Bright pink and orange abstract background with yellow boxes containing black text: Festival of Creative Industries Moldova, June 3-7 2024, Chișinău, and a stylized Senses logo. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Expand Your Event Horizon With the Festival of Creative Industries: June 3-7 in Moldova

Posted on May 30, 2026

Moldova probably isn’t on your festival map yet. The Festival of Creative Industries (FIC) is here to fix that, with five themed days of gaming, design & animation, music, culture, media, and public policy. [Watch]

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Abstract digital collage with geometric shapes, colorful patterns, and a small inset referencing FrameRate Manifesto film by The Furrow. The image is split into two halves, featuring contrasting designs and vibrant rectangles. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Craft Meets Mission: FrameRate Manifesto by The Furrow

Posted on May 27, 2026

FrameRate, the breakout video hosting platform and creative community, announces itself to the wider world with this thoughtful and tightly crafted manifesto film from CD Seth Eckert and The Furrow motion crew. [Watch]

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A glowing, stylized human face floats above a futuristic cityscape with abstract, geometric buildings as BUCK Follows the Flow for Spotify Mix Tools. A vibrant orange-pink gradient with stars and floating cubes creates a surreal, sci-fi atmosphere. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

BUCK Follows the Flow in New Film for Spotify Mix Tools

Posted on May 20, 2026

Spotify’s suite of Mix tools (that allow users to transform playlists into seamless DJ sets by accessing producer-level track data), gets a retro 2D airbrush vibe in this new product film from the BUCK team. [Watch]

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A collage of four images: a stone figure meditating, a person facing floating digital screens, a colorful toy and chair in a bright room, and a digital abstract shape with red markers on black—featured at Atlas Festival by Afonso Amaro and João Vaz Oliveira. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Afonso Amaro & João Vaz Oliveira Open The Atlas Festival

Posted on May 19, 2026

The 2026 edition of the Atlas Festival kicked off in Lisbon with this title sequence, infused with plenty of drama and a dash of Stoicism, by local motion masters Afonso Amaro and João Vaz Oliveira. [Watch]

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A person wearing glasses holds out their hand, conjuring a glowing, fiery orb with the image of a pink, bird-like creature inside it—a scene reminiscent of the vibrant style in University of British Columbia brand films by Global Mechanic and AIM Creative. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Global Mechanic & AIM Creative “Push Forward” in Animated Campaign for UBC

Posted on April 8, 2026

Vancouver design and animation studio Global Mechanic teams with AIM Creative Studios in Portugal for a series of vibrant and painterly brand films for the University of British Columbia thru Canadian agency ONE23WEST. [Watch]

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Close-up of a black and red athletic shoe splashing through water, with droplets all around, reminiscent of the dynamic visuals in the Adobe commercial by Psyop. The shot highlights the shoe’s striking design and sense of motion. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Blades of Glory: Freek Freriks Ices CCM Spec Spot

Posted on April 7, 2026

Rotterdam-based director, 3D motion designer (and ice hockey fan) Freek Freriks drops a dynamic new portfolio-building exercise in the form of a spec spot for venerable Canadian sporting goods brand CCM. [Watch]

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