Animation for Hire

65 minutes
Animation for Hire

Size up these bite-sized commissioned films in king-size glory. Let the greatest new trailers, promos, bumpers, leaders, commercials, viral videos, and music videos unroll before your eyes. 

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2014

Showing in this program

AITT – Importance of Digital Signature

AITT – Importance of Digital Signature

  • Joosep Volk
  • Estonia, 2014
  • 2 min.

Traditional signature is the past, it's time for digital signature, that makes your life easier, saves everyones time and is kind to environment.

Ambo Anthos UItgevers – Common Side Effects

Ambo Anthos UItgevers – Common Side Effects

  • Udo Prinsen
  • The Netherlands, 2013
  • 2 min.

After a tragic accident, a boy looses his brother. Writing about his life helps him deal with his guilt.

Amnesty International – Pens

Amnesty International – Pens

  • Onur Senturk
  • France, 2014

Amnesty International in collaboration with its agency TBWA Paris are back. Directed by Onur Senturk and co-produced by Troublemakers.tv and the studio One More, Pens is a full CG film shot in motion capture (Mocaplab) that epitomises the potential of each signature in the defence of human rights.

Aware Environmental – Say No to Palm Oil

Aware Environmental – Say No to Palm Oil

  • Teagan Young
  • Australia, 2014

A cheerful song about a serious issue; palm oil threatens the habitat of orang-utans.

Beeldbuis Film Festival – Leader

Beeldbuis Film Festival – Leader

  • Douwe Dijkstra
  • The Netherlands, 2013

A fish is crushed by a police car that drops from the sky and a TV-screen head with red lips. Absurdist leader for the Beeldbuis Film Festival in Zwolle.

Benex-Dent – Pulling Teeth is a Breeze

Benex-Dent – Pulling Teeth is a Breeze

  • Jonas Ott
  • The Netherlands / Switzerland, 2014

A broken tooth? That is no problem any more. Benex - the painless tooth extraction solution.

British Gas – Hive Active Heating

British Gas – Hive Active Heating

  • Buck
  • United States, 2013

Hive is an innovative thermostat control brand that we teamed up with to create a conglomerate of cockamamie critters cavorting around the United Kingdom. The characters were fun to create and brought to life through cel and After Effects animation.

China, IL – Get Your Ass Back to School!

China, IL – Get Your Ass Back to School!

  • Angelo Hatgistavrou / Griffith Kimmins
  • United States, 2013

Promo for the Adult Swim show China, IL.

Coco Loco – A monkey adventure!

Coco Loco – A monkey adventure!

  • Tim Helsen
  • Belgium, 2014

The video Coco Loco - A monkey adventure is the result of a collaboration between the creative company gents agency and Alpro, pioneer in plant-based foods. 

Czech Television – Good night rainbow

Czech Television – Good night rainbow

  • Daniel Špaček
  • Czech Republic, 2013
  • 2 min.

Closing sequence for kids channel of Czech Television ČT :D. Every day, a group of rainbow sheep cross over a river, or at least they try their best. Two wolfs and one fox act as jury. Good night, kids.

Dorset Cereals – Life Begins At Breakfast

Dorset Cereals – Life Begins At Breakfast

  • Conor Finnegan
  • United Kingdom, 2014

Commercial for Dorset Cereals.

EDP Escelsa – 7 lives

EDP Escelsa – 7 lives

  • Rosaria / Perin
  • Brazil, 2014

You don't have seven lives. Stay away from the power line.

France 3 – Ident été 2013 Part 1, Elephants

France 3 – Ident été 2013 Part 1, Elephants

  • Nicolas Deveaux
  • France, 2013

Animal focused ident for French television channel France 3.

France 3 – Ident été 2013 Part 2, Ostriches

France 3 – Ident été 2013 Part 2, Ostriches

  • Nicolas Deveaux
  • France, 2013

Animal focused ident for French television channel France 3.

