Two New Mature Animated Features From Portugal: ‘Nayola’ And ‘My Grandfather’s Demons’
Critic Carlos Aguilar reviews two standout Portuguese films that featured at Annecy this year.
Stop Motion
Henry Selick’s Stop-Motion Pic ‘Wendell & Wild’ Releases New Footage
Netfix will release the film in time for Halloween.
Laika To Produce Neo-Noir Folktale ‘The Night Gardener’ From ‘Ozark’ Creator Bill Dubuque
Set in rural Missouri, the film will be a departure from Laika’s traditional kids and family fare in both aesthetic and narrative terms.
Kijek/Adamski Drop Trailer For Stop-Motion/2D Short ‘Slow Light’ – Exclusive
“Slow Light” employs paper cut-out stop-motion and b&w hand-drawn animation to differentiate between overlapping timelines.
Stop Motion Rules At 2022 Quirino Awards As ‘Bestia,’ ‘Bob Spit,’ ‘Frankelda’ Top Nominees
Brazil, Chile, and Mexico lead the way with six nominations apiece.
Watch: ‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ Is Bigger Than Ever In Adorable New Trailer
A24 has dropped the trailer for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, coming to theaters this summer.
Shudder Acquires Exclusive Streaming Rights To Phil Tippett’s Stop-Motion Feature ‘Mad God’
The film will stream on Shudder beginning June 16 and is set to be accompanied by a limited theatrical release.
This Instagram Account Makes A Strong Case For Why Unionization Is Needed In Stop Motion
Stop-motion animation workers are anonymously sharing salaries and horror stories about working in the industry.
‘Bestia’: How A True-Life Story Of Torture And Evil Was Turned Into An Oscar-Nominated Stop-Motion Film
The film was made during Chile’s recent social uprising. “We were making a short film about torture in the past, while this was happening again in our country,” says director Hugo Covarrubias.
Want To Work In Stop Motion? This Podcast Is Worth Listening To
“Hello Stop Mo” aims to lower the barriers to entry into the stop-motion industry.
Netflix Releases Teaser For ‘Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ Announces Dec 2022 Release
The film is del Toro’s feature animation directorial debut.
Watch The Eerie First Trailer For Netflix’s Stop-Motion Film ‘The House’
A first look at the quirky dark comedy anthology from some of indie stop-motion’s biggest names.
Main Character In Henry Selick’s ‘Wendell & Wild’ Revealed In New Teaser
Meet demon-dusting teen goth Kat.
Netflix’s Stop-Motion Project ‘The House’ Gets First Images, Release Date
The darkly comic anthology film will come out on January 14, 2022.
Netflix Teases Henry Selick’s Stop-Motion Feature ‘Wendell & Wild’
The film stars two “hellishly funny demons,” voiced by Key & Peele.
The Directors Of ‘Robin Robin’ Explain How They Broke With Aardman’s House Style
Dan Ojari and Mikey Please explain how they made their seasonal short at the storied stop-motion studio.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Featherweight’ By Sean Pecknold
Music video for Fleet Foxes’s “Featherweight.”
Laika Announces ‘Wildwood,’ Its Sixth Animated Feature
Director Travis Knight says the new film allows him to tell “a madly ambitious story of magic, wonder, and danger set in the place I grew up.”
Festival Stop Motion Montréal Announces Virtual 13th Edition
This one’s for the stop motion gang!
D.M. Galloway, A Young Artist From Brooklyn, Is Becoming The Go-To Animator For Major Toy Brands (Interview)
Galloway has carved out a niche creating stop-motion commercials with toys. He tells us how he got here.
