“Raindrop” Short film by Manuel Neto and Ordinary Folk
Ordinary Folk animator and motion designer Manuel Neto takes over the director’s chair for this concise and charming story of one intrepid character’s heroic response to the threat of rain. From the...
View ArticleFactory Fifteen Freezes the Action for Spitfire Audio’s Albion Colossus Library
London VFX/animation studio Factory Fifteen stages a series of high-octane action tableaux in this single-shot, full-CG sequence showcasing the music and sound design cues available in Spitfire Audio’s...
View ArticleDress Code Signs Emmy-Winning Director Daniel Castro
From the release: Creative studio Dress Code today announces the signing of Emmy award-winning director, Daniel Castro to its commercial roster. The Brooklyn-based talent brings with him a multimedia...
View Article“Aire” Short Film Looks at the Quiet Devastation of Quarantine
The Buenos Aires duo of director/animator Bruno Persico and graphic designer/writer Clara Fernández look back at the unexpected consequences of the pandemic shutdown on our closest relationships in...
View ArticleThe Mill Tames a World Gone Wild in Game Trailer for EA’s Wild Hearts
EA’s new monster-hunting role-playing game Wild Hearts launches with this spectacular full-throttle CG trailer, a massive effort from the animation and creature crews at The Mill studios in Shanghai,...
View ArticleWhat’s the Gimmick with Gimmick’s New Reel?
Stash does not publish many demo reels because most do not coalesce into anything more than the sum of their parts: a series of clips and a music track. Working with Quebec music mavens Supersavant,...
View ArticleSquarespace Takes Adam Driver to the Super Bowl
Smuggler director Aoife McArdle and London VFX/post house Black Kite Studios help a confused Adam Driver figure out “The Singularity” in this extended 90-second version of Squarespace’s 2023 Super Bowl...
View ArticleLinkin Park “Lost” Music Video by Shibuya
Maciej Kuciara and Emily Yang (aka pplpleasr), cofounders and artists at web3 content studio Shibuya take the lead in directing this riveting visual amalgam of anime and AI for the Linkin Park track...
View ArticleGorillaz “Silent Running” Music Video by Jamie Hewlett and Fx Goby
Nexus Studios director Fx Goby and Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett are back at it with a new music video that merges the animated quartet with pyrotechnics and prosthetics into a creepy/comic slice...
View ArticleSinger Porsche 911 Tribute by George Eleftheroglou
George Eleftheroglou, motion designer and 3D artist in Athens, Greece: “This is a personal project driven by my love of cars, especially classic cars. “The aim was to develop my skills by making an...
View ArticleCrowdStrike Saves Troy in Super Bowl Debut
Radical Media director Tarsem Singh and Framestore’s NY VFX crew added a hint of Monty Python to Super Bowl LVII with the debut spot for US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike (seen here in the extended...
View Article“DONKS” Short Film by Felix Colgrave
Australian director/animator/cartoonist and musician Felix Colgrave just unleashed his latest test of your cranial integrity, a whimsical and musical exploration of “ocean plastic, avatars, and...
View ArticleFLATMIND Showcases “A World of Beauty” in Shanghai
FLATMIND, a full-service prodco with studios in Italy and China, just danced onto the Stash radar with this outdoor LED installation for The Italian Cultural Institute of Shanghai called “A World of...
View ArticleGet “Crushed!” With Zack Lydon for Valentine’s Day
Seattle animator/illustrator Zack Lydon joins forces with the team at local micro press Zine Hug for a quick blast of Risograph-printed, heart-shaped attitude powered by a track from British...
View Article“MLK Universal Basic Income” Documentary Design by Hi-Lo Studio
Creative directors Diego Coutinho and Bruna Imai at Hi-Lo studio in LA: “Lost Nation Pictures has crafted a documentary that brings to life the story of Martin Luther King Jr., his advancement of the...
View ArticleMontreal Agency Locomotive® Recruits Baillat Studio and Friends for Rebrand
The rebrand of Montreal digital agency Locomotive® buzzes to life in this multi-media manifesto film from local branding/motion house Baillat Studio, with custom font by typographer Mathieu Desjardins...
View ArticleHere’s How Plains of Yonder and Nexus Opened “Rings of Power” for Amazon
Plains Of Yonder directors Katrina Crawford and Mark Bashore gather the forces of London prodco Nexus Studios and Barcelona motion house Makmac for a project they call “one giant science experiment.”...
View ArticleYSL “Rouge Pur Couture” Lipstick Product Film by rfvisuals
With an OCD-level of attention to lighting and rendering, art director Rui Figueiredo and his studio rfvisuals in South Korea elevate YSL’s Rouge Pur Couture lipstick into an objet d’art and a virtual...
View ArticleXK studio Drop Product Film for Hublot’s Tourbillon Automatic Yellow Neon SAXEM
Directors Alexa Sirbu and Lukas Vojir at XK studio in London: “Hublot are continuing their innovation with the Yellow Neon SAXEM. Combining basic Sapphire elements with rare earth elements results in...
View ArticleSuperman Awakens in New Unreal Engine Short Film
Brothers Antonis and Stavros Fylladitis take a break from their studio’s VFX work (on ads, games, features, and TV series) for a passion project involving a certain childhood hero and a real-time...
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