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Wad Is, Is Nu Uses Stop Motion to Explore a Fragile Ecosystem Wad Is, Is Nu Uses Stop Motion to Explore a Fragile Ecosystem Wad Is, Is Nu is a short stop-motion

Wad Is, Is Nu is a handcrafted stop-motion short from Dutch studio 5 A.M., set on a sandbank in the Wadden Sea where a single footprint disrupts a natural food chain. Made over six months for Ultrakort 2025.

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Stitching Reality: El Cuerpo de Cristo and a Hybrid Path Forward for Handmade Animation Stitching Reality: El Cuerpo de Cristo and a Hybrid Path Forward for Handmade Animation El Cuerpo de Cristo is a

El Cuerpo de Cristo may look like embroidered stop motion, but it’s actually a hybrid technique using real stitched environments and digital animation.
A thoughtful, handmade-feeling film with clear inspiration for stop-motion and mixed-media artists.

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ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT is a live-action documentary that uses handcrafted stop-motion animation to express inner thoughts and emotions that can’t be filmed directly. A thoughtful example of how animation can deepen nonfiction storytelling.

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Real fire, miniature sets, and obsessive craftsmanship.
BBC Creative’s Trails Will Blaze pushes stop motion into risky territory, using practical combustion instead of simulated flames to bring the Winter Olympics 2026 campaign to life.
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Impossible Maladies by Alice & Stefano Tambellini Impossible Maladies is a stop-motion short film by Alice Tambellini and Stefano Tambellini, a sibling filmmaking duo whose work blends

Impossible Maladies by Alice & Stefano Tambellini draws inspiration from historical medical imagery to tell a darkly playful animated short filled with bizarre cures and tactile puppets.

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Denny’s Brings Rudolph Back in Stop Motion Denny’s Brings Rudolph Back to Life in Festive Stop-Motion Holiday Spot Denny’s has tapped into holiday nostalgia with a new

A new Denny’s holiday commercial brings Rudolph back to life using stop motion.

Produced by Bent Image Lab, the spot leans into classic handcrafted animation and holiday nostalgia.

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Mark Osborne’s MORE and the Cost of Ambition Mark Osborne’s MORE and the Cost of Ambition Released in 1998, MORE is a stop-motion mixed-media short film written and

Mark Osborne’s MORE is a stop-motion classic.

Oscar-nominated and a Sundance Best Short Film winner, the film remains a powerful meditation on ambition, loss, and success.

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Mickey & Minnie Holiday Songs Go Stop Motion Mickey & Minnie Holiday Songs Go Stop Motion Disney Jr’s 2025 holiday programming includes a small but noteworthy project for

A festive stop-motion surprise 🎄
Mickey & Minnie Holiday Songs: Christmas Shorts were produced by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios for Disney Jr, blending handcrafted puppets with music-driven holiday shorts.

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Buffalo Wild Wings’ Hank the Halls Brings Stop-Motion Spirit to Holiday Advertising Buffalo Wild Wings’ Hank the Halls Brings Stop-Motion Spirit to Holiday Advertising Buffalo Wild Wings leaned into nostalgic animation this

Buffalo Wild Wings’ Hank the Halls embraces the look and timing of classic stop-motion holiday animation.
Animation by HouseSpecial, creative by Anomaly.

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Toe by Neal O’Bryan & Chad Thurman Toe by Neal O’Bryan & Chad Thurman: A Creeping Stop-Motion Horror Short The stop-motion horror short Toe, released on ALTER’s

A campfire horror story brought to life through wire, clay, and dread.
Neal O’Bryan & Chad Thurman’s Toe uses stop motion to deliver quiet, inevitable horror.

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Tiny Chef at the California Academy of Sciences Tiny Chef at the California Academy of Sciences Tiny Chef has officially stepped out of his tree stump kitchen and

Tiny Chef has taken over the California Academy of Sciences with a planetarium film and immersive stop-motion experience focused on sustainability and climate action.

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Disturbing, weird, and strangely childlike — My Greedy Friend by Eric Bernhagen uses stop motion effects to quietly destabilize its live-action world.

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Finn Wolfhard, best known as Mike Wheeler on Stranger Things, directed the official music video for George Harrison’s “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth).”

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Celebrating Brontë — an award-winning stop-motion short by young animator Eliana Whitcomb. Handcrafted, musical, and deeply emotive, it’s a standout work from the next generation of animation talent. Read more: stopmotionmagazine.com/bronte-stop-...
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Quiet horror can be the most disturbing.

Diptera is an award-winning stop motion short that explores guilt, decay, and psychological dread through tactile animation and unsettling ambiguity.

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Piirongin Piiloissa Piirongin Piiloissa: A Dreamlike Journey Into Childhood Fears and Imagination Sanni Lahtinen’s stop-motion short Piirongin Piiloissa (“In the Drawer’s Hiding

Sanni Lahtinen’s Piirongin Piiloissa is a poetic Finnish stop-motion short that transforms a child’s imagination into a dreamy world of drawers, shadows, and discovery. A stunning handcrafted achievement.
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The Bones The Bones: A Haunting Stop-Motion Excavation from Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña, Executive Produced by Ari Aster Emerging from the

The Bones — a striking stop-motion short from Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña and executive produced by Ari Aster — reimagines a “lost” 1901 film through macabre handcrafted animation and powerful political symbolism.

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#38: The Tiny Chef Issue Stop Motion Magazine Releases Issue #38: The Tiny Chef Issue Read the Issue Here: https://stopmotionmagazine.com/current-issues/ Stop Motion Magazine is proud

Issue #38 of Stop Motion Magazine is out now — The Tiny Chef Issue!
Featuring The Tiny Chef, Apartment D, BUGSICK, Dale Hayward & Sylvie Trouvé, Platypus Reclayed, and Rob Shaw’s You Play Too Much.
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Paris Baillie’s stop-motion short Humantis is a beautifully crafted story about transformation, identity, and embracing change. The film has earned major acclaim worldwide, including the Oscar-qualifying Grand Jury Prize at AFI FEST.

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Disney meets stop motion! 🐾✨
Two new Zootopia shorts crafted with Shanghai Animation Film Studio bring a handmade charm to the world of Zootopia. We break down the collaboration and why these minis are so special.

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