a showcase of stop-motion and puppetry films
Moving Things Film Festival showcases some of the best puppetry and stop frame films, while providing a platform for new artists in the field of stop frame animation, using puppetry or 3-dimensional objects in creative new media projects.
This year's festival will again showcase a new collection of provocative short films curated by Heather Henson, daughter of Jim Henson of the Muppets. Two Aardman collections will celebrate the weird and wonderful animation of this wildly creative studio. The latest in the cutting-edge political satire that is ZANews news will be presented, as well as a look into the genius behind Handspring Puppet Company's War Horse. A collection of short films for connoisseurs features local film-makers, and as well as a mini retrospective of early films by Czech legend Jan Svankmajer. Local and international talent is brought together in a collection of short films for the whole family, many of which are being shown for the first time. A feature-length documentary by David Soll, Puppet, is a fascinating journey that interweaves the fraught history of American puppetry with an intimate thread following the creation of a complex puppet work, while The Emotional Life of Inanimate Objects showcases the evocative experimental films from the internationally recognized visual/performance artist and experimental filmmaker Janie Geiser.
A number of exciting film workshops will run concurrently with the festival. Facilitated by experts in the field, they will focus on stop-motion, puppetry and pixelation and will suit participants of varying ages and levels of experience.
