Shanghai digital artist and director Axl Le constructs a riveting philosophical odyssey through a surreal world in this CG short film powered by the insights of British writer/lecturer Alan Watts. [Watch]
UK director/animator Dan Castro, whose standout student films “Herman Brown is Feeling Down” and “Big Finds A Trumpet” planted him firmly on the Stash radar, is back with a monologue-driven and deeply personal work. [Watch]
Oscar-nominated in 2019 for their breakout short film “One Small Step”, Taiko Studio teams with Shanghai prodco Final Frontier to craft an epic heartwarmer in an illustrative 3D style for Airbnb China. [Watch]
Jolt your inspiration circuits back to life with this preview of STASH 139 which adds another 31 outstanding motion projects (plus behind the scenes features and exclusive interviews) to over 5,500 titles included in The Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
Currently working as a senior motion graphics designer at ViacomCBS in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thiago Miranda just dropped us his passion project – a mellow, quasi-psychedelic space fantasy and the perfect escape on a freezing Friday in New York. [Watch]
Finnish cartoonist Milla Paloniemi adapts her beloved character Kiroileva siili (cursing hedgehog) and his fondness for foul language to the green initiative of Helsinki conglomerate Kesko in this lovable spot called “Kiroileva Hiili” (cursed carbon). [Watch]
The strange and witty CG exploits of artist collective MEAT DEPT continue in brilliant form with this jaw-dropper, a perfect match for the intense and eccentric track “Very Noise” from French musician Gautier Serre (aka Igorrr). [Watch]
Director Gavin Strange unites the stop-motion and CG animation teams at Aardman for this Greenpeace call to action highlighting the pressures of climate change, plastic pollution, oil drilling, and overfishing on the world’s oceans. [Watch]
Moscow design team CLAN (not to be confused with CLAN vfx in São Paulo) show off their many visual talents strapped together by wit and whimsy in these five broadcast promo’s for Russian sports network Match TV. [Watch]
French director/photographer/editor Franck Pinel (aka FKY) assembles a fittingly poetic and introspective Rorschach fest for a lovely and plaintive track off Thomas Méreur’s debut album called Dyrhólaey. [Watch]
Director Mischa Rozema and his VFX team at Post Panic in Amsterdam conjure an “electrically charged beast” to reflect the hybrid power and offroad talents of the new DS7 Crossback in this dramatic spot thru Publicis La Maison. [Watch]
NY artist/director Shane Griffin lets loose with a short blast of bouncy color in the Nike Epic React Flyknit Campaign for Nike Football featuring both home and training colorways for Chelsea, Tottenham, PSG, and Barcelona. [Watch]
Multinational UK-based cinema chain Vue makes a case for the healthy escape from connected entertainment in this spot from RSA Films’ Jake Scott with a full order of supporting VFX from the crew at London’s Electric Theatre Collective. [Watch]
International design agency Jones Knowles Ritchie (known for high-profile clients like Dunkin’, Budweiser, and Burger King) apply their many talents to a smaller and more elegant project for London luxury perfume brand Miller Harris. [Watch]