Stop Motion Magazine

A Charming Holiday Treat from Waaber: The 2021 Plasticine Christmas Short In 2021, animator Rich Webber—known to millions online as Waaber—released a delightful plasticine clay stop-motion short...

A Krampus Christmas: A Perfectly Playful Holiday Greeting from Screen Novelties The holiday season is officially here, and there’s no better way to kick things off than...

Google Honors The Tiny Chef with Thanksgiving Day Doodle Google marked the 2025 Thanksgiving holiday by spotlighting one of the stop-motion community’s most beloved figures: The Tiny...

The 12 Inch Pianist: A Surreal Dive into Identity Through Animation Lucas Ansel’s animated short The 12 Inch Pianist arrives on the festival circuit with a deceptively...

Aardman Celebrates 50 Years with Major Exhibition at the Young V&A Aardman Animations is marking its 50th anniversary with a landmark exhibition at the Young V&A in...

あたしだけをみて / Look at Me Only – A Standout Graduation Film from Tomoki Misato Tomoki Misato’s 2016 graduation film あたしだけをみて (Look at Me Only) is one of...

THEODOR – A Hilarious Vampire Race Against Dawn Theodor is the kind of stop-motion short that reminds us why the medium is so uniquely expressive. Created by...

Waste Away – A Surreal Stop-Motion Portrait of Survival by Elly Stern In the haunting and visually arresting short film Waste Away, filmmaker and animator Elly Stern...

Journey to Mars – Juan Pablo Zaramella’s Hand-Crafted Sci-Fi Adventure Argentinian animator Juan Pablo Zaramella has long been celebrated for blending heartfelt storytelling with whimsical, handcrafted visuals....

Tokri (The Basket): A Landmark Achievement in Indian Stop-Motion Filmmaking Directed by Suresh Eriyat | Studio Eeksaurus Independent stop-motion films rarely reach the scale, emotional depth, and...

PULSAR (1990): Katsushi Bōda’s Surreal Gypsum-Animated Breakthrough In the vast landscape of Japanese stop-motion history, Katsushi Bōda’s Pulsar (1990) stands out as a rare and boundary-pushing experiment—a...