Tinman Super Science Friends | STASH MAGAZINE

Super Science Friends: Episode 1

Brett Jubinville and Toronto’s Tinman Creative deliver on their 2014 Kickstarter promise, delivering a smarty-pants-meets-ridiculous romp thru time and strangeness called “Super Science Friends.” Packing Nazis, zombies, and sexual mind control, we assume network types are all over this and a series commitment is not far behind. [Watch]

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Warm and Wooly: Marc & Emma Release “Oh Willy”

After wooing audiences and collecting awards at over 80 festivals, the warm, wooly and wonderfully absurd stop motion opus “Oh Willy” by Belgian directing duo Marc James Roels and Emma De Swaef went online this morning. [Watch]

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MK12’s “Man of Action! II: Ashes of Vengeance” Main Titles

Way back in 2000, the pioneering mid-west motion mavens known as MK12 let loose a silly slice of video called “Man Of Action: The Terrible Cosmic Death.” Then in early 2015, the studio released a teaser promising a sweet sequel called “Man of Action! II: Ashes of Vengeance.” [Watch]

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Fluorescent Hill Capture “Migration” on Super 8

After its spectacular run on the festival circuit, Montreal directing duo Fluorescent Hill (Mark Lomond and Johanne Ste-marie) just sent us “Migration,” their Super 8 mini-documentary capturing the enigmatic behavior of lovable and otherworldly creatures in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. [Watch]

Christophe Peladan Goutte d'Or | STASH MAGAZINE

Stop Motion Masterwork “Goutte d’Or”

So here’s the thing: the love interest is nubile, naked, flies a broom, and her octopus-wig doubles as her chaperone fending off the lusty advances of an undead, one-eyed old pirate captain while three also-undead sailors hang around playing musical wingmen. [Watch]

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The Long Trail of Slain Snails: “Escargore”

If you watched the animated short “Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou” from Ringling College students Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon last year, you know the gap between student and professional character animation work has vanished. Here’s evidence the same has happened for character-driven VFX. [Watch]