Eoin Duffy Reveals the Truth About Christmas Eve

How is it possible for Santa to deliver all those presents in one night? Vancouver director/animator Eoin Duffy takes a stab at the answer. [Watch]

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Johannes Schiehsl “366 Days”

Medicate yourself against the mad materialism of the season with this thoughtful and wonderfully low-key graduation short by Austrian director/animator Johannes Schiehsl and crew which just finished it’s tour of over 70 festivals. [Watch]

What Happens if Your Architect Parents Redesign Christmas?

Norwegian-born Montreal animator Torill Kove gives us a glimpse of taking design too far. Via the NFB. [Watch]

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Best of Stash 2014 Preview #3: “Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou”

Ringling College students Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon hit every beat perfectly in their graduation film, a stellar four-minute romantic comedy called “Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou.” [Watch]

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Robin vs Pigeon: The Glassworks Christmas Card

A smile-worthy and sly comment on the have and have not nature of Christmas (and life in general) From the Amsterdam, Barcelona and London studios of Glassworks who celebrate 20 years of VFX mastery in 2015. [Watch]

Framestore: Project X Case Study

Witness the behind-the-scenes tension and ultimate victory as Framestore takes on their biggest project to date pulling in every department in every Framestore location worldwide.

“Project X has been under wraps for months and required the full might of the Framestore renderfarm. It is easily our most realistic and immersive creation. It is so complex that if the project was to be rendered on a single laptop it would need to have been started approximately 2014 years ago, on the first ever Christmas Day.” [Watch]