"White Fatigue" Short Film by Bigstar | STASH MAGAZINE

“White Fatigue” Short Film by Bigstar and Robe Imbriano

NYC studio Bigstar teams with writer/director Robe Imbriano (ABC’s Soul of a Nation) to address the history of white supremacy and how “passive racism perpetuated via white fatigue is the biggest challenge in the fight against racism today.” [Watch]

The Chemical Brothers "The Darkness That You Fear" by Ruffmercy | STASH MAGAZINE

The Chemical Brothers “The Darkness That You Fear” Music Video by Ruffmercy

For their first new music video since releasing the Grammy-winning No Geography album in 2019, The Chemical Brothers’ Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons turn to the UK’s master of color and chaos, director/animator Ruffmercy. [Watch]

Miss Sudoku and 49 Friends Collaborate on "The Angle" | STASH MAGAZINE

Miss Sudoku and Friends Collaborate on “The Angle”

Miss Sudoku in London: “One canvas created by 49 of the world’s best 3D artists. At a distance, it appears to be a gradient of rich purple through to baked yellow, but looking closer, each artist has created their own mini-masterpiece. [Watch]

Playard Studios Creates "An Artful Future"for The Wolfsonian Museum | STASH MAGAZINE

Playard Studios Creates “An Artful Future” for The Wolfsonian Museum

Playard Studios director/animator Carlos Fueyo uses Unreal Engine and manual CG modeling from photo references to craft an intricate and engaging tour through a proposed expansion of The Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach. [Watch]

Tsingtao "Raise the bar!" Spot by Bloom Film Design | STASH MAGAZINE

Tsingtao “Raise the Bar!” Spot by Bloom Film Design

Bangkok-based director and VFX supervisor Julien Vanhoenacker, who created the surreal post-apocalyptic 2016 short film “A Drop”, swings the tone and palette a full 180 degrees for this bright and breezy adventure packed with beer-loving penguins. [Watch]

Tajawal "Travel. Bring Back You" by Omar Hilal and Platige Image | STASH MAGAZINE

Tajawal “Travel. Bring Back You” by Omar Hilal and Platige Image

Dejavu director Omar Hilal and the Platige VFX crew conjure a forlorn folksinger (who also happens to be a mandrill) to prove Tajawal’s travel app can help you shake your routine-induced ennui. [Watch]

Kodansha "Take Flight" Spot by Juan Cabral and Untold Studios | STASH MAGAZINE

Kodansha “Take Flight” Brand Film by Juan Cabral and Untold Studios

As part of their rebrand for Japan’s largest publisher Kodansha, Brooklyn design house Gretel teams with MJZ director Juan Cabral and London VFX mavens Untold Studios to create this lyrical 90-sec film to frame the new identity. [Watch]

Microsoft "Premium Fonts" Brand Film by Six N. Five | STASH MAGAZINE

Microsoft “Premium Fonts” Brand Film by Six N. Five

Barcelona studio Six N. Five, who recently dropped this fabulous send-up of CG architectural visualizations, teams with Nando Costa for the latest in his series of intriguing and intricate brand films for Microsoft. [Watch]

Australian Red Cross "Worst Block in Town" by Turbopascal | STASH MAGAZINE

Australian Red Cross “Worst Block in Town” by Turbo Collective

French directors Turbo Collective take on that overwhelming feeling of helplessness many of us felt during the unrelenting torrent of bad news that was 2020 – for the Australian Red Cross thru DDB Sydney. [Watch]

Iñigo Montoya "Chasseur Chassé" Music Video by ZEUGL | STASH MAGAZINE

Iñigo Montoya “Chasseur Chassé” Music Video by ZEUGL

Following their rebrand for Paris band Iñigo Montoya, French creatives Lolita Do Peso Diogo and Gabriel Weber (aka ZEUGL) leverage the power of emojis to create a riveting stop motion video that begs for frame by frame analysis. [Watch]

"0110" Short Film by Taehoon Park | STASH MAGAZINE

“0110” Short Film by Taehoon Park

In his new passion project “0110”, South Korean 3D artist Taehoon Park sweeps us into a grim tech-ravaged future where intelligent machines threaten what remains of humanity and one survivor makes his escape. [Watch]

"Freedom" Short Film/Music Video by Tonic DNA | STASH MAGAZINE

“Freedom” Short Film/Music Video by Tonic DNA

Grab a tissue or six, this hand-animated film directed by Joe Bluhm at Tonic DNA for charity L’Arche Canada was released to mark World Down Syndrome Day 2021 and is guaranteed to have you in tears by minute one. [Watch]

Sheba's 4am Commercial Designed to Put You to Sleep | STASH MAGAZINE

Sheba’s Five-Hour Spot Designed to Put You to Sleep

We’re betting director Ewan Jones Morris, the team at London studio Friends Electric, and agency AMV BBDO set a Guinness record of some sort creating this 372-minute, smile-inducing spot for Sheba brand cat food. [Watch]

FITC Toronto 2021 Opening Titles by Laundry | STASH MAGAZINE

FITC Toronto 2021 Opening Titles by Laundry

FITC Toronto, the mother of all digital creative conferences, launched its 20th-anniversary edition virtually on Monday with this visual treat from CDs Alex Liou, PJ Richardson, and the crew at Laundry in LA. [Watch]