Stash 54 goes straight for the jugular with a killer mix of techniques and talent, a big, fat behind the scenes section, PLUS the latest work from DAf, Flaunt, BIGSMACKtv and Motus Digital on the bonus disk.

The main program opens with the shattering power of Mainframe’s new CG promos for UK reality show “Rehab” then counters with a series of exceptionally fun spots including Coke “Avatar” from Oscar nominated Nexus duo Smith and Foulkes, Superfad’s hilarious ode to super-hot bunny love for Durex (on the cover), Psyop’s frame-perfect insect “Heist” for Coke, Passion Pictures’ CG and stop motion prehistoric hi-jinx for Axe/Lynx, Iloura’s fantastic take on summer parades for Nestle, and a psychotropic lesson on why we don’t eat Yellow Snow cooked up in the Nike Brand Kitchen.

The party continues i n the broadcast and title design line-up with Capacity and Kidrobot teaming up to kick butt for Cartoon Network, Salt adds flavor to The Clayton Brothers Signature ID for Fuel, Berlin’s dyrdee boots up the MTV Game Awards premiere and Athen’s Nomint pushes E4 IDs as far into weird-land as they’ll go before Juan Manuel Codó and Julian Martin return us to quasi-sanity with their engrossing and moody feature film titles for "Mentiras Piadosas".

Then with the pace eased for a moment, we have time to appreciate Vinh Dickson’s powerful new short exposing contemporary slavery called “The Veiled Commodity”.

The sheer diversity of work in the second half of 54 is foreshadowed by the four disparate works comprising the Nokia “Beautiful Connections” project, and nicely demostrated  by Bonzom’s cheeky “Happy New End” clip for Passion and the absolutely mad TV mini-pilot for “Lisa” by former Gobelins students Bertrand Piocelle and Marco Nguyen at La Station Animation in Paris.

Music videos on 54 include Marco Sandeman’s abstracted light creation for Paul McCartney’s “222”, Karni & Saul’s CG and stop motion opus “Float” for Flogging Molly, Yuval and Merav Nathan’s mesmerizing “Her Morning Elegance” for Oren Lavie, “Horse Mountain” with both animation and music created by the members of The Buddy System, Wyld Stallyons’ tribute to unrequited monster love for The Blizzards, and Geoffroy De Crecy’s cuddly cardboard creation for Rex the Dog’s “Bubblicious”.

Stash 54 closes with the frenzied fun of PandaPanther’s “2009 Zodiac Race” for Asics but not before we squeeze in more inspiring new clips from Imaginary Forces for Microsoft, Buraco de Bala for Redbull, The Ambassadors with the “Big Bank Theory” for Alex, and two very noteworthy Stash newcomers: Corporacao Fantastica in Sao Paulo and Sticky Monster Lab in Seoul, Korea.

The BONUS FILM on Stash 54 is the landmark open source 3D phenomenon known as “Big Buck Bunny” from the Blender Institute in the Netherlands.

The BONUS MUSIC on Stash 54 is an audiodelic feast of six MP3s from Belgium’s Meakusma including brain-expanding tracks from, Bachel, Boris & Brecht Debackere, Terrence Dixon, Immer.Chic, Trifonic and Rony & Suzy.

The BEHIND THE SCENES line-up is bulging with insightful features on five projects including Superfad’s Durex “Get It On”, PandaPanther’s “2009 Zodiac Race”, Iloura’s “Summer Parade”, Mainframe’s “Rehab”, and “Big Buck Bunny”.

REHAB “CASSIE”, “LES”
TVCs x 2 :30

Director: MAINFRAME
Production: MAINFRAME
VFX: MAINFRAME
www.mainframe.co.uk

COCA COLA “AVATAR”
TVC :60

Agency: WIEDEN + KENNEDY, PORTLAND
Directors: SMITH & FOULKES
Production: NEXUS PRODUCTIONS
Animation: NEXUS PRODUCTIONS
www.nexusproductions.com
VFX: PIONEER, FRAMESTORE
www.pioneerproductions.com.ar
www.framestore-cfc.com

DUREX “GET IT ON”
Viral :30

Agency: FITZGERALD+CO
Director: SUPERFAD
Production: SUPERFAD
Animation: SUPERFAD
www.superfad.com

COCA-COLA “HEIST”
TVC :60

Agency: WIEDEN + KENNEDY
Director: PSYOP
Animation/VFX: PSYOP
www.psyop.tv

AXE/LYNX “LEATHER”
TVC :40

Agency: BBH
Director: MIKE MORT
Production: PASSION PICTURES
Animation/VFX: PASSION PICTURES
www.passion-pictures.com

NESTLÉ DRUMSTICK “THE SUMMER PARADE”
TVC :60

Agency: PUBLICIS MOJO
Directors: JOSH SIMMONDS, NICE TREES
Production: ILOURA, THE DIRECTORS GROUP
VFX: ILOURA
www.iloura.com.au

NIKE “YELLOWSNOW”
TVC 3:50

Agency: NIKE BRAND KITCHEN
Director: MANNY BERNARDEZ
Production: NIKE BRAND KITCHEN
Animation/VFX: NIKE BRAND KITCHEN
www.nike.com

