Stash 28 launches 2007 with two full hours of sensory overload. It's a sweeping international panorama of animation, VFX, motion graphics plus behind the scenes extras from huge, expensive cinema spots to proudly-weird no-budget short films and many variations in between.

Highlights include the startling PS3 campaign from Asylum (on the cover), the machinima-generated Halo 3 clip from Joseph Kosinski and Digital Domain, Framestore NY's new holiday Coke spot, Psyop's balletic Motley Bird and the world premier of Aaron Stewart's cheeky new labor of love called “Banana Switcheroo”.

The BONUS FILM this issue is another CG stunner from Warsaw studio Platige Image. Director Marcin Pazera's newest short, “Moloch”, has been knocking out audiences at festivals all over the world and is now available for the first time on disk on Stash 28.

Your BONUS MUSIC tracks this month arrive courtesy of our ever-vigilant music editor Steve Marchese and the fearless NY hip-hop label Definitive Jux. There are eight ear-expanding tracks on this issue from Rjd2, Mr. Lif, El-P, Aesop Rock and Cage.

You can count on finding new studios and under-exposed talent on each issue of Stash. Stash 28 will introduce you to El Ranchito from Madrid and their beautiful new work for Honda, Motion Logix from Beijing and their kinetic new take on basketball kicks, Ruff Mercy and Blac Ionica from London and their new broadcast design clips, Eye Candy Animation from Sydney, and Bug from Norway with their fabulous exploding lemmings.

The rest of the reel is an exhilarating tour through some of the most vital companies (big and tiny) in the industry: you'll find Shilo for Samsung, The Embassy for Chevrolet, Buf for Nissan, Against All Odds for Tylenol, Up the Resolution for Space NK, Nando Costa for Nike, Kris Moyes for Softlightes, Aardman Animation for the Wildscreen Festival and Saiman Chow, Joel Trussel and Friendswithyou for way2quit.com.

And we close Stash 28 with the first disk-based round-up of all seven Zune virals from tokyoplastic, Motion Theory , SSSR and Passion Pictures, Bent Image Lab, Bitstate, OgreMagi, and Suzanne Deakin and Slinky Pictures.

That ought to keep you going until February.

COCA COLA "THE GREATEST GIFT
Cinema and TVC :60

Agency: MOTHER
Director: KERRY CONRAN
Production: LOOKING GLASS FILMS
VFX: FRAMESTORE NY
www.framestore-cfc.com

PLAYSTATION 3 "RUBIK", "BABY DOLL", "EGGS", "DRIP"
TVC :30 x 4

Agency: TBWA\CHIAT\DAY, LOS ANGELES
Director: RUPERT SANDERS
Production: MJZ
VFX: ASYLUM
www.asylumfx.com

GEARS OF WAR "MAD"
TVC :60

Agency: MCCANN-ERICKSON SAN FRANCISCO
Game distributor: EPIC GAMES
Director: JOSEPH KOSINSKI
Production: ANONYMOUS CONTENT
Animation: DIGITAL DOMAIN
www.d2.com

CHEVROLET "BUILDINGS"
TVC :60

Agency: MCCANN ERICKSON, MEXICO
Director: THE EMBASSY
Animation/VFX: THE EMBASSY
www.embassyvfx.com

MOTLEY BIRD "LOVEBIRDS"
TVC :35

Agency: THIRD SKIN
Creative directors: MARIE HYON, MARCO SPIER
Animation/design: PSYOP
www.psyop.tv

HONDA "BIRDS"
TVC :30

Agency: VILLARROSÀS, BARCELONA
Director: NACHO GAYAN
Production: AGOSTO
VFX: EL RANCHITO
www.elranchito.es

NISSAN TITAN "THE CHASE", "THE CHASE 2"
TVCs :60 x 2

Agency: TBWA\CHIAT\DAY, LOS ANGELES
Director: THEIRRY POIRAUD
Production: PARANOID US
VFX: BUF
www.buf.fr

