Fashions come and go, but Estonia is still betting on puppet and stop-motion animation. “It may not be mainstream anymore, but Estonian stop-motion is still thriving, with many directors choosing it ...

Welcome to Series Craft, a new site feature in which we explore a particular creative facet of animation production in depth and discuss the choices that lead to the finished result. In this ...

“Anomalisa,” one of the great films of 2015, is an R-rated animated feature about adults, made for adults. It represents a breakthrough not in terms of technology, though it’s technically expert, but ...

The most amazing movie of the year was never meant to be a movie. A stop-motion animated feature so powerfully poignant you forget you’re watching puppets (except when directors Duke Johnson and ...

Tired of the slow pace of animation production? A new tool is on hand — literally — to help speed things up. Mr. Puppet Animation System is the brainchild of Thinko, a young New York studio with a ...

You’ve heard of math savants and chess geniuses, but Barnaby Dixon might be a young prodigy when it comes to designing puppets. His latest creation is easily the most detailed and animated finger ...