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What makes #MoStopMo stand out from every other festival?

All Qualifying Submissions to The #MoStopMo Stop Motion Shorts Festival receive individual feedback on their animated short.  Official Selections receive feedback from our Juror Panel of acclaimed and award-winning Animation Industry Professionals, according to their field of expertise!

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Chirp Talker - Taiwan

Audrey He-Qing Cheng 

G

Audrey delights in the flutter of tiny birds. Their chirps sound like cheerful hellos and playful spats, inspiring her to invent a bird-language translator that unlocks their secret conversations.

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Merlyn's Beard! - UK

Almudena Zúñiga

G

Merlyn, a transgender wizard, really wants a beard to match his idols. As his attempts to make a beard go wrong, his companion Merp helps him realize he is awesome just the way he is.

Cloudy Day - Poland

Maryana Rudakova

G

A little cloud lives in her flat and cares for the micro world below. But one day there are so many problems that the cloud can no longer cope.

Page. - Canada

Michael Kohlweg

G

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Transport to Calgary’s Central Library where Page, our hero, discovers a magical world exists where books come to life after the Library closes. 

Ce Que Je Vois - Belguim

Maï Calon

G

‘Ce Que Je Vois‘ is a sensory stop motion film that immerses you in a poetic exploration of a tree.

Tarot - China

Yuxin Cheng

PG

A young man, exhausted from endless job hunting, encounters a mysterious old lady on a night bus. Noticing his inner conflicts, the old lady offers the young man a tarot reading. 

Humantis - US

Paris Baillie

PG

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When one Humantis unexpectedly goes through a physical transformation, it struggles to adapt and grow into its new self.

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Burnout - UK

Matthew Hendry,
Tolli Myers

13

A character trapped in a furious cycle of work, as mounting stress begins to unravel him. Born from this inner turmoil, an uncontrollable force emerges, wreaking havoc in its wake. 

The Shadow Of Dawn - Estonia

Olga Stalev

13

The beautiful Dawn scoffs a Woodcutter offering his love to her, cursing them both to their shadow selves, which can only be fixed by a true reckoning.  

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Taste of Me - Mexico

Alexa Sánchez

R

A man and a woman cooking dinner for each other, begin to include parts of their own bodies in the dishes, so that when they eat, they´ll become a part of each other forever.

DOUBLE OR NOTHING - Switzerland

Tokay

R

1980s Tokyo; real estate shark Akio Kashiwagi's great passion is illegal gambling. An American detective, on his tail, knows the only way to retrieve the stolen money is to win it at the gambling table. 

The Dog - IRAN

Sogand Vatankhah

13

A man gets lost in the desert with his dog. Suddenly, an accident occurs, and the man and the dog must find a way to save themselves.

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Novyny (NEWS) - Ukraine

Sergii Bublyk

13

An animated music video about the mutual influence between news and people: how news affects people, how people shape events, and how events in turn become news. 

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An Honorable Mention to the Film Makers from around the globe
who submitted to 
SEASON SIX  of our Stop Motion Shorts Festival !!! 

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