Now based in London, Iranian-born director/animator Reza Dolatabadi hit the Stash radar in 2009 with his remarkable grad film “Khoda” (featured in Stash 52) – his latest work is a visually berserk promo for English indie pop band Bastille. [Watch]
Co-founders Bill Elliott and Tom Baker at Kong Studio in London: “2020 has been a rough ride for many people around the world. The need to be resilient on both personal and societal levels seems ever more important. [Watch]
Airplan Studio in Budapest wraps graphic 2D and 3D animation in a stark palette then drops it into a gravity-fed love story in this video for Vancouver electronic duo Bob Moses directed by Owen Brown at CTRL5. [Watch]
When asked what his ultimate Stanley Cup Playoffs commercial would look like, Minnesota Wild star defenceman Matt Dumba let loose with a whirlwind fantasy-adventure that became the VO for this animated Sportsnet promo. [Watch]
Nicolas Lichtle, co-founder at studio Mada Mada in Paris just sent us this gentle and personal work he describes as “a moment of introspection staged through small moments imbued with poetry, absurdity, and surrealism.” [Watch]
Wonderfully minimal and melancholy vignettes by London director/animator Calum Macdiarmid provide a perfect compliment for a poem by Todd Boss reflecting on quarantine and the social trigger of George Floyd’s death. [Watch]
