An animated man with a thick mustache and eyebrows, wearing a red spacesuit and helmet, gazes forward thoughtfully in the Device Explore mission. The dark background is dotted with faint stars, echoing Every Light In Between. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Memory & Connection: BOL & Device Explore Solitude in “Every Light In Between” Short Film

Working thru BOL in Barcelona, directors Pol Solà, Guille Comin, and the animation crew at Device explore themes of memory and connection in Every Light In Between, a short film that feels both universal and very personal. [Watch]

Close-up of a green jumping spider with large black eyes and hairy legs, perched on a translucent pinkish surface, inspired by Beeldmotion's EXO in an AI-Generated Title Sequence. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Beeldmotion Goes Macro for “EXO” Titles Experiment

Rio de Janeiro design and animation studio Beeldmotion takes a break from client work to put AI production under the microscope in this striking new in-house adventure in title design called EXO. [Watch]

A collage of four abstract images: geometric shapes with a blue ball; a colorful symmetrical illustration with a face; dynamic shapes with blue, pink, and black; and a desk with paper, shapes, and drawing tools from the MULTRA Brand Film. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

MULTRA Studio Makes Stash Debut With New Brand Film

If the purpose of a studio’s self-promo film is to show off their skills while making you feel good about the company, the design and motion team at MULTRA in Tokyo nailed it with this jazzy, animated, multi-media romp. [Watch]

A close-up of a female cyborg’s face in profile, illuminated by blue light. With EDGLRD-inspired markings, glowing purple eyes, dark lips, and metallic features, she conveys a somber intensity—echoing "In Death We've Just Begun. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

EDGLRD Launches Marathon With “In Death We’ve Just Begun” Music Video

Directors Harmony Korine and Sam Goldwater launch Bungie’s reboot of their Marathon game franchise with action, atmosphere, and arresting camera work in this music video/cinematic produced through Korine’s studio EDGLRD. [Watch]

Anime-style girl with brown hair sits hugging her knees, looking sad. Her body is covered in colorful “STOP” and “NON-STOP” stickers—reminiscent of Takashi Ohashi’s CALF works. Bold shapes and Japanese characters fill the Wildest Flower-inspired background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Takashi Ohashi & CALF Plant the “Wildest Flower” for Hatsuboshi Gakuen in New Music Video

Working through Japanese collective CALF, animation director Takashi Ohashi delivers a masterclass in character and style with this music video for Hatsuboshi Gakuen, the fictional band from the mobile game Gakuen Idolmaster. [Watch]

A flowing, translucent, abstract sculpture stands in front of a grand historic building with columns and a domed roof, seen in black and white, inspired by Martynas Genkovas’s visionary style. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Art Worlds Collide in Martynas Genkovas Short “Inspired by”

3D artist Martynas Genkovas just dropped us his new personal short film called Inspired by, an enigmatic collision of his architectural photography and ink-on-paper artwork with organic layers of crystalline 3D. [Watch]

Watch “Jour de Vent”, the Multi-Award Grad Film By Six Students at École des Nouvelles Images

Wonderfully relatable characters bound together by interwoven narratives, gentle humor, and a sense of poetry make the student short film Jour de Vent (Windy Day) a nice break from our usual diet of brand-driven work. [Watch]

A collage of four abstract digital art pieces: a person in a colorful hat, a wall with overlapping faces, neon green Pure Football text over soccer players, and a flaming soccer ball with a wolf’s head—reflecting 4creative's Channel 4 style.

Messy & Manic: DEADHORSES & 4creative Conjure “Pure Football” for Channel 4

Magna directing duo Ivo Beckett and James Topley (aka DEADHORSES) tear into the rough and ready nature of women’s football in this noisy yet surgically assembled promo for Channel 4’s coverage of The Adobe Women’s FA Cup. [Watch]

A flag featuring “VITALITY” in white and bold yellow letters “EWC” over it, inspired by NŌBL VITALITY. Smaller text reads “EVERY WIN COUNTS,” with winged logos throughout in a black, white, and yellow palette.

NŌBL’s Gambit for Team Vitality x Esports World Cup

French motion studio NŌBL channels the strategy and sacrifice of a chess match in this film for Vitality, one of Europe’s top esports teams, and their participation in the Esports World Cup 2026 this summer in Riyadh. [Watch]

Ugo Mangin & Hamlet Uncover the “Glheetch” for Heetch

Eccentric comedy is one of our favorite strategies for punching out of adland clutter, and it’s deftly handled here by director Ugo Mangin and Brussels prodco Hamlet for French ride-hailing app Heetch thru Paris agency Grinta. [Watch]

Digital Kitchen Gets Inside the Mind of Detective Cross

Digital Kitchen sets a tense and foreboding tone for season two of the Amazon crime thriller series Cross, orchestrating a layered collision between the psyche of detective Alex Cross and his city, Washington, D.C. [Watch]

Animorsels Presents BUCK’s Jen Zheng and Friends April 16 in Nottingham

Join us at Animorsels, April 16 in Nottingham for an evening of animated time travel and drinks with talks from BUCK’s Jen Zheng, animation director Steff Lee, and animator/CD Sophie Johnson-Hill. [Watch]

Two men stand on a sidewalk; one in a suit with an awkward posture, the other in casual clothes and a headset, interacting with a device, like modern-day NPCs. In the background, a Coinbase ATM and newspaper box sit against a concrete wall.

I’ve Gotta Be Me: Here’s How Oscar Hudson Made NPCs Into Real Characters for Coinbase

The hapless non-playable characters of the gaming world finally have their day as one of them breaks free in this Coinbase spot by MJZ director Oscar Hudson thru agency Isle of Any, and aired during the Academy Awards. [Watch]

Duncan Elms & Makemake Open “The Dinosaurs” on Netflix

Makemake CD Duncan Elms, whose work we track here, leads the studio’s 3D team into a mist-shrouded world of hidden giants with these titles for Steven Spielberg’s nature doc series The Dinosaurs on Netflix. [Watch]