Polymath Motion Rebrands Studio as OddBeast
September 17, 2024
MJZ director Matthijs Van Heijningen and the VFX/creature crew at The Mill in Paris conjure a fantasy-infused alt-universe to highlight the gaming prowess of Samsung’s new Exynos 2200 mobile processor. [Watch]
Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing (aka Impactist) in Portland, OR: “In the FX series The Choe Show, artist David Choe explores relationships via paint and patter, finishing with portraits of guests rendered at the end of each exchange.” [Watch]
Friends Norm and Al attempt to de-complexify the complexities of switching to a plant-based lifestyle in this off-kilter and often awkward series of five shorts from Nexus director Conor Finnegan with puppets built by Andy Gent. [Watch]
Sehsucht director Hans-Christoph Schultheiss (aka HANZOHANZO) stages a massive CG martial arts battle to launch Netease’s inaugural international e-sports tournament for the new Naraka: Bladepoint game. [Watch]
Kick-off 2022 with a shot of creative adrenaline – take two minutes to check out this preview of the 31 brilliant design, animation, and VFX projects included in Stash 151. [Watch]
Finally clear of all his distribution deals, Canadian director/animator and graphic artist Robert Valley just made his celebrated animated short Pear Cider and Cigarettes available online for your viewing pleasure. [Watch]
French directing collective Megaforce (who we predict will win every industry award possible with this recent spot for Burberry) team with Los Angeles VFX studio Kevin to plant an eco-message for HP’s HP+ plan. [Watch]
London 3D artist and motion designer Peter Tomaszewicz, whose talent for surreal CG was firmly established in films like The Shrewd Awakening and Run-Of-The-Mill, just dropped his newest visual experiment called Power Junk. [Watch]
Turkish director and CG artist Serkan Çelik takes us on an intimate tour of the VIPP Shelter, a minimalist glass and steel cabin tucked carefully beside an idyllic lake in the Swedish woods. [Watch]
Brothers Swann and Yoann Chesnel, the Paris-based directors who swept onto the Stash radar in 2020 with their multi-award-winning short film Falling Down, return with a mesmerizing new music video for German producer duo KIDSØ. [Watch]
London VFX studio Analog, who explored the meditative side of CG sand in their 2020 short film Sandtimer, expand into a full “shifting, transforming, and evolving journey through the elements” for the launch of Burberry’s Hero fragrance. [Watch]
Director/animators Vinicius Lavor and Enzo Kinukawa help Brazilian streetwear retailer Sneakers BR raise awareness and funds for the preservation of the pink river dolphin (Boto Cor de Rosa) with this stand-out CG film. [Watch]
In her debut work with London prodco BlinkInk, director Renee Zhan mixes heavy metal and horror tropes in a puppet-driven appeal to Austrians to exterminate the old and inefficient furnaces hulking in their basements. [Watch]
With a series of jarring miniature vignettes, Zauberberg directing team Dorian & Daniel make the case that the future of climate change is “In Our Hands” for Austria’s Erste Bank thru agency Jung von Matt/Donau. [Watch]
