Category: Stop-Motion

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Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and Green Bay Packers Drop Animated 2026 Schedule

By Dan Sarto | Friday, May 15, 2026 at 2:14pm

Hilarious stop-motion short is part of multimedia campaign for the NFL team’s 2026 game schedule that also includes 2 playable video games, and the return of a Packers mascot from the 1980s (there's lots of BTS images from the production).

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LAIKA Drops ‘Wildwood’ Teaser Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 7:03am

It’s finally here - the studio behind ‘Coraline’ shares its first extended look at the upcoming stop-motion fantasy feature directed by Travis Knight and based on the novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis; in theaters October 23.

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The ACLU Launches Stop-Motion Civics Series 'KYR-U' on YouTube Kids

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 5:04pm

4-episode animated educational project is designed to teach children about civics, constitutional rights, and free expression through stories set at a fictional junior high school.

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Travis Knight and LAIKA to Debut 'Wildwood' Footage and Exhibition at Annecy

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 12:27pm

In his first visit to the festival, the film’s director and studio CEO will present exclusive material from the upcoming stop-motion feature, along with joining the reveal of a major exhibition marking the opening of the Cité Internationale du Cinéma d’Animation.

It’s Always About the Path Not the Destination ANIMATIONWorld

‘Spacetime Chronicles’ Unfolds a Fragile, Surreal Paper-Animated Tale

Webby Award-winning director Stefano Bertelli’s stop-motion film about a man’s dreamlike inner journey between reality and limbo used low poly 3D paper shapes with many smaller flat surfaces, folds and creases; tough to animate, lovely to watch.

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The LEGO Group and Aardman Debut 'Boop' Animated Short

By Dan Sarto | Monday, April 20, 2026 at 9:46am

Shaped by children’s stop-motion submissions, the film about a lovable alien navigating a LEGO-built world while looking for a way home was released along with build challenges and animation tips.

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Annecy Cristal-Winning 'Carrotica' Now Online Following Festival Run

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 2:34pm

Watch Daniel Sterlin-Altman’s stop-motion short about a teenage boy secretly writing explicit gay erotica while his single mom is being seduced by a carrot.

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Adult Swim Shares Claymation ‘Ghosts ’n Chainsaws’ From ‘Smiling Friends’

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 10:48am

The network releases the full stop-motion horror short from Lee Hardcastle that opened the series’ Season 3 ‘Curse of the Green Halloween Witch’ episode as part of its April Fools programming.

It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature ANIMATIONWorld

Open the Portal Talks ‘Smiling Friends’ and 11 Years of Mixed Media

The studio co-founders applied years of stop-motion expertise to help create 7 minutes of a “magnificently disturbing mash-up of bright 2D and creepy Claymation” in a special episode featuring Mother Nature on the hit Adult Swim comedy.

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‘Yugen’ Mixes Mexican Ceramics with Japanese Philosophy

Director Nayelli Ojeda discusses her unique approach to stop-motion filmmaking that blends the fundamental idea behind much of Japan’s art with Mexican culture and Oaxacan clay pottery techniques used on puppets and replacement parts; her directorial debut premieres today at the Manchester Film Festival.

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The NFB Streams Oscar-Winning 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls'

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 11:52am

With an Academy Award in hand, the National Film Board of Canada has released Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s stop-motion short for free global viewing.

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GKIDS Unveils 'Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom' Trailer and Poster

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 10:49am

He’s baaaack… Aardman’s upcoming stop-motion comedy, the third feature in the ‘Shaun the Sheep’ franchise, hits theaters September 18.

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Lightroom, Aardman Announce ‘Larger Than Life: Starring Wallace & Gromit, Shaun and More’ Immersive Experience

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 1:04pm

New 360° exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of famed studio will open at London’s Lightroom on October 14, featuring characters including Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Morph alongside archival material and newly created animation.

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Stop-Motion Short ‘Yugen’ Sets World Premiere at Manchester Film Festival

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 9:21am

Mexican director Nayelli Ojeda’s film will debut at the BAFTA-qualifying event, which runs March 19-29, and take part in the Short Film Corner | Rendez-vous Industry at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.

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Exclusive: ‘ART SHOW! WITH CAPTAIN SKINNER’ Clip

By Dan Sarto | Monday, March 2, 2026 at 8:59am

From the dazed and confused minds of underground artist Skinner and Allen Cordell comes a new series that follows a doomed PBS-style art program set in outer space; new episode, oozing phantasmagorical visuals, coming to YouTube and Substack March 6.

On the Road to the Oscars ANIMATIONWorld

‘Forevergreen’: A Whittled Work of Unconditional Love

Disney veterans Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears transform a parable of mercy, grace, and unconditional love into a handcrafted, Oscar-nominated CG short that fuses stop-motion aesthetics, woodgrain textures and deeply personal faith.

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Netflix Acquires ‘I Am Frankelda,’ Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature

By Dan Sarto | Friday, February 20, 2026 at 4:25pm

Streamer picks up Arturo and Roy Ambriz’s Annie Award-nominated film about an ignored 19th-century writer who must confront the monsters she created in her subconscious to restore the balance between fiction and reality; global 2026 release set.

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Cardiff Animation Festival Reveals First 2026 Program Highlights

Returning for its 9th edition, the festival will take over Chapter Arts Centre April 23-26 with a mix of special screenings, guest speakers, and events for industry professionals and animation lovers. 

From Frosty to Nausicaä ANIMATIONWorld

Rankin/Bass, Topcraft, Ghibli, Rudolph and Dragons!

Anime columnist Andrew Osmond delves into the knotty history linking ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,’ ‘The Flight of Dragons,’ and the classic ‘Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind.’

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LAIKA Sets ‘Wildwood’ Release Through Fathom, FilmNation

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 9:25am

The studio’s upcoming animated fantasy, about a girl’s quest to save her baby brother within a forbidden forest, featuring an all-star cast led by Carey Mulligan and Jacob Tremblay, will hit U.S. theaters on October 23; global sales to launch next month at European Film Market.

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Tiny Chef, Nex Playground Partner for Motion-Based Cooking Game

The interactive ‘Tiny Chef: Cooking with Fwends’ invites players to cook alongside the diminutive gourmand and friends using full-body movement in playful culinary challenges.

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GKIDS Acquires U.S. Rights to ‘Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom’

The upcoming stop-motion animated comedy from Aardman and STUDIOCANAL marks the feature directorial debut of Steve Cox and Matthew Walker; starring Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, and Kate Harbour, film slated for theatrical release by Halloween 2026.

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Tiny Chef Takes Over the California Academy of Sciences

Opening this past Saturday, the new planetarium film and exhibit celebrates regeneration and climate action through the beloved character’s whimsical felted lens.

Excellence in Stop-Motion ANIMATIONWorld

Chris Lavis Talks ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker discusses his and Maciek Szczerbowski’s latest stop-motion tour de force, how the tough decision to cut 3 minutes was the right call, and how a ‘beautiful film’ is easily forgotten if the story doesn’t move the audience.

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