Danish Director Casper Balslev Signs with Institute
July 17, 2025
Stash 144 Drops Two Hours of Motion Magic!
Yes, 2020 feels like a write-off in many ways but Stash 144 proves the planet’s designers, animators, and VFX artists faced the storm with unwavering resolve and new levels of innovation. [Watch]
Xbox Series X|S Launch Trailer “Us Dreamers”
The campaign for Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X and Series S consoles bolts out of the gate with this visceral adventure called “Us Dreamers” from Reset director Ian Pons Jewell thru 215 McCann, with MPC’s VFX crew handling the heavy lifting. [Watch]
Behold the Real Future with Three’s “Real 5G”
In 2018, Wieden+Kennedy London and Academy director Ian Pons Jewell convinced the world “Phones Are Good” and now they’ve dialed up the tongue-in-cheek quotient for Three’s 5G service with layers of unrelenting VFX from The Mill crew. [Watch]
Best of Stash 2019: Music Videos
If you wade deep enough into the mind-numbing tide of the music video genre, you will eventually find passionate, talented, and cynicism-free people producing innovative films for interesting musicians, cool events, and good causes. [Watch]
Beardyman “6am (Ready To Write)” ft Joe Rogan
The first third of this music video by director Ian Pons Jewell (for UK musician/comedian Beardyman) is good fun but then at the 1:40 mark – thanks to the VFX crew at ETC – it turns into one of the most intense Pinocchio parodies of all time. [Watch]
Virgin Media “Unlimiting” TV Spot by Time Based Arts
Strong concept and note-perfect execution led by Academy director Ian Pons Jewell elevate this spot for Virgin Media above the Telco rabble with post/VFX by London’s Time Based Arts and CG branding by C A T K in Berlin. [Watch]
