An abstract ink painting from the short film Distance by Ordinary Folk, featuring a solid black silhouette of a person standing amidst scattered gray rectangles and textured brushstrokes. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Ordinary Folk Goes the “Distance” in Powerful New Short Film

Illuminating a small chapter of American History that is both heartbreaking and inspiring, Ordinary Folk’s latest passion project assembles 900 hand-painted frames into a moving tribute to an unlikely hero. [Watch]

A man types on a keyboard in a scene from the short film Query, flanked by a poodle, an older man, a large duck, and a woman. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Brent Bonacorso Answers Five Questions About His New Short Film “Query”

Join veteran director Brent Bonacorso for a deep dive into the unique process behind his new short film Query and how he’s built on his 25-years of experience in design, animation, VFX, and live action to harness the potential of AI filmmaking. [Watch]

Three botanical illustrations of flowers for the Aether Scent CG short film, overlaid with scientific data and the text ARCHER SCENT. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Botanical Resonance: “Aether Scent” Short Film by Pleid St.

In their latest in-house motion project, Madrid CG design lab Pleid St. extends seven species of fauna beyond their natural boundaries into a poetic and mesmerizing visualization of scent. [Watch]

A collage of four abstract graphic designs in the style of the Shiritori animated short film: a plus sign with a floral pattern, a red ribbed looping shape, geometric pink and blue forms, and a diamond frame surrounding blue and purple elements. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Transitional Flow: Watch Hitoshi Morita’s Mesmerizing New Short Film “Shiritori”

Hitoshi Morita, founder and director at MULTRA in Tokyo, just sent us his new personal project, a one-man exquisite corpse-style compilation of sixty connected short clips produced daily over the course of two months. [Watch]

A futuristic soldier in a helmet and yellow scarf holds a high-tech rifle, standing against cracked stone in a ruined, reddish landscape—evoking the cinematic style of Gort sci-fi short film by Beeld. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Beeld Let’s Loose With GORT Sci-Fi Action Short Film

The last time we featured Rio de Janeiro design and animation studio Beeld was for this macro nature doc exercise. But GORT, their newest in-house project, trades the microscope for a mech and plenty of sci-fi action. [Watch]

A colorful, cartoonish robot with a blue face and red star eyes stands before a black-and-white checkered background, as floating numbers and binary code form an @ symbol—evoking the Kairm Dabbèche Overload Short Film. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Karim Dabbèche Makes Stash Debut with “Overload” Short

Munich-based motion designer/illustrator Karim Dabbèche just dropped us his new feel-good micro-short called Overload, a whimsical multi-style exploration of “multiplicity, forms and identities”. [Watch]