11th StopTrik IFF official selection: competition programmes and panorama

60 recent, stop motion and stop motion-experimental shorts will be presented this year on 11th StopTrik IFF in Maribor (Slovenia) and Lodz (Poland).

In the words of StopTrik IFF Program Director, Michał Bobrowski who is responsible for the festival selection process: “Unexpectedly, after the terrible year for the film festival culture, we've been overwhelmed with brilliant, daring and thought-provoking submissions; rejecting the films is always the hardest part of the selector's job, but this year it was especially demanding, I'm greatly satisfied with the programme but this doesn't mean I have no regrets.”

Similarly to the previous years, the winners of the StopTrik IFF will be chosen by the Audiences gathered at the screenings in Slovenia and Poland. The groups of Maribor and Lodz students will deliver their separate verdicts.

International Stop Motion Competition, a 3-part programme which highlights newest worldwide accomplishments of the animation filmmakers using traditional stop motion techniques (puppet, clay, pixilation, cut-own, object animation, etc.), consists of 26 films. Among the selected titles one finds already acclaimed “hot-picks” of the season such as Hugo Covarrubias' BESTIA (Chile), Kang-min Kim's KKUM (South Korea, USA), or Julia Orlik's I'M HERE (Poland) as well as the works of new-comers to stop motion animation. We are especially honored to host the world premiere of Miloš Tomić's MY FATHER'S DAMN CAMERA, proudly produced by Maribor's own Film Factory, and inspired by the photography art of Dragiša Modrinjak, a master of photography from Maribor. 1-set programme of The Borderlands Competition includes 15 animated films that experiment with stop motion techniques by combining them with other animation or live-action filmmaking procedures. Among the competing titles the Audiences will watch Paul Bush's ORGIASTIC HYPER-PLASTIC (UK), Paul Wenninger's O (Austria) but also a strongly engaging example of protest animation #polish_women_resistance made by nearly 50 young animators in the midst of the most significant political and social rebellion in Poland after 1989. Non-competitive Panorama programme showcases 20 films of artistic potential and intellectually inspiring content that should not go overlooked by the festival's Audiences for they present unique visions of the world and sharply mediate social and political criticism.

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