L’Aviatrice ESMA animated short film | STASH MAGAZINE

Dancing in the Sky with “L’Aviatrice”

“L’Aviatrice,” an extraordinary CG film by five animation Master’s students at ESMA in France, takes us above the clouds and into the emotions of pioneering French pilot Jacqueline Auriol who set five world speed records in the 1950s and 1960s. [Watch]

Rob Gillian Hair Today Gone Tomorrow animated short film| STASH MAGAZINE

“Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow” by Rob Gilliam

CalArts animation student Rob Gilliam takes a good-natured snip at the relationship between beards and the fragile male ego in his pointed and perfectly-structured 3rd-year film. [Watch]

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“Influencers” by f°am Studio for Maxon

To showcase new features included in release 20 of their Cinema 4D software, MAXON gave f°am Studio in Berlin free reign to do what they do best: push CG to it’s most intriguing limits with a touch of wit. [Watch]

OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes Cartoon Network Le Cube | STASH MAGAZINE

Making of “OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes” by Le Cube

Take a peek at the storymatic and animatic stages behind Le Cube’s latest pop culture out-burst for Cartoon Network Latin America – packed with “enough geeky 90’s culture, video games, and worst-best-movie references to make your heads explode.” [Watch]

Ugly film Nikita Diakur animated short film | STASH MAGAZINE

“Ugly” (Full Film) by Nikita Diakur and Redbear Easterman

Sweet, silly, sad, and ultimately sublime, the culmination of Nikita Diakur’s intriguing and innovative Ugly Project is a 12-minute animated fever dream the director describes as “a broken simulated short film about kindness and coexistence.” [Watch]

“Pura Vida” by Nata Metlukh

Animator/illustrator Nata Metlukh (now based in San Francisco) created her graduation film “Pura Vida” while studying at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn under the mentorship of acclaimed animator Priit Pärn. [Watch]