Berlin Playground short film by Kaho Yoshida | STASH MAGAZINE

“Berlin Playground” Short Film by Kaho Yoshida

Inspired by what she describes as Berlin’s DIY dystopian playgrounds, director/animator Kaho Yoshida conjures a very sweet mini-film combining stop-motion, 2D animation, and the city’s “prettiest trash.” [Watch]

Honour Short film by Frederic Siegel | STASH MAGAZINE

Frederic Siegel Explores the Power of Revenge in New Short Film “Honour”

Director/animator Frederic Siegel in Zurich, Switzerland: “On a planet far away, a primeval creature gets banished by the chief of its tribe. Exiled and with the burden of a disgraced honor, it sets foot into the unknown land beyond its home, where it finds an intriguing alien concept to take vengeance.” [Watch]

Exploring Clemens Wirth’s Handmade “Mini Landscapes 2”

Director Clemens Wirth in Innsbruck, Austria: “In this shortfilm, I’ve tried to recreate some of nature’s great events our beautiful planet has to offer, but on a much smaller scale. [Watch]

Was ist Metaphysik? Out of Noise by Michele Durazzi | STASH MAGAZINE

Touring Michele Durazzi’s Utopian Architecture

Michele Durazzi’s d-Arkroom project started during his days in the architecture department of the University of Florence and has evolved into a portfolio of surreal CG experiments in illustration and animation. [Watch]

“Catastrophe” Animated Short by Jamille van Wijngaarden

Amsterdam director Jamille van Wijngaarden makes the move from live-action to animation with “Catastrophe,” her perfectly paced and carefully blocked twist on Sylvester and Tweetie – a two-minute ode to innocent characters making things worse. [Watch]

The Stained Club animated short film by Supinfocom | STASH MAGAZINE

Finding Hope and Friendship in “The Stained Club”

Back in 2005 Stash published “Over Time,” a breakout black and white CG short created at a French computer animation school I had never heard of called Supinfocom. Since then, we’ve featured no less than 42 short films from their students. [Watch]

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