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 ...
When Guillermo del Toro first set out to make a dark, animated version of Pinocchio 15 years ago, he opted to set his tale of puppets and their string-pulling masters in 1930s fascist Italy. The ...
No other country is as closely associated with puppet animation as Poland. This tradition was begun in the early 20th century by Wladyslaw Starewicz. After World War II, filmmakers piggy-backed on the ...