Created as their diploma film at the Lucerne School of Art and Design, director/animators Aira Joana, Luca Struchen, Nicolas Roth, and Pirmin Bieri merge 3D and 2D animation into a thoughtful meditation on place and purpose. [Watch]
Nominated for a 2021 VES Student Award, Time’s Down by five recent graduates from French digital arts school ArtFX mixes blazing action, snarky dialogue, and seamless execution into a fabulous cyberpunk romp. [Watch]
Ala Nunu Leszynska, who has appeared in Stash credited as an animator/art director on two films directed by Elyse Kelly (here and here), just released her short film “Ahead”, produced during her first year of the MA Animation program at Royal College of Art in London. [Watch]
Get your spring inspiration on with this two-minute trailer of the 31 new design, animation, and VFX projects packed into Stash 146, the latest brilliant addition to the Stash Permanent Collection. [Watch]
One of the most visually and technically innovative student films you will see this year, Cassie Shao’s USC grad film “There Were Four of Us” was originally inspired by a dream then gained added dimensions with the death of her grandfather. [Watch]
Winner of a Student Academy Award in 2020, Pascal Schelbli’s graduation film The Beauty mixes live-action underwater footage with innovative VFX for an intriguing take on the problem of ocean plastic. [Watch]
