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As votes are being counted, here’s a look back at some of the good, the bad and the weird in US Presidential Election advertising & design. Disclaimer: here at Starship, we’re not fond of Trump to say the least. Unsurprisingly, Hillary Clinton has again run a highly organised, well-funded campaign, this time engaging heavyweights like […]

Droga5 has created a darkly amusing ad for Rustlers, a flame-grilled, microwavable hamburger brand called “80 years of torment”. Via Adweek: “Initially we had a number of different approaches to film,” David Kolbusz, chief creative officer of Droga5 London, tells Adweek. “But we kept returning to one script which was a piss-take of that overly […]

Burberry’s Christmas ad, the life of its founder Thomas Burberry, is a short film that plays like a cinematic experience, starring Domnhall Gleeson. Via Adweek: As the Guardian reports, actor Domhnall Gleeson (who played General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Billy Weasley in the Harry Potter films) stars as Burberry. Sienna Miller […]

Documentarian Sean Dunne is back with another short film, American Juggalo 2, exploring another bigger than life character in the subculture. Via Short of the week: Returning to the sub-culture that served him well (his original film clocked up over 2m views on Vimeo) back in 2011 with his original American Juggalo short, Dunne’s latest […]

A powerful new ad campaign by the Canadian Down Syndrome Society seeks to educate people googling for answers. Via Adweek: Titled “Down Syndrome Answers,” the series covers everything from physical and intellectual development to the cause of the condition and life expectancy of those who have it. Overall, the clips proceed to explain—and illustrate—how people […]

BACARDÍ x Kenzo Digital made a haunted house for Halloween, because why not. Via Adweek: Staged inside a party at Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, the haunted house installation was constructed in just three days and drew roughly 400 attendees including famous faces like Emily Ratajkowski, Alicia Keys and Baz Luhrmann. The labyrinth-like experience […]

Hum is a student’s sci fi short by Tom Teller, about a dishwashing robot, created at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film. Via Short of the Week: While narratively the film is limited, emotionally it is adroit, and visually it is spectacular. A student work completed in only a single semester, the film blends limited […]

This kickstarter-funded short film, As They Continue to Fall, directed by Nikhil Bhagat, is about a homeless guy who hunts fallen angel with a sniper rifle. The premise is interesting: fallen angels are supposed to be evil, but what if you’re the only person who can see them? The film flashes back to the main […]

After 14 years, BMW Films is back with another short film, The Escape, directed by Neill Blomkamp, again with Clive Owen as the lead. Via BMW’s blog: The car Owen drives in this new short is the brand-new G30 BMW 540i M Sport. It’s an interesting choice of car for BMW, as it could have […]

Mads Mikkelsen stars in a weird but compelling new ad for the Ford Edge, Le Fantome, where he is a hitman that falls in love with a car (??). We’re not sure whether it’s meant to be humour, or unintentional humour, because the Ford Edge clearly isn’t a luxury car, and its blocky, modern profile […]