Beyond Short Film by Jake Wegesin Ambient Press | STASH MAGAZINE

Jake Wegesin Searches “Beyond” in New Short Film

Director Jake Wegesin and his animation studio Ambient Press (whose work we track here) just released his latest short film, an ambitious and deeply personal journey exploring themes of belonging and determination. [Watch]

Emily Downe short film In Sync With the Sun | STASH MAGAZINE

Emily Downe Finds Herself “In Sync with the Sun” in New Short Film for Theos

Exploring the idea of natural rhythms vs. obsessive productivity, London-based director and 2D animator Emily Downe crafts a poetic and very topical short film with Theos, a Christian think tank based in the UK. [Watch]

Aardman Treks “Over the Garden Wall” with Patrick McHale

Show creator Patrick McHale teams with directors Mikey Please, Dan Ojari, and the Aardman stop-motion team to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his much beloved (and Emmy-winning) Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall. [Watch]

Private Island Mixes Media and Messages in New Short Film “Meme, Myself and AI”

Somehow both manic and thoughtful, the latest short from director Chris Boyle and Private Island playfully fuses live-action, VFX, and generative images into a peek at the fun to be had when AI questions its relationship to humans. [Watch]

Manifold CG Short Film by Panoply | STASH MAGAZINE

Data & Dimensions: Panoply Drops “Manifold” Short Film

London design and motion studio Panoply (whose best work we track here) just dropped us the latest in their ongoing series of CG experiments, an exploration of data and dimensional intersections called Manifold. [Watch]

Ignis Short Film by Optical Arts | STASH MAGAZINE

Optical Arts Captures the Beauty of Combustion

Captured entirely in camera with no VFX or post production, Optical Arts’ newest in-house visual experiment Ignis considers the beauty of combustion and “the complex relationship humanity has with fire”. [Watch]