CARTOON NETWORK
Broadcast design

Director: CAPACITY
Animation: CAPACITY
www.capacity.tv

“MTV GAME AWARDS 08”
Broadcast design (montage) 1:40

Agency: DYRDEE MEDIA GMBH & CO KG
Directors: DYRDEE MEDIA GMBH & CO KG
Design/animation: DYRDEE MEDIA GMBH & CO KG
www.dyrdee.com

FUEL TV SIGNATURE SERIES
“THE CLAYTON BROTHERS”
Broadcast design :30

Director: SALT
Animation: SALT
www.saltaddsflavor.com

“E4 MERRY CRITTERS WITH HOT WAX
ON THEIR NIPPLES”
Broadcast design

Client: E4 / CHANNEL 4
Directors: CHRISTOS LEFAKIS, YANNIS KONSTANTINIDIS
Animation/design: NOMINT
www.nomint.gr

“MENTIRAS PIADOSAS”
Feature film titles

Agency: HABITACION 1520
Directors: JUAN MANUEL CODÓ, JULIAN MARTIN
Animation/VFX: JUAN MANUEL CODÓ, JULIAN MARTIN
www.juanmanuelcodo.com
www.estudiobu.com

“THE VEILED COMMODITY”
Short film 5:34

Client: THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS FAMILY FOUNDATION
Agency: VINH DICKSON
Directors: DICKSON CHOW, VINH CHUNG
Design/nimation: VINH DICKSON
www.vinhdickson.com

NOKIA “BEAUTIFUL CONNECTIONS”
Online films x 4

Agency: HI-RES!, WIEDEN + KENNEDY
Directors: CARL BURGESS, MARCUS WENDT,
SHFT, MATT PYKE

PAUL MCCARTNEY “222”
Music video 3:46

Client: MPL COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
Director: MARCO SANDEMAN
Production: IRREGULAR FILMS
Animation: MARCO SANDEMAN, IRREGULAR FILMS
www.irregularfilms.com

FLOGGING MOLLY “FLOAT”
Muisc video 4:17

Record label: SIDE ONE DUMMY RECORDS
Directors: KARNI & SAUL
Production: FLYNN PRODUCTIONS
Animation/VFX: FLYNN POST
www.flynnproductions.com

OREN LAVIE “HER MORNING ELEGANCE”
Music video 3:36

Directors: YUVAL NATHAN, MERAV NATHAN, OREN LAVIE
Animation: YUVAL NATHAN, MERAV NATHAN
www.onewingfly.com

“LISA”
TV pilot 2:27

Directors: BERTRAND PIOCELLE, MARCO NGUYEN
Production: LA STATION ANIMATION
Animation: LA STATION ANIMATION
www.lastationanimation.com

HAPPY NEW END
Self promotion 1:21

Agency: PASSION PARIS
Directors: BONZOM, PASSION PARIS
Animation: PASSION PARIS, BONZOM
www.passion-picture.com
www.bonzom.info

THE BUDDY SYSTEM “HORSE MOUNTAIN”
Music video 3:27

Directors: CRAIG SHELDON, LAUREN GREGG
Production: ELECTRIC COMPANY
Animation: KANGAROO ALLIANCE
www.kangarooalliance.com

THE BLIZZARDS “THE REASON”
Music video 3:20

Record label: UNIVERSAL
Directors: CHRIS SAYER, JASON ARBER
Animation: WYLD STALLYONS
www.wyldstallyons.com

REX THE DOG “BUBBLICIOUS”
Music video 3:14

Record label: COOPERATIVE MUSIC
Director: GEOFFROY DE CRECY
Production: PARTIZAN UK
Animation: GEOFFROY DE CRECY, LAJ LYDECKEN

MICROSOFT “PEOPLE READY BUSINESS”
TVC :30

Directors: IMAGINARY FORCES
Production: IMAGINARY FORCES
Animation: IMAGINARY FORCES
www.imaginaryforces.com

SHOPPING ELDORADO “ROBOT”
TVC :60

Agency: SANTACLARANITRO
Director: MARLON KLUG
Production: CORPORACAO FANTASTICA
Animation/VFX: CORPORACAO FANTASTICA
www.corporacaofantastica.com

ALEX “THE BIG BANK THEORY”
TVC :60

Agency: DAWN
Director: PAUL POSTMA
Production: HAZAZAH
Animation: THEAMBASSADORS.NL
www.theAmbassadors.nl

RED BULL “X13 THE CAN”
Branded content :60

Commissioning company: TRESOR TV
Director: BURACO DE BALA
Animation/VFX: BURACO DE BALA
www.buracodebala.com

“THE MONSTERS”
Short film 9:30

Director: FLA
Production: STICKY MONSTER LAB
Animation: STICKY MONSTER LAB, MOSBALL
www.stickymonsterlab.com
www.mosball.com

ONITSUKA TIGER “2009 ZODIAC RACE”
Viral 3:17

Agency: AMSTERDAM WORLDWIDE
Directors: JONATHAN GARIN, NAOMI NISHIMURA
Production: PANDAPANTHER
Animation/VFX: PANDAPANTHER
www.pandapanther.com

“BIG BUCK BUNNY”
Short film 9:33

Director: SASCHA GOEDEGEBURE
Design/animation: BLENDER INSTITUTE
www.blender.org