A smiling animated baby wearing a yellow cap and blue clothes peeks out from behind an orange slide, with a blurred green background, in the playful style of DUCKS Short Film by AJ Jefferies. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Quacky Comedy: AJ Jefferies Drops “DUCKS” Short Film

UK 3D artist/animator/illustrator AJ Jefferies, whose brilliant PEAS! short film graced the cover of Stash 159, is back with more of his gently eccentric and perfectly timed character comedy in a new mini-masterwork entitled DUCKS. [Watch]

Four abstract title card designs for FITC Toronto 2026 titles by Escafandra feature bold names: colorful geometric shapes, concentric ovals, radiating white bars, and red city-like blocks, all set against black backgrounds. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

FITC Toronto 2026 Celebrates 25 Years With Human-Made Titles by Escafandra

Toronto motion studio Escafandra, co-founded by Julieta Tobon and Luis Mejia, make their Stash debut with these playful, tactile, and “human-made” titles that opened the 25th anniversary edition of FITC Toronto earlier today. [Watch]

A person rides atop a Friendly Fruit Giant—Tesco’s feel-good food creation—smiling in the middle of a suburban road, surrounded by houses and lush greenery. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Feel-Good Food: Nick Ball & Untold Studios Roll Out Tesco’s Friendly Fruit Giant

MJZ director Nick Ball and an army of VFX artists at Untold Studios make a giant case for UK grocery chain Tesco and their Free Fruit & Veg for Schools program in this spot thru BBH London with feel-good music by Supertramp. [Watch]

A stylized armored figure with glowing orange eyes and flames rising from its helmet and weapon stands against a vivid green background, evoking the powerful presence found in Warframe Jade Shadows Constellations Short Film by The Line. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

The Line Levels Up With Warframe’s “Jade Shadows: Constellations” Short Film

Director Louve Sarfati Karnas taps into music-driven childhood memories as they lead The Line’s animation crew into a frenetic action/fantasy for online game Warframe, all fuelled by a punishing track from American metalcore band ERRA. [Watch]

A young girl in a blue dress with a red bow kneels on a sidewalk, peering into a storm drain—a nod to IT: Welcome to Derry. A bicycle lies nearby, and a missing person flyer rests on the ground in this small-town scene. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Filmograph Reveals the Fear (and Fun) Under the Fantasy in “IT: Welcome to Derry” Titles

Following their 2025 Emmy-nom for The Penguin titles, CD Aaron Becker and the motion crew at Filmograph reteam with HBO but shift to a campy mid-century illustration style in this open for supernatural horror series It: Welcome to Derry. [Watch]

A colorful, whimsical landscape inspired by The Pursuit of Magic and Art&Graft, with vibrant clouds, oversized flowers, a small rover, two animated human figures, and scattered geometric shapes—blending fantasy, space exploration, and playful elements. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Art&Graft Set Off “In The Pursuit of Magic” in New Short Film

If the purpose of an in-house motion project is to truly let loose with ideas and techniques, the team at Art&Graft in London may have just set a new bar for audacity and sheer variety with their short film In The Pursuit of Magic. [Watch]