Max Salzborn and Kevin Jaeger SAMMELN Short Film | STASH MAGAZINE

Max Salzborn and Kevin Jaeger Collect Their Thoughts in New “SAMMELN” Short Film

After a chance meeting earlier this year, Hamburg 3D artists Max Salzborn and Kevin Jaeger leveraged their new friendship into a collaborative motion art project investigating the universal and deeply inherent urge to collect. [Watch]

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Kung Fu Meets Ursa Major in New “Sushi Crush” Short Film

We’re guessing the all-Buenos Aires team of animation/design studio Váscolo and Drop Music Branding had a blast making this action-comedy short featuring a legendary Kung Fu master, a very hungry bear, and their shared love of raw fish. [Watch]

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Menno Fokma Teases “ORIGINS” Short Film

While admitting he is still ambivalent about AI, Amsterdam-based director/digital artist Menno Fokma embraced the new technology to jump-start this proof of concept for a short film he describes as “a hyper-real nature simulation.” [Watch]

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Polyester Studio Wants You to Stay Calm and Animate On

Jeremy Dimmock, co-founder at Polyester Studio in Toronto: “In these times of stress and uncertainty, animators often feel a lack of control that causes us to be unaware we are breathing more rapidly and elevating our cortisol levels.” [Watch]

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Harrison Vincent Searches for Purpose in Short Film “Awake”

Denver director/animator Harrison Vincent examines themes of identity, routine, and consciousness in his latest passion project, a CG short film he describes as “a sweeping Western epic with a touch of science fiction”. [Watch]