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. More on Stop Motion Magazine: stopmotionmagazine.com/wad-is-is-nu...

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. stopmotionmagazine.com/el-cuerpo-de...

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. Read the full article: stopmotionmagazine.com/stop-motion-...

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. stopmotionmagazine.com/bbc-trails-w...

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. Read the full article: stopmotionmagazine.com/impossible-m... #stopmotion #animation #shortfilm

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. stopmotionmagazine.com/dennys-rudol... #StopMotion #Rudolph #Animation

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. Our full article explores the film’s production, themes, and legacy: stopmotionmagazine.com/mark-osborne...

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. Read more on Stop Motion Magazine: stopmotionmagazine.com/mickey-minni... #StopMotion #Animation

Buffalo Wild Wings’ Hank the Halls embraces the look and timing of classic stop-motion holiday animation. Animation by HouseSpecial, creative by Anomaly. stopmotionmagazine.com/buffalo-wild... #StopMotion #AnimationCommunity #CommercialAnimation #HouseSpecial

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. Read the full article: stopmotionmagazine.com/toe-by-neal-... #StopMotion #StopMotionHorror #IndieAnimation #ALTER

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. stopmotionmagazine.com/tiny-chef-ca... #TinyChef #StopMotionAnimation #AnimationExhibits

Disturbing, weird, and strangely childlike — My Greedy Friend by Eric Bernhagen uses stop motion effects to quietly destabilize its live-action world. We explore the short and Bernhagen’s broader surreal body of work on Stop Motion Magazine: stopmotionmagazine.com/eric-bernhag... #SurrealFilm

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).” stopmotionmagazine.com/finn-wolfhar... #FinnWolfhard #GeorgeHarrison #GiveMeLove

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-... #StopMotion #YoungAnimator

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. Read the full article: stopmotionmagazine.com/diptera-stop... #Diptera #StopMotion #StopMotionAnimation

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. Read more: stopmotionmagazine.com/piirongin-pi...

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. Read the full article: stopmotionmagazine.com/the-bones/ #stopmotion #animation

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. stopmotionmagazine.com/38-the-tiny-...

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. Read our full feature: stopmotionmagazine.com/humantis-par...

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. Read more: stopmotionmagazine.com/disneys-zoot... #stopmotion #zootopia #animation