures Station

Nick Jr – Crafty Creatures Station

  • Stefan Schomerus
  • Germany, 2015

A series of Stop Motion Channel Idents for Nick Jr.

Peperami – Cinema

Peperami – Cinema

  • Pierre Ducos / Bertrand Bey
  • The Netherlands, 2015

Commissioned by the Peperami brand, Pierre+Bertrand came up with a sketch that gives new meaning to the term 'Drive-in cinema'. The film is a 10 sec spot and builds on Peperami’s on-pack promotion for a chance to win cinema tickets.

Saeco – GranBaristo Avanti

Saeco – GranBaristo Avanti

  • Martijn Hogenkamp
  • The Netherlands, 2015

The world of Saeco is tasteful, desirable and contemporary. Iris Amsterdam asked us to translate these values into a recognizable film for their flagship model, the Saeco GranBaristo Avanti.

Samsung – Holiday Dream

Samsung – Holiday Dream

  • Ben Steiger-Levine / Martin Allais
  • United States / Spain, 2014
  • 2 min.

A journey into the dream of a girl in Xmas, across different screens, worlds and adventures

Soa Aids Nederland – Be Sexy, Be Smart

Soa Aids Nederland – Be Sexy, Be Smart

  • Martijn Hogenkamp
  • The Netherlands, 2015

Soa Aids Nederland asked us to help raise awareness about sexually transmitted infections and HIV among people living in the Netherlands from sub-Saharan Africa, Suriname, the Dutch Antilles and Aruba. Recent research has shown these groups to be at greater risk of infection due to cultural factors, which often result in them being less inclined to acknowledge the risk or seek help.

Spark – SESEZ Liberia

Spark – SESEZ Liberia

  • Thijs Viegers / Ben Vinkenburg / Guido Puijk
  • The Netherlands, 2015

The Liberia Better Business Forum and Spark, two NGO's that operate in Liberia, explain what they do regarding Social Enterprise Special Economic Zones (SESEZ) and how it impacts the local economy and quality of life in Liberia.

Stabilo – Women’s World Cup Stackbook

Stabilo – Women’s World Cup Stackbook

  • Marc de Wolf
  • The Netherlands, 2015

In 2015 the ladies take the stage during the Women’s World Cup football in Canada! Last year we recreated the most spectacular World Cup goals as a flipbook for our client, pen brand STABILO. This time it's a 'stackbook': a handdrawn stack of paper, shot as a stopmotion animated video, in which we pit the female all-stars against the men.

Today –  5 Years

Today – 5 Years

  • Kevin Megens
  • The Netherlands, 2015

For the celebration of their fifth anniversary Today invited Artibite to create a fresh, one of a kind, handcrafted movie that represents their vision. So we went out collecting wood, a turntable, bouncing balls and many more, moved it to a temporary self made recording studio and locked ourselves up for a few days.

Toyota – Camry Cattle Herder

Toyota – Camry Cattle Herder

  • Fluorescent Hill
  • Canada, 2015

Based on a TRUE STORY, Cheryl uses her 1991 Camry to save the day at the farm.

Vier Pfoten – Save The Bears

Vier Pfoten – Save The Bears

  • Julian Amacker / Monica Santana
  • Switzerland, 2014

Still bears are treated as products in many parts of Europe and held in captivity. FOUR PAWS rescues these animals and gives them a bear-friendly home.
The spot is a compelling mix of stopmotion and pixilation.

Vitra – Mariposa Family

Vitra – Mariposa Family

  • Jack Cunningham
  • United Kingdom, 2015

The film illustrates home-life unfolding around the Mariposa sofa; from Friday night movie marathons and Saturday morning play sessions, to rainy Sunday reading. The camera moves 360 degrees around the sofa and we watch its role change with each family member’s interaction, using the flexibility of the arms and back to suit their needs.