Inspired by their shared fascination with myths and stories, the directing duo of Chris Lenox Smith and Jesse Casey at Mixtape Club in NYC, teams with children’s author Adam Gidwitz and illustrator R Kikuo Johnson to update a Japanese folk tale. [Watch]
US studio Swell.tv and Buenos Aires motion designer Manu Correa Soto apply snappy moves and a stripped down collage treatment to this online film for artisanal San Francisco coffee company Port of Mokha. [Watch]
For their first in-house animated short, New York prodco Dress Code tackles a story of childhood addiction. In production for two years, the film renders a complex issue in a stark palette punctuated by fluid transitions and powerful visual collisions. [Watch]
UK director Kris Hofmann, who charmed us with her gentle call to save Britain’s hedgehogs, is back with another warm and tactile multi-media stop-motion project. [Watch]
Strong character work, wonderful art direction and a brief lesson in listening from Léa Cousty and her short film “Sur Ecoute,” created during her fourth year studying animation at Supinfocom Valenciennes. [Watch]
In 2015, Barcelona director Ernest Desumbila burst onto the Stash radar showcasing his graphic design roots in a meticulous jaw-dropper for Adidas soccer boots called “There Will be Haters.” [Watch]
