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Director/CEO Craig Parker and his crew at Motif Studios in Cape Town (whose Gelato Roboto short we featured in Stash 160) just dropped us their latest passion project, a sci-fi feature film proof of concept called NERO. [Watch]

Telstra App OClock clips by Laurie Rowan and Nexus | STASH MAGAZINE

Laurie Rowan and Nexus Studios Go Cuckoo for Telstra

Fabulous character work here courtesy of Nexus director Laurie Rowan, who deploys a stop-motion aesthetic in a series of deadpan CG social media clips for Australian teleco Telstra thru Sydney agencies +61 and Bear Meets Eagle On Fire. [Watch]

Psyop’s Singing Cinematic Launches “Anno 117: Pax Romana” for Ubisoft

Psyop directors Todd Mueller and Kylie Matulick ramp up the fun and mischief in this launch film for the latest entry in Ubisoft’s Anno game franchise while blurring the line between “cinematic quality and gameplay integrity”. [Watch]

Antoine Bardou-Jacquet and Mathematic Keep it Fast and Light for Alpine

Working with Partizan director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, Paris studio Mathematic layer up live-action, VFX, and comic book-inspired animation in this rousing short film marking the 70th anniversary of French automotive brand Alpine. [Watch]

Le Cube & Final Frontier Up the Action for Dungeon Fighter Mobile Game Launch

Directors Ralph Karam, HanzoHanzo (Hans-Christoph Schultheiss), and the Le Cube animation crew help Tencent launch the Dungeon Fighter Mobile game with a series of intense trailers including this one highlighting the Asura character. [Watch]

One Piece Tribute Risograph Animation by Zack Lydon | STASH MAGAZINE

Watch Zack Lydon’s Risograph-Printed Tribute to “One Piece”

Zack Lydon, the Seattle-based animator/illustrator who brought us this playfully violent Valentines treat, re-teams with the Risograph specialists at Zine Hug for a rampaging tribute to Eiichiro Oda’s manga series One Piece. [Watch]