BMW Heart of Joy commercial by Untold and Parasol Island | STASH MAGAZINE

Dancing With Myself: Okto the Octopus Oscillates for BMW

In one of the most technically impressive and fun CG creature performances you will see this year, the animation and VFX teams at Untold Studios and Parasol Island deliver a cephalopodic waltz for BMW thru agency Jung von Matt. [Watch]

Sky Sports Lions Tour 2025 spot by Coffee & TV | STASH MAGAZINE

Rugby Roars to Life in Sky Sports Lions Tour 2025 Campaign

Working with Australian artist Konstantina, Sky Creative and the animation crew at Coffee & TV collaborate on a spectacular mix of Indigenous art and 2D and 3D techniques for Sky Sports’ coverage of the Lions Tour 2025 rugby tournament. [Watch]

Welcome to the Afropunk Post-Apocalypse

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]

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]