One of our most deliriously diverse line-ups ever, Stash 43 packs almost 70 minutes of animation and VFX onto the main disk and also includes another hour of the latest and greatest work from Digital Kitchen, Strange Beast, Tandem, and Make on Stash Bonus Disk 3.

The fun starts with Milford, a Swedish studio you need to know about, with their must-see 3D/live action character mash-up for Boxer. From there the flood gates swing wide and you are awash in some serious CG: like knotty arboreal rugby players for Guinness and a fiscally thoughtful dragon for the Bank of Ireland from Glassworks in London; the death-defying agility of the Nissan Rogue from Paranoid US and BUF; and automotive robots who think of everything from Joseph Kosinski and Digital Domain for Chevy.

Paranoid US also steers the Sprint campaign into hand-drawn digital territory, while Stink reveals the origins of Adidas through ambitious stop motion, and Montreal’s Fluorescent Hill takes the psychedelic approach for The New Pornographers “Myriad Harbour” video (on the cover).

Fresh ideas on how to make your broadcast design jump out of the cable clutter arrive courtesy of EyeballNYC for Animal Planet, Zspace for ABC 1, Andy Martin through Mr and Mrs Smith for E4, Vincent for BB2, and Freestyle Collective for VH1 Black History Month.

The second half of Stash 43 is a multi-continent whirlwind of talent and techniques that defies categories or rational thinking: We start with the “Juno” main titles from Shadowplay Studio and Bitstate’s kinetic and stylish opening for the Slamdance film fest, then cruise through the new Unkle music video from Scubaboy for Filmaka and the wackiest of the new Radio Nova virals from Passion Pictures, Sherbet, SL Co and Mathematic before checking out stunning new 3D pieces from Hamburg’s Sehsucht and brand new NY studio SpecialGuest.

You’ll also find important new clips from Radium, Bl:nd, Dvein, Iloura, Crush, JJ Walker through Hornet, 1976 Productions and Ljudbilden & Piloten before ending with a giggle at the spectacularly silly new Zune work from Friendswithyou.

Okay, deep breath. Ready? Go…

The three BONUS FILMS on 43 make up the Student Mini Film Fest 2 – a trio of accomplished shorts as disparate in geography and technique as they are in content and tone. Make sure you don’t miss “Doggy Bag” from Guillaume Cassuto, Thomas Moine and Sylvain Perlot at Supinfocom, “My Paper Mind” from Javan Ivey at the Pratt Institute, and “Empty Space” from Firman Machda at the University of Wales.

Issue 43 also delivers the latest Stash BONUS DISK where selected studios are invited to show off their latest and greatest work. This edition includes insightful samples from Digital Kitchen, Tandem, Make and Strange Beast.

And the BONUS MUSIC? Our world-famous music editor Steve Marchese has uncovered another slew of new and brain-expanding indie tracks for your audio pleasure. This month you can grab seven free MP3s from the Polyvinyl Record Co. including tracks from Headlights, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Aloha, Ida, of Montreal, Architecture in Helsinki and Cale Parks.

BOXER “ROBERTS WORLD”
TVC :45

Agency: ABBY NORM
Director: JAKOB STRÖM
Production: FLODELLFILM
Animation/VFX: MILFORD FILM & ANIMATION AB
www.milford.se

GUINNESS “HOME GROWN”
TVC :30

Agency: IRISH INTERNATIONAL BBDO
Director: RORY KELLEHER
Production: COMPANY FILMS
Animation/VFX: GLASSWORKS
www.glassworks.co.uk

BANK OF IRELAND “DRAGON”
TVC :30

Agency: IRISH INTERNATIONAL BBDO
Director: RORY KELLEHER
Production: COMPANY FILMS
Animation/VFX: GLASSWORKS
www.glassworks.co.uk

CHEVROLET “BABY”
TVC :60

Agency: CAMPBELL EWALD ADVERTISING
Director: JOSEPH KOSINSKI
Production: ANONYMOUS CONTENT
VFX: DIGITAL DOMAIN
www.digitaldomain.com

NISSAN “MAZE”
TVC :30

Agency: TBWA\CHIAT\DAY, LOS ANGELES
Director: THIERRY POIRAUD
Production: PARANOID US
VFX: BUF
www.paranoidus.com

SPRINT “CITYLIGHTS”
TVC :30

Agency: GOODBY, SILVERSTEIN & PARTNERS
Directors:NIETO, MARC WILKINS
Production:PARANOID US
Animation/VFX: PARANOID US, BUF, DEMIURGE
www.paranoidus.com
www.buf.fr

ADIDAS INTERNATIONAL “ADI DASSLER”
Viral

Agency: 180 AMSTERDAM
Director: MARTIN KREJCI
Production: STINK
VFX: THE POOL, GLASSWORKS
www.glassworks.co.uk

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS “MYRIAD HARBOUR”
Music video

Record label: LAST GANG RECORDS, MATADOR/BEGARS GROUP
Director: FLUORESCENT HILL
Production: REVOLVER FILMS
Animation: FLUORESCENT HILL
www.fluorescenthill.com

