Best of Stash 2020: Short Films

Best of Stash 2020: Short Films

Whether you crave a break from client work or you’re about to graduate, short films offer a powerful vehicle to expand your visual, narrative, and production talents while asserting your commitment to the art and craft of motion. [Watch]

Best of Stash 2020: Music Video | STASH MAGAZINE

Best of Stash 2020: Music Videos

The best music videos have always been passion projects, with directors, animators, and VFX artists ignoring creative and fiscal restraints to push their ideas into new and unexplored visual terrain. [Watch]

Best of Stash 2020: 3D Style | STASH MAGAZINE

Best of Stash 2020: 3D Style

As more directors and designers added powerful and affordable 3D tools to their arsenal in 2020, the scope and quality of work continued to mature – finding broader acceptance in commercial work and exhibiting a wider emotional range. [Watch]

VIZULO "Blackbird" Product Films by Arnis Vitols

VIZULO “Blackbird” Product Films by Arnis Vitols

To showcase the new minimalist Blackbird line from architectural lighting brand VIZULO, Latvian director, animator, and 3D technical artist Arnis Vitols creates three intimate and tactile CG films. [Watch]

"The Lights" short film by Passion Animation and Tjoff Koong Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

Passion Animation and Tjoff Koong Celebrate Quiet Moments

For their annual holiday film, Passion Animation enlists their directing duo Tezo Kyungdon Lee and Magnus Lenneskog (aka Tjoff Koong Studios) to create “The Lights”, a set of quietly emotional vignettes anchored by a gentle hymn. [Watch]

Lydia Lee "Grey to Green" Music Video by Marcos Sánchez | STASH MAGAZINE

Lydia Lee “Grey to Green” Music Video by Marcos Sánchez

Merging found footage with an eerie acid-dipped take on classic cartoons, director/animator Marcos Sánchez spins out a magical alternate universe for “Grey to Green” by Korean pop singer Lydia Lee. [Watch]

Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing short film by João Elias | STASH MAGAZINE

Classic “Gullwing” Takes Flight in Short Film by João Elias

The passions of the classic car fan and the obsessive CG artist collide in this meticulous flight of fancy starring the 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing by Lisbon CG artist João Elias (aka Briktop). [Watch]

Deloitte Digital "Happy Holidays 2020" by Nick Lines and Sedona | STASH MAGAZINE

Deloitte Digital “Happy Holidays 2020” by Nick Lines and Sedona

Our unofficial award for the “Best Use of the Snow Globe Trope in 2020” goes to director Nick Lines, the animation team at Sedona in Sydney, and Deloitte Digital Australia for this cute take on breaking free from a difficult year. [Watch]

Brizo "Kintsu" Brand Films by Six N. Five | STASH MAGAZINE

Brizo “Kintsu” Brand Films by Six N. Five

Inspired by the Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy, Barcelona CG artists Six N. Five craft three serene brand films for a campaign called Counter/Balance for the Kintsu Bath collection from American faucet maker Brizo. [Watch]

The MINI Vision Urbanaut Vibe by Aixsponza | STASH MAGAZINE

Life with the MINI Vision Urbanaut by Aixsponza

The Aixsponza crew in Munich merge multiple animation techniques into this silky spot for MINI’s 2020 Vision Urbanaut electric autonomous concept vehicle, part of a new campaign featuring the brand’s head of design Oliver Heilmer. [Watch]

Echoic X by Echoic Music and Sound Design | STASH MAGAZINE

Echoic and Friends Celebrate 10 Years of Music and Sound

Echoic co-founders David Johnston and Tom Gilbert celebrate a decade of creating music and sound design for commercials, animation, and independent films with a series of branded collaborations with 13 stellar artists and studios. [Watch]

Dorcel Oui commercial by Shane Griffin | STASH MAGAZINE

GRIF.studio Says “Oui” to Dorcel

French adult film company Dorcel ventures into TV advertising for the first time with a surprising and tasteful effort for the genre, an all-CG spot full of intimate details produced by GRIF.studio in NY thru Paris agency Marcel. [Watch]

Toon Blast Tumbleweed animated short | STASH MAGAZINE

Toon Blast “Tumbleweed” Short by Louis Clichy

Blinkink director (and Pixar alumnus) Louis Clichy channels classic cartoon comedy in this beat-perfect branded short film for Peak’s newest puzzle game Toon Blast starring Bruno, Cooper, Wally, and a rolling stampede of revenge-seeking tumbleweed. [Watch]

Little Lungs | The Real Cost of Cigarettes | STASH MAGAZINE

Famous Lungs and the Real Cost of Teenage Smoking

Director Peter Sluszka and the Hornet team wrangle stop-motion celebrity lungs (including Terry Crews, Tony Hawk, and rapper/actress Sky Katz) into a weirdly engaging campaign to curb teen smoking for the FDA thru FCB New York [Watch]