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Drift Away into Moon Juryeong’s Short Film “Heaven is a Library”

If you’re in need of a little calm before the holiday storm, Korean motion designer Moon Juryeong has just the thing – a dreamy and ambient CG short film inspired by a lovely quote about libraries from British author Neil Gaiman. [Watch]

Political Spin: King+Country Opens “Death by Lightning” With a Sinister Zoetrope

Stash has covered our share of ambitious and intricate zoetrope-inspired films but these opening titles for the Netflix historical drama miniseries Death by Lightning is the first we’ve seen to use the device for an era-appropriate project. [Watch]

Prologue Destroys the Narrative in “The Gorge” End Credits

Carefully crafted in full-CG by Kyle Cooper and the team at Prologue Films, the end credits for Scott Derrickson’s genre-bending feature The Gorge, are a clear demonstration of design’s power to create emotion even after a film is over. [Watch]

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Yes Captain Steps Into the Breach for NodeFest ’25 Titles

When the studio booked to deliver the 2025 NodeFest opening titles suddenly backed out, conference organizer James Cowen and his motion crew at Yes Captain in Melbourne, had just three weeks to knock out a replacement sequence. [Watch]

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The Power of Wind & Sand: New Spec Spot by János Nyujtó

Director/3D animator János Nyujtó (whose spec Nike spot we featured in Stash 173) returns with another ambitious personal experiment, this time in the guise of a product film for a fictional wind power generation and storage system. [Watch]

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Sijin Liu Cultivates “Sakura Gansha” Music Video for Siri Lee

London-based director/designer Sijin Liu combines live action, motion design, and a dusting of AI to craft one of the most striking music videos of the year, a sensual and stylized three-minute opus for Taiwanese singer/songwriter Siri Lee. [Watch]