🎮 Claymation shmup legend is back! Platypus Reclayed launches Sept 18 with 4K clay visuals, co-op, new stages & modding support. 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/platypus-recla… #PlatypusReclayed #ClayAnimation #StopMotion #IndieGames #Shmup #RetroGaming #GameRelease

🎥 StopTrik International Film Festival 2025 (Sept 24–28, Maribor, Slovenia) announces full lineup: 71 stop-motion films from 31 countries 🌍 Full story: stopmotionmagazine.com/stoptrik-inter… #StopTrik #StopTrik2025 #StopMotion #AnimationFestival

🎬 The 32nd Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival lands in Kraków this October! Animation, student films, workshops & global premieres. Read more 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/etiuda-and-ani… #EtiudaAndAnima #AnimationFestival #StopMotion #Krakow

🚗✨ Mattel enters the world of construction play with the launch of Mattel Brick Shop! Their first release: Hot Wheels–themed building sets in multiple scales. Read more: stopmotionmagazine.com/mattel-brick-s… #MattelBrickShop #HotWheels #StopMotion

🎬 Ottawa is set to host the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2025 Sept 24–28! 72 shorts, 6 features, series & student films, plus events across the city. Read the full story 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/ottawa-interna… #OIAF2025 #AnimationFestival #StopMotion

LightBox Expo 2025 🎨 returns Oct 24–26 in Pasadena! This year honors Tim Burton & Stan Winston, plus a 20th Anniversary look back at Corpse Bride. 🕯️✨ 🔗 stopmotionmagazine.com/lightbox-expo-… #LightBoxExpo #CorpseBride #StopMotion #TimBurton

🎃 LAIKA’s ParaNorman returns to theaters Oct 2025 in remastered 3D & 2D! 👻 Includes a new short: ParaNorman: The Thrifting starring Anna Kendrick & Finn Wolfhard. Details 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/paranorman-ret… #ParaNorman #LAIKA #StopMotion #Animation #Halloween2025

🚨 Anifilm 2026 is calling for entries! Submit your animated films, VR projects, games & more by Dec 31, 2025. Festival runs May 5–10 in Liberec, CZ. 🎬 Details 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/anifilm-2026-c… #Anifilm2026 #AnimationFestival #StopMotion #CallForEntries

Rainbow penguins take flight! 🐧✨ Stop-motion preschool series Sissi & Caesar lands broadcaster support in Spain & Chile. 🌍 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/sissi-caesar-s… #StopMotion #Animation #SissiAndCaesar #PreschoolAnimation #CartoonForum

🎬 Animators — speed up your lip-sync! Our new Viseme Calculator makes assigning mouth shapes in Dragonframe or Lip Sync Pro lightning fast ⚡. 💡 Try it FREE: stopmotionmagazine.com/lipsync-calcul… 🔒 Soon: subscriber-only ($5/mo). #StopMotion #AnimationTools #LipSync #Dragonframe #LipSyncPro

✨ Rediscovered after years! The 1st Draft of the Resource Manual for Molding & Casting is now live as a free 3D flipbook. 👉 Read here: stopmotionmagazine.com/manual-for-mol… Support more resources like this for just $5/mo! 🙌 #StopMotion #Casting #DIYFX

🚨 Stop Motion Magazine needs your support! 🚨 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/relaunch-fundr… We’re relaunching with quarterly issues, subscriber tools, & global coverage — but we can’t do it without the community. #StopMotion #Animation #Fundraiser #SupportIndieArts

🍂 Mondo debuts the first-ever Over the Garden Wall figures + vinyl soundtrack! Wirt, Greg & Beatrice lead the way in this limited edition release. 🎶✨ Full story 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/over-the-garde… #OverTheGardenWall #Mondo #Animation

Italy’s Playing God by Studio Croma is taking the festival world by storm — Tribeca, Venice, Annecy — and now Oscar® consideration. A stop-motion short that blends horror, clay, & puppet craft. 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/playing-god-st… #StopMotion #Animation #PlayingGod #StudioCroma

The stop-motion short My Gut Friend by Can Can Club & Primo Studio has been selected for Italy’s Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione 2025! 🎥✨ Full story 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/my-gut-friend-… #StopMotion #AnimationFestival #MyGutFriend

The Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione 2025 runs Nov 15–23 across Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 🇮🇹 Screenings, workshops & international shorts — a true celebration of animation! 🎬 Read more: stopmotionmagazine.com/piccolo-festiv… #AnimationFestival #StopMotion #AnimatedShorts

Director Yoo Lee revives stop-motion for documentary 🎥🌼 Her film A Man Who Takes Pictures of Flowers honors photographer Kim Jung-myung with puppetry, photos & archives. Full article: stopmotionmagazine.com/yoo-lee-stop-m… #StopMotion #Animation #Documentary #BusanFilmFestival

🎬 Mama Micra by Rebecca Blöcher is a heartfelt stop-motion doc about a mother’s unconventional life — from palaces to 10 years in a tiny car — and her daughter’s search for reconnection. 📍 Screening at Etiuda&Anima 2025. 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/mama-micra-sto… #StopMotion #MamaMicra

🙏 Thank you to our first 5 fundraiser supporters! We’ve already raised $205 (2% of our goal!) to relaunch Stop Motion Magazine. Help us keep stop-motion alive, frame by frame: 🔗 stopmotionmagazine.com/relaunch-fundr… #StopMotion #Animation #SupportIndie

🌱✨ Freak of Nature by Alexandra Lermer is a hand-crafted stop-motion short made from recycled materials — and it’s already winning major festival awards. Read the full feature 👉 stopmotionmagazine.com/freak-of-natur… #StopMotion #FreakOfNature #Animation