TOCA ME
Event titles

Client: TOCA ME DESIGN CONFERENCE
Director: DVEIN
Production/animation: DVEIN
www.dvein.com

ANIMAL PLANET RE-BRAND
Broadcast design

Agency: MONO
Director: EYEBALL NYC
VFX: EYEBALL NYC
www.eyeballnyc.com

ABC RE-BRAND
Broadcast design (montage)

Director: ZSPACE
Animation/design: ZSPACE
www.zspace.com.au

E4 channeel IDs
Broadcast design

Client: CHANNEL 4
Director: ANDY MARTIN
Production/animation: MR & MRS SMITH
www.mrandmrssmith.tv

BBC 2 “THURSDAYS ARE FUNNY”
Broadcast design (montage)

Agency: RED BEE MEDIA
Director: VINCENT
Animation: VINCENT
www.wearevincent.com

VH1 “BLACK IS...”
TVC :20

Agency: BRANDED FOR LIFE
Director: FREESTYLE COLLECTIVE
Animation: FREESTYLE COLLECTIVE
www.freestylecollective.com

“SLAMDANCE”
Film Festival opening

Client: SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Production: THE EBELING GROUP
Animation: BITSTATE
www.bitstate.com

“JUNO”
Feature film titles

Client: FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
Directors: GARETH SMITH, JENNY LEE
Production/animation: SHADOWPLAY STUDIO
www.shadowplaystudio.com

UNKLE “RESTLESS”
Music video

Clients: SURRENDER ALL, FILMAKA
Director: JAMES WARD
Animation: SCUBABOY
www.scubaboy.co.uk

RADIO NOVA “ELECTRO”, “CUBA”, “LE FOLK”
Cinema, virals x 3

Agency: YOUNG & RUBICAM, PARIS
Directors: ROMAIN SEGAUD, JAMES WIGNALL, SL CO
Production: PASSION PICTURES, SHERBET, UFO / LES TÉLÉCRÉATEURS
Animation: PASSION PICTURES, SHERBET, SL CO, MATHEMATIC
www.passion-pictures.com
www.sherbet.co.uk
www.sl-co.net
www.mathematic.tv

SHARP TEETH “CHAPTER VII”
Viral

Client: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, BARNES & NOBLE
Agency: JWT, NY
Director: LIMBERT FABIAN
Animation: RADIUM
www.radium.com

RAVEONETTES “BLACK & WHITE”
Music video

Client: THE GAP
Agency: REHAB, SAN FRANCISCO
Director: CHRIS DO
Animation/VFX: BL:ND INC.
www.blind.com

UBE “SHADOW”
TVC :30

Client: UBEKOSAN
Agency: HAKUHODO INC.
Production: AOI ADVERTISING PROMOTION INC.
Animation: ILOURA
www.iloura.com.au

PACEMAKER “TRAILER”
Viral

Client: TONIUM
Agency: LJUDBILDEN & PILOTEN
Director: KRISTOFER STRÖM
Animation/VFX: KRISTOFER STRÖM, MARTIN OTTOSSON
www.ljudbilden.com

ARCADE FIRE "BLACK MIRROR"
Music video

Record label: MERGE RECORDS
Directors: OLIVIER GROULX, TRACY MAURICE
Production: 1976 PRODUCTIONS
Animation/VFX: 1976 PRODUCTIONS
www.1976.tv

LEXUS “IS F VISUALIZER”
TVC :30

Agency: DETSU CANADA
Director: CRUSH INC.
Animation: CRUSH INC.
www.crushinc.com

AUTO TRADER “NEW CAR FINDER”
TVC :60

Agency: HURRELL MOSELEY DAWSON & GRIMMER
Director: AARON DUFFY
Production: 1ST AVE MACHINE, PASSION PICTURES
Animation: SPECIALGUEST
www.specialguest.tv

AUTO TROPHY 2007
Event titles

Client: BAUER PUBLISHING
Agency: BUREAU FJM
Director: TIMO SCHÄDEL
Animation: SEHSUCHT
www.sehsucht.de

“WORD UP, WORLD”
Short film

Director: JJ WALKER
Production/animation: HORNET INC.
www.hornetinc.com

ZUNE “TICKLE PARTY”
Viral

Client: MICROSOFT ZUNE
Agency: 72ANDSUNNY
Directors: SAM BORKSON, ARTURO SANDOVAL III
Animation/VFX: FRIENDSWITHYOU
www.friendswithyou.com

“DOGGY BAG”
Student film

School: SUPINFOCOM
Directors: GUILLAUME CASSUTO, THOMAS MOINE, SYLVAIN PERLOT

“EMPTY SPACE”
Student film

School: UNIVERSITY OF WALES
Director: FIRMAN MACHDA
Design/animation: FIRMAN MACHDA
www.machda.com

“MY PAPER MIND”
Student film

School: PRATT INSTITUTE
Director: JAVAN IVEY