These days even a fledgling filmmaker who has access to a computer and a couple of programs can create practically any sort of digital images he or she desires. So why would anyone want to return to ...

If you thought Mexican animation had already reached its creative peak, think again. "Soy Frankelda" is creeping in from the shadows to rewrite everything we thought we knew about storytelling, horror ...

New Europe Film Sales has closed distribution deals for stop-motion animation “Tales From the Magic Garden” with buyers in multiple territories, ahead of its screenings next week at the Annecy Intl.

The textbook definition of stop-motion animation is “to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own.” That’s too mechanical a description for an art form where artists like Ray ...

Creative Capers Entertainment co-founders Terry Shakespeare and David Molina created short stop-motion films to accompany their favorite snippets of Walt Disney interviews for their series The ...

A stop-motion samurai film — that's the germ of an idea that grew into the sprawling fantasy film, Kubo and the Two Strings. It's a coming-of-age epic set in fantasy Japan about a young storyteller ...

Guillermo del Toro, the filmmaker behind Pan's Labyrinth and The Shape of Water, has pursued his version of Pinocchio for years — a stop-motion animated adventure set in fascist Italy pre-World War II ...

This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis. With “Missing Link” landing in theaters on Friday, ...

For the acclaimed director, writer and animator Henry Selick, stop-motion animation is magic. It’s a distinctly beautiful cinematic form, with everything from detailed puppets to vast sets brought to ...

Star Wars was a game-changer — not only for science fiction on screen but for all of cinema history to come. However, when it comes to the actual filmmaking techniques pioneered in Star Wars, it would ...