Handmade - A Tale of Stop-motion (2023)

05/05/2023 (ET) • 58m

Documentary, Animation

Overview

A documentary about an old animation technique and the film studio that tries to carry on the legacy. The worlds oldest animation studio still making film with stop motion technique is Nukufilm located in Tallinn, Estland. Here we can follow the work in the studio which was founded in the Soviet era and has survived heavy censorship and global competition.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

puppet master

stop motion

puppetry

estonia

struggle for independence

puppets

russian art

independent film

documentary

practical special effects

creative storytelling

puppet animation

animation

soviet

estonian art

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