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Aardman, TikTok Offer Fans A Chance To Star In New ‘Shaun The Sheep’ Film
Aardman and TikTok launch a contest for Shaun the Sheep fans, with one winner set to be immortalized in clay as a character in ‘The Beast of Mossy Bottom.’
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Lee Hardcastle’s Stop-Motion Music Video Sequel ‘Tech Noir 2’ Is A Nostalgic Synthwave Fever Dream
Lee Hardcastle’s clay stop-motion video for Gunship’s ‘Tech Noir 2’ blends retro gaming, stop-motion craft, and synthwave nostalgia into a sensory feast.
‘I’ve Seen That Kind Of Thing Before’: Why Eddie Alcazar Chose Clay Over Pixels For His ‘Bullet Time’ Video Game Segments (EXCLUSIVE)
Director Eddie Alcazar dives into clay animation and ’90s chaos with ‘Bullet Time,’ calling it a ‘fresh new way’ to blend nostalgia and form.
More Than An Ad Campaign: Aardman Artists Discuss Their Work On Coinbase’s ‘Human Nature’ Shorts
Coinbase teams up with Aardman for “Human Nature,” a stop-motion series using real voices to explore financial stress and introduce crypto concepts.
One Of The Perks Of Living In China: Disney Is Making Hand-Drawn ‘Zootopia’ Shorts For Chinese Audiences
Four “Zootopia” shorts using “traditional Chinese animation techniques” will debut in China this November.
The Offbeat Production Methods Of The NFB’s Stop-Motion Film ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of the iconic ‘Madame Tutli-Putli,’ are back with their latest stop-motion film that pushes the art form to new places.
Low-Poly Stop-Motion Takes Flight In Stefano Bertelli’s ‘Don’t Make It A Song’ Music Vid
Set against a backdrop of soulful retro grooves, “Don’t Make it a Song,” a music video for Canal Power Club, is a breezy, funk-infused stop-motion piece.
Co Hoedeman, Oscar-Winning Stop-Motion Animator, Dies At 84
Hoedeman’s short films received dozens of awards, including the Oscar, BAFTA, and grand prix at Annecy.
Cartoon Brew Pick: Winston Hacking & Phillippe Tardif’s ‘Listen2Me’ Music Video
A technical and visual explosion, this video is an unsteady zoom ride where we encounter an array of faces, objects, and scenarios.
U.K. Directors Nicolas Ménard And Jack Cunningham Release 3D-Printed Stop-Motion Project ‘Triple Bill’
This trilogy of stop-motion shorts achieves its effect with a mix of traditional and cutting-edge animation techniques.
16 Overlooked Stop-Motion Features You Probably Haven’t Seen
We’re taking a closer look at underappreciated stop-motion features from the last 100 years.
‘Robot Chicken’ And ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Mark 20th Anniversaries With New Production Announcements
‘Robot Chicken’ is getting a new special, while the ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ franchise is getting a new 26-episode series.
‘Wallace & Gromit’ Directors Nick Park And Merlin Crossingham On Comedy Craft: ‘From The Mundane Comes The Ridiculous’
Watch a half-hour video in which we discuss comedy craft with the directors of ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.’
‘Living Large’ Director Got Hooked On Stop Motion During The Production Of Her First Feature
“I’ve learned [the puppets’] limitations and enjoy finding ways to push those boundaries and work with them creatively,” says Kristina Dufková. “What initially felt limiting compared to drawn animation became incredibly fun for me.”
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘Duck’ Director Elie Chapuis
Vladimir and Olga hope for a child, but this expectation soon turns into a nightmare in this eerie short where dreams and reality collide through stop-motion animation.
2025 Oscars Short Film Contenders: ‘The Lovers’ Director Caroline Sandvik
In this short mixing horror and unromantic comedy, Carolina Sandvik unveils her own vision about the life of a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.
Behind The Scenes Of ‘Spongebob & Sandy’s Country Christmas’ Stop-Motion Special
‘Spongebob’ executive producers Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller talk about why they love working with Screen Novelties on stop-motion projects.
‘Memoir Of A Snail’ Delivered Second-Highest Per-Theater Average At The Weekend Box Office
Though there are few comps for R-rated stop-motion films at the box office, ‘Memoir of a Snail’ is off to an excellent start.
How An Animator’s Dismembered Fingertip Ended Up In Adam Elliot’s ‘Memoir Of A Snail’
‘Memoir of a Snail’ opens today in Los Angeles and New York City, before expanding more widely next month.
2025 Oscar Contenders: ‘Wander To Wonder’ Director Nina Gantz
Our Oscar contenders series kicks off today with ‘Wander to Wonder,’ a creepy look at the lives of puppets who are left alone in a tv studio after their creator dies.
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