France 3 – Ident été 2013 Part 3, Turtles

France 3 – Ident été 2013 Part 3, Turtles

  • Nicolas Deveaux
  • France, 2013

Animal focused ident for French television channel France 3.

France 3 – Ident été 2013 Part 4, Girafes

France 3 – Ident été 2013 Part 4, Girafes

  • Nicolas Deveaux
  • France, 2013

Animal focused ident for French television channel France 3.

France 5 – Le doc sauvage

France 5 – Le doc sauvage

  • Célia Rivière
  • France, 2013

A colorful ident for French television channel France 5.

Hellmann’s – The Dutch are ready

Hellmann’s – The Dutch are ready

  • Marvin Koppejan
  • The Netherlands, 2014

Hellmann’s Mayonnaise is the world’s number one mayonnaise. It’s astablished premium brand that serves its mayonnaise in over 50 countries. Finally after 100 years, the Netherlands is next. Commisioned by Shoq-studio, woodwork set out to create an animation about the richness and heritage of Hellman’s mayonaise and why it’s a perfect fit for our little country.

Honda – Santa’s New Sleigh

Honda – Santa’s New Sleigh

  • Buck
  • United States, 2013
  • 2 min.

After hundreds of years of whizzing around the globe delivering toys to children, Santa’s sleigh has got to be a bit of a beater. So this holiday season Buck teamed up with RPA and Honda to craft a cheery tale about Santa getting a cherry new ride.

Hummingville – Big Blue Monsters

Hummingville – Big Blue Monsters

  • Tom Schrooten
  • The Netherlands, 2013
  • 3 min.

A salamander-like creature makes his journey through a landscape of failing evolution, meeting like-minded monsters on his trip. "Big Blue Monsters" is the second song on Hummingville's debut album "With An Elephant In A Room".

ING MVO – A Better World for Our Children

ING MVO – A Better World for Our Children

  • Peter Mansfelt
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 2 min.

Carbon Neutral since 2007, ING is committed to a helping make the world a better place. ING believes that a better world starts with our children, and what better way to begin than where it matters most-education.

Joe Cartoon – Tarzan

Joe Cartoon – Tarzan

  • Signe Baumane
  • United States, 2014
  • 3 min.

A man meets a woman on New York City subway. They flirt until it hurts.

Jungleboys – Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting

Jungleboys – Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting

  • Doug Bayne
  • Australia, 2013
  • 3 min.

Tribute to Terry Gilliam or just a big trawl through wikimedia commons for public domain artwork? Both, really.

KFC – Wise words for the week-end

KFC – Wise words for the week-end

  • Andrew Griffin
  • United States, 2013

Eccentrics answer the question 'What do you spend your spare change on?'

Leader Ultrakort 2014

Leader Ultrakort 2014

  • Patrick Raats
  • The Netherlands, 2014

The dog tells the story.

Mccann Erickson India – Leave the Night Behind

Mccann Erickson India – Leave the Night Behind

  • Pratima Pal
  • India, 2013

A colorful tale of decadence and debauchery follows Rintu Babu a typical male protagonist from the 60s in Calcutta as he sets out one night to paint the town red. Only to return home minus the smells of the night with a Chlormint breath mint in his mouth.

metroDC – Alertonline.nl

metroDC – Alertonline.nl

  • Erwin Bijlsma
  • The Netherlands, 2013

A campaign to raise awareness to be safe and secure when using the internet

Mona – Sjors & Jacques

Mona – Sjors & Jacques

  • Vincent Lammers
  • The Netherlands, 2014

Meet Sjors & Jacques. Have a small look into their life and learn about their love of Mona pudding.

Nathan Love – Murder, Sex, Greed and Flowers

Nathan Love – Murder, Sex, Greed and Flowers

  • Anca Risca
  • United States, 2014

Nepenthes Attenboroughii is a species of pitcher plant so large it can devour rodents. The Chinese Orchid self-fornicates to create offspring. Semper Augustus is a bulb so valuable that one specimen once sold for more than the price of a mansion. These fascinating factoids are combined with sharp lines and vivid animation in a titillating new short directed by Nathan Love’s Anca Risca.

