A collage of four abstract graphic designs in the style of the Shiritori animated short film: a plus sign with a floral pattern, a red ribbed looping shape, geometric pink and blue forms, and a diamond frame surrounding blue and purple elements. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Transitional Flow: Watch Hitoshi Morita’s Mesmerizing New Short Film “Shiritori”

Hitoshi Morita, founder and director at MULTRA in Tokyo, just sent us his new personal project, a one-man exquisite corpse-style compilation of sixty connected short clips produced daily over the course of two months. [Watch]

A futuristic soldier in a helmet and yellow scarf holds a high-tech rifle, standing against cracked stone in a ruined, reddish landscape—evoking the cinematic style of Gort sci-fi short film by Beeld. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Beeld Let’s Loose With GORT Sci-Fi Action Short Film

The last time we featured Rio de Janeiro design and animation studio Beeld was for this macro nature doc exercise. But GORT, their newest in-house project, trades the microscope for a mech and plenty of sci-fi action. [Watch]

A colorful, cartoonish robot with a blue face and red star eyes stands before a black-and-white checkered background, as floating numbers and binary code form an @ symbol—evoking the Kairm Dabbèche Overload Short Film. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Karim Dabbèche Makes Stash Debut with “Overload” Short

Munich-based motion designer/illustrator Karim Dabbèche just dropped us his new feel-good micro-short called Overload, a whimsical multi-style exploration of “multiplicity, forms and identities”. [Watch]

Abstract, colorful, iridescent figures and shapes dazzle in four panels with white text overlays, blending fluid patterns and metallic tones in the 2026 GEMA Awards Title Sequence by Woodwork Amsterdam. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Woodwork Amsterdam Opens 2026 GEMA Awards Season

ECD Marvin Koppejan and the CG motion crew at Woodwork Amsterdam help The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences celebrate their 70th awards season with an arresting title sequence and graphics package. [Watch]

A white and orange device with glowing indicators sits among clear tubes, while colorful balls—featured in the Fat Brain Toys Air Toobz Film by Frame48—float and travel through the tubes, all set against an orange background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Totally Tubular: Frame48 Ramps Up the Fun for Fat Brain Toys

The toy category rarely gets much love from the design and adverting press but ECD Tom Teller and the crew at Frame48 in LA just changed that vector with this exuberant CG spot for Fat Brain Toys and their Air Toobz sets. [Watch]

A scientist in a lab coat examines a flask, surrounded by abstract, colorful shapes resembling cells and molecules on a swirling pastel background—a vibrant scene that captures the innovative spirit of UBC’s biotech research and the imaginative vision of AIM Creative. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

AIM Creative Adds Fuel to UBC’s Biotech Boom

Following up on their launch film for the University of British Columbia’s Push Forward campaign, AIM Creative re-teams with agency ONE23WEST to showcase the school’s innovations at the forefront of biotech. [Watch]