Short Films

Amanda Strong and Pamela Post’s award-winning short pairs outstanding artistry with a Ts’msyen family story of cultural reclamation.

Wad Is, Is Nu Uses Stop Motion to Explore a Fragile Ecosystem Wad Is, Is Nu is a short stop-motion film from Dutch studio 5 A.M. that turns a fragile...

Stitching Reality: El Cuerpo de Cristo and a Hybrid Path Forward for Handmade Animation El Cuerpo de Cristo is a film that has been repeatedly mistaken for stop-motion animation—and that...

The Offseason – Episode 1: A Handmade, Absurd Stop-Motion Introduction The Offseason – Episode 1 is a short, absurd stop-motion film by indie artists Henry Danielson and Sophia Kolak, and...

Shepherds of the Moon: A Handmade Stop-Motion Sci-Fi Vignette Shepherds of the Moon is a short, focused stop-motion film that leans into the strengths of handcrafted animation. Adapted from The...

Impossible Maladies is a stop-motion short film by Alice Tambellini and Stefano Tambellini, a sibling filmmaking duo whose work blends handcrafted animation with a darkly playful sense of humor. Produced...

Mark Osborne’s MORE and the Cost of Ambition Released in 1998, MORE is a stop-motion mixed-media short film written and directed by Mark Osborne that stands as one of the...

Mickey & Minnie Holiday Songs Go Stop Motion Disney Jr’s 2025 holiday programming includes a small but noteworthy project for animation fans: Mickey & Minnie Holiday Songs: Christmas Shorts, a...

Toe by Neal O’Bryan & Chad Thurman: A Creeping Stop-Motion Horror Short The stop-motion horror short Toe, released on ALTER’s YouTube channel, is a masterclass in minimalist dread. Clocking in...

Eric Bernhagen’s My Greedy Friend: Childlike Surrealism and Stop Motion as Emotional Texture In the vast and often noisy landscape of internet filmmaking, certain shorts manage to cut through by...

Brontë: A Beautifully Handmade Stop-Motion Short from a Rising Young Animator Brontë is a remarkable reminder that some of the most affecting stop-motion films are born not in large studios,...

Diptera: A Haunting Stop Motion Meditation on Guilt and Decay Diptera is a chilling stop motion short film that lingers long after its brief runtime ends. Created as a fourth-year thesis...

Framed - A Noir Stop-Motion Allegory About Control, Identity, and the Puppet Condition In Framed (2017), director Marco Jemolo delivers a stark, noir-inspired stop-motion short that uses the physical language...

La vieja y el cuervo (The Old Hag and the Crow): A Dark Folk Tale in Stop Motion La vieja y el cuervo (The Old Hag and the Crow) is a...

赤い蝋燭と人魚（The Red Candles and the Mermaid): A Tragic Japanese Fairy Tale Reimagined in Stop Motion Stop motion has long proven itself to be an ideal medium for fairy tales that...