Stopmotion (2024)
Director: Robert Morgan Run Time: 93 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Aisling Franciosi, Caoilinn Springall, James Swanton, Stella Gonet, Tom York
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
About the film:
Best Director, 2023 Fantastic Fest
Special Jury Award, 2023 Sitges Film Festival
Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, who embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.
“A deeply upsetting and utterly enthralling cinematic experience… Call it festival madness, but this may just be one of the best films of the year.”
—Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central
About the filmmaker:
Robert Morgan is a British filmmaker, director and writer making his feature debut with Stopmotion (2024). He directed award-winning short films, including The Cat with Hands (2001), The Separation (2003), his first fully live-action short Monsters (2004), and the BAFTA-nominated Bobby Yeah (2011). He also directed the “D is for Deloused” segment of the ABCs of Death 2 (2014). A lifelong fan of cinema, Morgan first developed his passion at the age of three when his uncle showed him Fiend Without A Face (1958) on an 8mm projector. He went on to study Animation Filmmaking at The Surrey Institute Of Art And Design.
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