A bald man with a slight smile looks at the camera in this black-and-white portrait. Exposed brick and dark walls set the scene for Spiders-&-Sparrows-Signs-Emmy-Award-Winning-Director-Raj-Dias. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Spiders & Sparrows Signs Emmy-Winning Director Raj Dias

From the release: Spiders & Sparrows has announced the signing of Emmy Award-winning director Raj Dias to its growing roster of directors and creative talent. [Watch]

A person performs a split between two moving Volvo trucks on an empty road at sunset, with the parallel trucks in a dramatic shot created by Swedish visual effects studio SWISS. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Haymaker VFX acquires Swedish Visual Effects Studio SWISS

From the release: Haymaker VFX has acquired Swedish visual effects studio SWISS, bringing together two long-established names in high-end VFX to strengthen Haymaker’s creative and production presence in Stockholm. [Watch]

A futuristic soldier in a helmet and yellow scarf holds a high-tech rifle, standing against cracked stone in a ruined, reddish landscape—evoking the cinematic style of Gort sci-fi short film by Beeld. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Beeld Let’s Loose With GORT Sci-Fi Action Short Film

The last time we featured Rio de Janeiro design and animation studio Beeld was for this macro nature doc exercise. But GORT, their newest in-house project, trades the microscope for a mech and plenty of sci-fi action. [Watch]

A colorful, cartoonish robot with a blue face and red star eyes stands before a black-and-white checkered background, as floating numbers and binary code form an @ symbol—evoking the Kairm Dabbèche Overload Short Film. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

Karim Dabbèche Makes Stash Debut with “Overload” Short

Munich-based motion designer/illustrator Karim Dabbèche just dropped us his new feel-good micro-short called Overload, a whimsical multi-style exploration of “multiplicity, forms and identities”. [Watch]

VFX Supervisor Alfie Vaughan joins RASCAL—a man with glasses, a beard, and short dark hair wears a denim jacket over a gray shirt, standing indoors by a tiled wall and exposed bricks. Frame from Stash Magazine article.

VFX Supervisor & YouTuber Alfie Vaughan Joins RASCAL

From the release: RASCAL has hired VFX supervisor Alfie Vaughan, one of the most-watched creators in UK visual effects, joining its VFX team, further strengthening its integrated AI VFX workflow. [Watch]

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MAKE Opens Applications for 2026 Commercial Animation Workshop

From the release: MAKE has opened applications for its 2026 Commercial Animation Workshop, an immersive two-semester program designed to give emerging animation students a taste of what it actually takes to make commercial work. [Watch]