"You Ever Hear About the Toad?" Short Film by Thoroughbread Pictures | STASH MAGAZINE

“You Ever Hear About the Toad?” Short Film by Thoroughbread Pictures

Director Fraser Munden at Thoroughbread Pictures in Montreal: “This is the story of the first time Mike Tyson smoked the venom of the Sonoran Desert Toad.” [Watch]

"Yuki 7" Series Trailer by Chromosphere | STASH MAGAZINE

“Yuki 7” Series Trailer by Chromosphere

After three years of internal development, Los Angeles visual and creative laboratory Chromosphere is about to drop a dashing three-episode animated mini-series starring super-spy Yuki 7, her talking cat, and a rocket-powered turtle man. [Watch]

"Lip Sync" Unreal Engine 5 Short Film by Han Yang | STASH MAGAZINE

“Lip Sync” Unreal Engine 5 Short Film by Han Yang

The latest real-time CG work from director Han Yang and Shape Shifters Creative in Vancouver uses Unreal Engine 5 and the cloud-streamed app MetaHuman Creator to craft a tense and intimate fantasy that suggests the future of video production is already here. [Watch]

"Out Of Bounds" Short Film by Franz Impler | STASH MAGAZINE

“Out Of Bounds” Short Film by Franz Impler

While studying illustration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Leipzig Germany, Franz Impler taught himself 3D animation then went on to break every rule and convention of the genre in his wonderfully bizarre thesis project “Out Of Bounds”. [Watch]

"Contour" Short Film by Ryo Kitabatake and Takuma Sasaki | STASH MAGAZINE

“Contour” Short Film by Ryo Kitabatake and Takuma Sasaki

Directors Ryo Kitabatake and Takuma Sasaki at WOW in Tokyo commemorate the studio’s 25th anniversary with a visceral CG nightmare for the ages with help from UK real-time and volumetric content specialists Dimension Studio. [Watch]

"How Have You Been" by AndyBaker and Polly Nor | STASH MAGAZINE

“How Have You Been?” Short Film by Andy Baker and Polly Nor

In his latest personal short film How Have You Been?, director/animator Andy Baker reteams with London illustrator Polly Nor for a surreal look at “coping with grief, depression, and the mundanity of life in lockdown.” [Watch]