Collectors listen up! Not only does Stash 42 deliver over an hour of spectacular animation and VFX you also receive the exclusive world video premier of MK12’s “History of America” on the bonus disk.

42 leaps out of the gate with Framestore NY whipping 15-foot pigeons into a destructive frenzy for FedEx, Akama Studio helping a frazzled cubicle droid take the “Ultimate Break”, Mass Market and Stan Winston teaming up on some Monster “Legs”, Underdog and Stewie doing pneumatic battle for a giant floating Coke via the Mill NY, The Syndicate growing ice skates out of flesh and bone for CCM, Psyop tripping on microdot for Guinness and BUF slamming more NASCAR metal for Fox Sports.

Broadcast design is on fire this month too, with dangerous new work from Simon Robson for BBC, Shilo and Pesky for Cartoon Network (US and UK), Buck for Fuel TV, Dinamo Digital for Nick Brazil and Justin Harder for Discovery Channel.

From there, all sense of reason or logic falls apart as you are swept up in the planet’s first verified case of spontaneous optical combustion. Some highlights: Elena Wen’s hilarious new short film “Seat 29E”, the full set of four three-minute Goldfish branded films from Stink Digital, music videos from Giraffentoast, Ryan Quincy, Bitstate and Laundry! plus a darkly humorous look at the microscopic world on your bedside table from newcomers We Are Om.

We also pack in new work from National Television, StudioChu, Partizan Lab, Furia Digital and The Embassy before closing with Salvador Simó’s wonderful seven-minute 3D short called  “Insight”.

And that, dear reader, is only the main program…

The BONUS FILMS on Stash 42 are three dense, detailed and dynamic clips designed to keep videogamers’ eyes and wallets wide open. All three come to you from the 800-pound gorilla in the gaming genre – the company producing by far the largest quantity of this time and talent-intensive work – Blur Studios in Venice, CA.

And that brings us to the BONUS DISK, your special collectable treat this month…

“History of America” is the 31-minute opus produced by Kansas City, MO, collective MK12. The studio calls the film their, “psychedelic western space opera”, and pits astronauts against cowboys in a complex, funny, and apocalyptic struggle for control of the earth. The film, over two years in the making and unlike anything you’ve ever seen, received a standing ovation at Sundance this year.

And finally, when the pandemonium of Stash 42 is done (or possibly before it starts) you can grab the BONUS MP3s off the disk and relax to the sweet sounds of The Acorn, Tokyo Police Club, Sally Shapiro, Woodhands, and You Say Party! We Say Die! from Toronto indie label Paper Bag Records.

MONSTER “LEGS”
TVC :60

Agency: BBDO, NEW YORK
Director: RUPERT SANDERS
Production: MJZ
VFX: MASS MARKET
www.massmarket.tv

FEDEX “CARRIER PIGEONS”
TVC :30

Agency: BBDO NY
Director: TOM KUNTZ
Production: MJZ
VFX: FRAMESTORE NY
www.framestore.com

COKE “IT’S MINE”
TVC :60

Agency: WIEDEN+KENNEDY
Director: NICOLAI FUGLSIG
Production: MJZ
VFX: THE MILL NY
www.the-mill.com

KIT KAT “THE ULTIMATE BREAK”
Viral/TVC

Agency: JWT, PARIS
Director: AKAMA STUDIO
Production: WANDA PRODUCTIONS
Animation: AKAMA STUDIO
www.akamastudio.com

CCM “ANATOMICAL”
TVC :30

Agency: CRAMER-KRASSELT, MILWAUKEE
Director: BEN GROSSMANN
Animation: THE SYNDICATE
www.syndicate.tv

GUINNESS “DOT”
Cinema, TVC

Agency: IIBBDO, DUBLIN
Director: EBEN MEARS
Production: PSYOP, STINK
Animation: PSYOP
www.psyop.tv

FOX SPORTS NASCAR “ENGINE CITY”
TVC :30

Client: FOX SPORTS
Directors: MARK DENYER-SIMMONS, JASON SCOTT
Production: FOX SPORTS
Animation: BUF
www.buf.com

CHANNEL 4
“RAMSAY’S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES”
TVC :40

Client: CHANNEL 4
Director: SIMON ROBSON
Animation: NEXUS PRODUCTIONS, SIXTY40
www.nexusproductions.com
www.sixty40.com

