A powerful concept and frame-perfect execution from director Åsa Lucander and the Aardman crew made this emotional, low-key ad for Alzheimer’s Research UK a stand-out in the crowded 2016 holiday season. [Watch]
This head-snapping piece of editorial surgery marks only the second time Stash has inducted a demo reel into the Permanent Collection. The clip celebrates 15 years of branding and motion by London’s DixonBaxi, showcasing not only the breadth of the studio’s work but the process and the humans behind it. [Watch]
In the Stash world, brand films cover a swath of commercial work appearing online, in-store, out-of-home, or on any other screen not identified as TV or cinema. Often occupying the mid-ground between short films and advertising, the best brand films offer ambitious narratives and/or bold stylistic choices. [Watch]
As ad campaigns expand and blur across a growing number of platforms, the most coveted bragging rights (and budgets) most often remain with work intended for television and cinema screens. So let’s kick off the Best of Stash 2016 with 10 stand out commercials everyone needs to see. [Watch]
The Berln-based Polish duo of motion designer Dominik Grejc and art director/illustrator Maria Giemza craft the real-life narrative of a young girl in Kabul whose life turns around thanks to Skateistan, a non-profit using skateboards to connect at-risk youth to education in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and South Africa. [Watch]
Director Stefan Wernik and the crew at Sydney animation studio The Magnificent Itch, aim directly for your tear ducts with this painterly animated film showcasing the true story of a homeless man reconnected with his family and the world thru Australian affordable housing non-profit SGCH. [Watch]
