La Noria short film by Carlos Baena | STASH MAGAZINE

“La Noria” Short Film by Carlos Baena

Veteran filmmaker/animator Carlos Baena (whose extensive feature credits include Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, and Toy Story 3) based this personal short film on struggles with a dark emotional situation in his own life. [Watch]

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Imaginary Forces Opens Jack Ryan Season Two on Amazon

Season two of Amazon’s Jack Ryan series premiered November 1 with these main titles, carefully designed to “become a portrait of the main character” by creative director Karin Fong and the Imaginary Forces design crew. [Watch]

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The Sacred Egg and MPC Achieve Gamefulness for HP

Hamlet directors The Sacred Egg (aka Alex Mavor and Ed Kaye) team with the Shanghai crews of MPC and Wieden+Kennedy to create brain-enhanced students and their dreamlike training monastery for HP’s Omen gaming computers. [Watch]

Thom Yorke : Last I heard (…He Was Circling the Drain) Art Camp | STASH MAGAZINE

Thom Yorke “Last I heard (…He Was Circling the Drain)”

New York studio Art Camp and director Saad Moosajee, who made waves this year with the Spotify-sponsored music video for Mitski “A Pearl”, conjure another blend of 3D and hand-crafted 2D in this moody and magical work for Thom Yorke. [Watch]

Tendril Unveils the Mythology of “Keinon”

Tendril says their new spec project, a 50-second CG tribute to classic anime movies, “was born out of our love for game cinematics and our desire to showcase our strength in character animation.” [Watch]

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Fun with “Bees” by Ricard Badia and Animade

Animade director/animator Ricard Badia (whose “Robot & The Robots” film we posted back in 2017), just released his latest CG passion project called “Bees,” a charming yellow-on-yellow mix of geometry and minimal character design. [Watch]

“The World Got Game” by Raphael Levy and Ruff Mercy

My Accomplice director Raphael Levy weaves gritty live-action with the talents of UK animation force Ruffmercy in this scrappy basketball world cup 2019 promo created for sports streaming service DAZN. [Watch]

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You’ve Got Sustainable Food “In Your Hands”

Directed by Ralph Karam at animation powerhouse Le Cube, this new brand film helps German agency TankTank and their client Followfood raise awareness for sustainable food choices and how those choices impact the planet. [Watch]

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Never Pay with Cash During an Alien Invasion

Director/DOP Timur Abdulov and the crew at Revolution Studio in Moscow take time out from their commercial work for a fun spec spot featuring pissed off aliens, massive urban destruction, and just enough comedy to carry the whole thing off. [Watch]

CCTV Kids Rebrand by Art&Graft and Final Frontier | STASH MAGAZINE

CCTV Kids Rebrand by Art&Graft and Final Frontier

In a rare example of a Chinese broadcaster working with international creatives on a rebrand, London’s Art&Graft launch a complete make-over for the kids’ channel of China’s national broadcaster CCTV thru Shanghai prodco Final Frontier. [Watch]

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Harald Zwart and Gimpville Rescue a Forgotten Teddy Bear

Oslo VFX veterans Gimpville stuff a full range of emotions into the plush star of this spot for airport express train service Flytoget, directed by Harald Zwart at Motion Blur for Norwegian agency Anorak. [Watch]

YONA short film by Gautier Alfirevic and Kevin Rose | STASH MAGAZINE

“YONA” Animated Short by Gautier Alfirevic and Kevin Rose

After meeting at Ecole Emile Cohl in Lyon, animators Gautier Alfirevic and Kevin Rose were invited into the Suparesidency Program at Supamonks in Paris where they directed one of the most visual and visceral short films you’ll see this year. [Watch]

Vellas and Nash Deliver “Greatness” for Mercado Livre

The production team behind the massive Renault Dungeons & Dragons spot (director Vellas, prodco Saigon, and VFX studio Nash) re-groups for another action-adventure – this time thru Gut for Latin America e-commerce giant Mercado Livre. [Watch]

Nexus Studios - Shynola, ‘Alive’ for Maserati | STASH MAGAZINE

Shynola Directs Fierce New Maserati “Alive” Spot

In their first project since signing with Nexus, veteran directing collective Shynola team with London CG specialists Analog to conjure an invigorating all-3D mix of atmosphere, detail, and flat-out testosterone for Maserati and Pennzoil. [Watch]