CN REFRESH “ELIJAH RAP”
Broadcast design

Client: CARTOON NETWORK
Director: SHILO
Production/animation: SHILO
www.shilo.tv

CARTOON NETWORK UK
Broadcast idents

Director: CLAIRE UNDERWOOD
Production: HANRAHAN FILMS
Animation: PESKY PRODUCTIONS
www.pesky.com

FUEL “BELOW DECK”, “SACKRIFICE”
TVCs :15 x 2

Client: FUEL TV
Director: RYAN HONEY
Animation: BUCK
www.buck.tv

“MEUS PRÊMIOS NICK”
Broadcast design

Client: NICKELODEON
Director: RICARDO CARELLI
Animation: DINAMO DIGITAL
www.dinamodigital.com.br

DISCOVERY CHANNEL “LOBSTERMEN”
TVC :30

Agency: FRAME BY FRAME
Director: JUSTIN HARDER
Production/VFX: JUSTIN HARDER
www.justinharder.la

MICHAEL FAKESCH “BLACKBIRD”
Music video

Record label: K7 RECORDS
Director: GIRAFFENTOAST
Production: GIRAFFENTOAST
Animation: GIRAFFENTOAST
www.giraffentoast.de

“ME AND MY GOLDFISH”
Branded content

Client: GOLDFISH BANK
Agency: GREY LONDON
Directors: ARNO SALTERS, LOYALKASPAR,
FOREIGN OFFICE, ADAM MARKO-NORD
Production: STINK DIGITAL
Animation: ARNO SALTERS, LOYALKASPAR,
FOREIGN OFFICE, ALPHAVILLE
www.arnosalters.com
www.loyalkaspar.com
www.foreignoffice.com
www.alphaville.se

LES SAVY FAV “WHAT WOULD WOLVES DO”
Music video

Record label: FRENCHKISS RECORDS
Director: RYAN QUINCY
Animation: RYAN QUINCY
www.ryanquincy.com

“IMMERSE”
Short film

Client: CARTER FILMS ROMANIA
Director: WE ARE OM
Animation/VFX: WE ARE OM
www.weareom.com

“RAPT SODA”
Short film

Directors: ALEXANDRE ADA, CÉDRIC JEANNE
Production: AKAMA STUDIO
Animation: AKAMA STUDIO
www.akamastudio.com

“SEAT 29E”
Short film

Director: ELENA WEN
Animation: ELENA WEN
www.elenawen.com

PLASTIC OPERATOR “HOME 2070”
Music video

Record company: FINE DAY
Director: PETE CIRCUITT
Animation: BITSTATE
www.bitstate.com

THE BLOOD ARM FEATURING ANAIS
“DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?”
Music video

Record label: BECAUSE TV
Agency: WANDA
Directors: ANTHONY LIU, PJ RICHARDSON
VFX/animation: LAUNDRY!
www.laundrymat.tv

FAIR & SQUARE “DOTS”, “PATTERN”
TVCs :30 x 2

Agency: BBH LONDON
Director: CHRIS DOOLEY
Production: NOT TO SCALE
Animation: NATIONAL TELEVISION
www.natl.tv

FORD ECOSPORT
Virals x 2

Agency: DIGITAL@JWT, ARGENTINA
Director: STUDIOCHU
Animation: STUDIOCHU
www.studiochu.tv

RAC “NODDING OFF”
Cinema :30

Agency: AMV BBDO
Director: BLOOM
Animation: PARTIZAN LAB
www.partizanlab.com

HORNBACH BAUMARKT AG
“PROJECTS HAUNT YOU”
TVC :30

Agency: HEIMAT WERBEAGENTUR, BERLIN
Director: CARL ERICK RINSCH
Production: MARKENFILM
VFX: FURIA DIGITAL
www.furia-digital.com

VOLKSWAGEN “THE MOVING CITY”
TVC :45

Agency: DDB ITALY
Director: ANDREW HARDAWAY
Production: PARCO FILM
VFX: THE EMBASSY
www.theembassyvfx.com

“INSIGHT”
Short film

Director: SALVADOR SIMÓ
Animation: THE ANIMATION WORKSHOP, VIBORG
www.animwork.dk

BLUR STUDIOS
Recent Game Work x 3

HELLGATE: LONDON
Game cinematic

MX VS ATV
TVC :60

EMPIRE EARTH III
Game trailer

Animation:
BLUR
www.blur.com

“HISTORY OF AMERICA”
Short film

Director: MK12
Production: THE EBELING GROUP
Animation:MK12
www.mk12.com