Yellow logo featuring an interlocking u and c shape for The Loc Studios against a black background. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

The Loc Studios Expands into 3D and on-set VFX

From the release: The Loc Studios, the independent London VFX studio founded by Jamie Leonard and Chris Chitty, has expanded into 3D and on-set VFX this year and grown its grading and deliverables offer in response to rising demand from UK independent films and co-productions. [Watch]

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Motion North 2027 Goes Big, March 10-11 in Manchester

Manchester-based design and creative festival Motion North has announced the line up for Motion North 2027, the two day festival landing March 10-11th at Freight Island, Manchester. [Watch]

A claymation-style yeti with white fur and a blue face wearing a red cardigan, as seen in the Levi’s Let’s Get Fuzzy Christmas ad by Blinkink. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Blinkink Gets Fuzzy at a Cabin in the Woods For Levi’s

Blinkink directing duo Stevie Gee and Essy May, whose many animated talents we track here, just dropped this stop-motion holiday spot highlighting the Yeti-calming powers of Levi’s sweaters (complete with BTS video). [Watch]

The words DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE are centered over a translucent butterfly amidst abstract, colorful foliage in this festival trailer by Merijn Hos. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Merijn Hos’s Flora Takes Flight for Down The Rabbit Hole Music Festival

The 2026 edition of Down the Rabbit Hole (DTRH), a three-day music festival in The Netherlands, rolled out this summer wrapped in branding rich in organic fantasy courtesy of Utrecht-based artist/illustrator Merijn Hos. [Watch]

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Versus Launches New Quarterly Print Magazine “WE ARE”

From the release: In a world of endless content, instant gratification and AI-generated everything, creative studio Versus is making a case for slowing down. Introducing WE ARE, a new 170-page quarterly print publication celebrating creativity, craft and culture through the perspectives of the people shaping them. [Watch]

A close-up of the BFG with a gray beard and large ears, smiling warmly at someone off-screen in this Sainsbury’s Christmas ad. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Sam Brown & Electric Theatre Collective Keep the BFG in Sainsbury’s Christmas

The annual UK holiday advertising wars commenced this week with the creature animation team at Electric Theatre Collective and their collaboration with Rogue Films’ director Sam Brown for Sainsbury’s our favorite so far. [Watch]