Watch Vitaliy Shushko’s “X-Story”

Vitaliy Shushko, a director/animator/artist from Saint Petersburg, Russia leapt onto the Stash radar in Jan. 2015 when he released the teaser for his first film called “X-Story.”

And while those initial 70-seconds looked promising, it did not prepare us for the scope of the finished piece – 13 and a half spectacular minutes of inventive and polished cinematic fun.

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animated short film_x-story | STASH MAGAZINE

animated short film_x-story | STASH MAGAZINE

animated short film_x-story | STASH MAGAZINE

Vitaliy Shushko — art, story, directing
Elena Volk — 2d/3d-animation, compositing
Pavel Mira — compositing, 3d-modeling, 3d-animation
Denis Pisarev — compositing, 3d-modeling
Timur Gibadulin — 3d-modeling

Viktor Gullichsen — music
Henri Keinala — music
DZA — additional music
Thomas Karagiannis — additional music
Juhana Vihervaara — sound design
Tomas Ihonen — sound design
Florian Calmer — additional sound design

Special Thanks
Vasili Zorin
Pavel Vasin
Nadya Mira
Ilya Shekiladze

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