MTV EUROPE MUSIC AWARDS 2006
Broadcast campaign

Client: MTV NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL
Design manager: SOPHIE HOWARD-JONES
Animation/design: MTV NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL

RUSSELL BRAND'S GOT ISSUES
Opening titles

Client: VANITY PROJECTS
Director: BLAC IONICA
Animation/design: BLAC IONICA
www.blacionica.com

RUFF MERCY
Recent broadcast work

OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE "PRESS GALLERY"
TVC: 30

Agency: ZOO ADVERTISING
Director: EYE CANDY ANIMATION
Animation: EYE CANDY ANIMATION
www.eyecandyanimation.com

MTV OVERDRIVE “EYEBALLS”
TVC :30

Agency: MTV CANADA
Director: WENDY MORGAN
Design/VFX: MTV CANADA
www.mtv.ca

WILDSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL
Festival ident

Director: BOBBY PROCTOR
Production/design/animation: AARDMAN
www.aardman.com

WAY2QUIT.COM
Virals x 5

Client: GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Agency: ARNOLD WORLD WIDE, NEW YORK
Directors: SAIMAN CHOW, FRIENDSWITHYOU, JOEL TRUSSELL
Production: BLACKLIST, TRANSISTOR STUDIOS, JOEL TRUSSELL
Animation/design: SAIMAN CHOW, FRIENDSWITHYOU, JOEL TRUSSELL

THE SOFTLIGHTES "HEART MADE OF SOUND"
Music video

Record label: MODULAR RECORDINGS
Director: KRIS MOYES
kmoyes.com
Post: FRAME SET AND MATCH
www.fsm.com.au

SUBTLE "THE MERCURY CRAZE"
Music video

Record label: LEX RECORDS
Director: SSSR
Animation/design: PASSION PICTURES
www.passion-pictures.com

"BANANA SWITCHAROO”
Short film

Director: AARON STEWART
Animation/design: AARON STEWART, WILLIAM BREDBECK

ONECALL
TVC :30 x 2

Director: BUG
Animation/design: BUG
www.bug.no

TYLENOL "SNAKE" "BULL" "DRAGON" "ELEPHANT"
TVC :15 x 4

Agency: MACLAREN MCCANN
Director: AGAINSTALLODDS
Production: BLACKLIST
Animation/design: AGAINSTALLODDS

MINI LAUNCH
Outdoor films x 4

Agency: WCRS
Director: CHRIS CAIRNS
Production: PARTIZAN
Animation: DISQO, GOLDEN SQUARE
www.goldensq.com

NIKE HOLIDAY "RAIN", "SNOW", "WIND"
In-store films x 3

Client: NIKE
Director: NANDO COSTA
Animation: NANDO COSTA
www.nandocosta.com

MADVILLIAN "MONKEY SUITE"
Music video

Record label: STONES THROW
Production: SUPER-FI
Director: DANIEL GARCIA
Post/VFX: VERSION2
www.version2.net

"THE TECHNICAL HITCH"
Short film

Director: JON DUNLEAVY
Production: SCREEN EAST, UK FILM
Animation: JON DUNLEAVY
www.tandemfilms.com

"POTAPYCH"
Short film

Director: DARREN PRICE
Production: BLACKWATCH PRODUCTIONS
Animation: DARREN PRICE
www.cleverlikeamonkey.com

LI NING SPORT “PLUMB COLUMNS”
TVC :60 (Director's cut)

Agency: LEO BURNETT BEIJING
Director: XIANFENG ZHANG
Animation/VFX: MOTION LOGIX

CINGULAR “BLACKJACK FLOURISH”
TVC :30

Agency: BBDO NEW YORK
Director: SHILO
Design/animation: SHILO
www.shilodesign.com

MICROSOFT "ZUNE ARTS"
Virals & TVCs

Agency: 72 AND SUNNY
Directors/animation/design: BENT IMAGE LAB, BITSTATE, MOTION THEORY, OGREMAGI, SUZANNE DEAKIN, SSSR, TOKYO PLASTIC

"MOLOCH"
Short film

Director: MARCIN PAZERA
Animation: PLATIGE
www.platige.com