Ashley Monaghan (former EP at Hornet) and Joey Recoskie (former director at Tendril) just dropped us the rich and riveting launch/manifesto film for SAGA, their new Toronto-based CG design and animation studio. [Watch]
![Two people stand in front of a large "WE [heart] PITCHING" sculpture in a lively city plaza. This scene, featured in We Love Pitching Part 1, captures the creative buzz highlighted by Stash Media’s guest editorial. Frame from Stash Magazine article.](https://www.stashmedia.tv/wp-content/uploads/We-Love-Pitching-Part-1-Guest-editorial-by-Claus-Cibilis-_-STASH-MAGAZINE-960x540.jpg)
In part 2 of his deep dive into the messy, contentious, (some would say broken) world of competitive creative pitches, Nerdo ECD Claus Cibils examines how pitching works and how it can work better. [Watch]
Director/animator Alex Semenov, whose Simpson’s Couch Gag is simply the darkest ever, just dropped us his latest black comedy – a sci-fi take-down of scrolling culture starring the voice of Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley). [Watch]
In their new film for Italian lighting brand Lodes, co-founder/CD Jonathan Formento and his CG motion crew (whose work we track here), take a hyper-minimalist approach to keep attention tightly focused on the product. [Watch]
Working thru Denver agency Sukle, Passion Pictures director Anna Mantzaris applies her talents for warm and fuzzy stop-motion to the heavy lift of getting youngsters away from their screens and into the great outdoors. [Watch]
Finnish post house 255 Pix makes their Stash debut in spectacular fashion with this rampaging horde of BBQs conjured from 3D VFX and AI for the discount supermarket Lidl and directed by Pete Riski at Directors Guild Helsinki. [Watch]