Necrophone Games – Jazzpunk Intro

Necrophone Games – Jazzpunk Intro

  • Luis Hernandez / Jess Brouse
  • Canada, 2014

A comedy adventure game set in an alternate-reality Cold War World.

ONED – ONED

ONED – ONED

  • Amica Kubo
  • Japan, 2013

A campaign to reduce the euthanasia of Japanese pets.

Oreo Canada – Olympic Wonderfilled Skier

Oreo Canada – Olympic Wonderfilled Skier

  • Julia Pott
  • Canada, 2014

Brimming with her playful, illustrative aesthetic and whimsical charm, Julia's animation for Oreo Canada's Olympic effort takes cues from the original Wonderfilled campaign but with a style and spirit her own.

PeloMono – Short-circuit in the jungle

PeloMono – Short-circuit in the jungle

  • Pedro Perles
  • Spain, 2014
  • 4 min.

A group of monkeys with very human behaviors impose terror and hold up a goods train crossing their jungle. The booty they discover will change their destiny for ever.

Poom – Bing Bang

Poom – Bing Bang

  • Axel Courtière
  • France, 2013
  • 2 min.

A huge visual rebus full of puns.

Quest Idents

Quest Idents

  • Julian Harriman-Dickinson
  • United Kingdom, 2014

We created these Idents for the nice people over at HarrimanSteel. "Quite" a bunch of different objects had to be simulated and animated. Try to see if you can find the logo in there :)

Radio 1 – Tour de France

Radio 1 – Tour de France

  • Mads Berg
  • The Netherlands / Denmark, 2014

Radio 1 reporters go to great lenghts to report the latest news during the Tour de France.

Tharsis Sleeps

Tharsis Sleeps

  • Tom Bunker / Nicos Livesey
  • United Kingdom, 2014
  • 4 min.

Thrones are sent on a mission to terraform Mars in the first ever frame by frame fully embroidered music video.

Toyota Canada – Love’s Truck

Toyota Canada – Love’s Truck

  • Rachel Kennedy
  • Canada, 2013

In order to encourage Toyota fans to share their stories with us on the Toyota Canada Facebook page, we took some of our best fan stories and re-interpreted them creatively.

Toyota Canada – Marilyn’s Family

Toyota Canada – Marilyn’s Family

  • Julian Grey
  • Canada, 2013

Commercial for Toyota Canada.

Toyota Canada – To The Moon And Back

Toyota Canada – To The Moon And Back

  • Rachel Kennedy
  • Canada, 2014

Toyota owners are full of great stories about what they've experienced in their vehicles. Each of these animated films bring one of those stories to life.

Tros Radar Extra – Exponential Growth

Tros Radar Extra – Exponential Growth

  • Arno de Grijs
  • The Netherlands, 2013

An animation about exponential growth made for national television show Tros Radar Extra to explain complex financial subjects in an entertaining fashion.

Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht – Hubrecht

Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht – Hubrecht

  • Tom Schrooten
  • The Netherlands, 2013

An animated short commissioned by The University Museum Utrecht about important Masters of Science of the past and the special collections of the museum.

Valentino – Camubutterfly

Valentino – Camubutterfly

  • Davide Ferazza
  • Italy, 2014

A commissioned commercial for Valentino's new line "Camubutterfly". The video uses stop motion to bring Valentino's signature butterfly print to life.

Van Gogh Museum – Familly of Camille

Van Gogh Museum – Familly of Camille

  • Daan Velsink
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 2 min.

The introduction for a guided tour for children in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

X-Pollination – Alaska

X-Pollination – Alaska

  • Daniel Hope
  • The Netherlands, 2014

X-Pollination is an Amsterdam event that brings together 'different breeds' from the creative world, what better way to represent this than the cross breeding of unlikely choices from the animal kingdom. Alaska is the first of a series of shorts made to promote the X-Pollination biannual events.