The 8th StopTrik IFFestival (4-7.10.18, Maribor and 9-11.11.18, Lodz), selected overall 51 films; 36 in the two main competitions (International Competition and The Borderlands Competition) and 15 films in the Panorama section (selection by StopTrik IFF Programme Director, Michał Bobrowski).

You can find here films like the always fishy The Burden by Niki Lindroth von Bahr,  the Estonian church delight of Mary and the 7 Dwarfs by Riho Unt, the politically-tinted Untravel (Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak  Jr.),  the French black comedy of Death, Dad and Son (Walgenwitz & Winschlus) - even music videos, like Joseph Wallace's piece Edith Piaf Said it Better than Me [our review].

51 selected films trigger off admiration, reflection, sadness, shock and laughter, but never indifference or boredom. The cinema is about thrills, shivers, hopes and emotions. Animation adds up to this a radiant joy of experiencing intimate visions materializing in clay, puppets, objects, threads or coffee grains, or any other movable substance. It’s smaller than reality, but bigger than life!  - Olga Bobrowska, Artistic director and Michał Bobrowski, Programme Director

Untravel

The full line-up:

International Stop Motion Competition
26 films from Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, UK, USA

About Our Astronauts/ A kak nashi kosmonavti, dir. Galina Golubeva, prod. Soyuzmultfilm, 2018, Russia, 7'20''
Animated Poems – Who Laid the Egg on the Boot?, dir. & prod. Vinicius Testa, Vitor Testa, 2018, Brazil, 1'44''
Basket, The/ Tokri, dir. Suresh Eriyat, prod. Studio Eeksaurus, 2017, India, 14'20''
Burden, The/ Min Börda, dir. Niki Lindroth von Bahr, prod. Malade AB, 2017, Sweden, 13'
Cabin Pressure, dir. & prod. Matthew Lee, 2017, UK, 3'15''
Cerulia, dir. Sofia Carrillo, prod. Mexican 2017, Mexico, 12'56''
Connoisseur/ Smakosz, dir. Daria Godyń, prod. Academy of Fine Arts Krakow, 2017, Poland, 6'19''
Cream, dir. Lena Ólafsdóttir, prod. The Animation Workshops, 2017, Denmark, 4'44''
Death, Dad and Son, The, dir. Walgenwitz & Winschluss, prod. Je suis bien content, Schumby Productions, France, 13'02''
Dialogues/ Dialogi, prod. Monika Kuczyniecka, prod. National Audiovisual Institute, 2016, Poland, 6'05''
Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me) – Sparks, dir. & prod. Joseph Wallace, 2017, UK, 3'45''
Finity Calling, dir. Jasper Kuipers, prod. seriousFilm, 2018, The Netherlands/ Belgium, 15'
How the Black Hole Begins/ Bajka o powstaniu czarnej dziury, dir. Karolina Gołębiowska, prod. Arts Academy Szczecin, Poland, 4'22''
Mary and 7 Dwarfs/ Maria ja 7 pöialpoissi, dir. Riho Unt, prod. Nukufilm, 2018, Estonia, 12'30''
Mr. Deer/ Aghaye Gavazn, dir. Mojtaba Mousavi, prod. RPTCA, 2018, Iran, 9'
Musical Traumas/ Muzičke traume, dir. Miloš Tomić, prod. Dribbling Pictures, 2018, Serbia, 10'26''
My Little Goat/ マイリトルゴート, dir. Tomoki Misato, prod. Tokyo University of the Arts, 2018, Japan, 10'13''
Past is Growing/ Prošlost raste, dir. Dea Jagić, prod. Zagreb film, Croatia, 8'15''
Protoplasm/ Protoplazma, dir. Katrin Novaković, prod. Zagreb film, ALU, 2017, Croatia, 4'53''
Relation•Ship, dir. Zoey Lin, Kun Xia, prod. Zoey Lin, 2018, USA, 3'16''
REM, dir. Artur Hanaj, prod. Film School Lodz, 2017, Poland, 3'
Sowing/ Säen, dir. Maryna Miliushchanka, prod. Kunsthochschule Kassel, 2018, Germany, 7'24''
Stone, A/ Kamień, dir. & prod. Marcin Ożóg, 2018, Poland, 4'49''
Trip, dir. Marko Meštrović, prod. Kreativni sindikat, 2017, Croatia, 10'40''
Untravel, dir. Ana Nedeljković, Nikola Majdak Jr., prod. Bas Celik, 2018, Serbia/ Slovakia, 9'25''
Whiteland/ Belosnejye, dir. Ira Elshansky, prod. Soyuzmultfilm, 2018, Russia, 6'42''

The Borderlands Competition
10 films from Austria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Spain, Switzerland, UK

A Love Letter to the One I Made Up/ Michtav ahava le’bahur she’hemtzeti/ מכתב אהבה לבחו שהמצאתי, dir. Rachel Gutgarts, prod. Bezalel Academy, 2017, Israel, 6'05''
ABEO, dir. Brenda M. Lopez Zepeda, prod. Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema – Concordia University, 2018, Canada, 7'
Ditch, The/ Areka, dir. Collective, prod. Lekuk Kultur Elkaretea, 2017, Spain, 6'35''
Elegy, dir. Paul Bush, prod. Ancient Mariner Productions, Schattenkabinett, 2017, UK/ Switzerland, 6'
EX TERRAT, dir. & prod. Reinhold Bidner, 2016, Austria/France, 5'45''
From Under Which Rock Did They Crawl Out/ Ispod kojeg li su samo kamena ispuzali, dir. Daniel Šuljić, prod. Kreativni sindikat, Zagreb film, 2018, Croatia, 6'
In a Nutshell, dir. Fabio Friedli, prod. YK Animation Studio, 2016, Switzerland, 5'34''
Mouth(s)/ Bouche(s), dir. & prod. Mathieu Girard, 2017, Canada, 3'56''
Sog, dir. Jonatan Schwenk, prod. Offenbach University of Art and Design, 2017, Germany, 10'14''
When Time Moves Faster, dir. & prod. Anna Vasof, 2016, Austria/Canada/Greece, 6'30''

Panorama (non-competitive section)
15 films from Austria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Israel, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, UK, USA, Uzbekistan

300g/m2, 2018, dir. Kamila Kucikova, prod. Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia/Slovakia, 5'33''
39 Weeks, 6 Days/ 39 týždňov, 6 dní, dir. Joanna Kożuch, Boris Šima, prod. plackartnyj, Bfilm, 2017, Slovakia, 7'52''
Blue Key/ U plavom ključu, dir. Jelena Bešir, prod. Academic Film Center, 2018, Serbia, 8'45''
Chaste Susanne/ Die Keusche Susanne, dir. Catrina David, Fabian Anger, Hannes Müller, Julia Ritter, prod. University of Vienna, 2017, Austria, 2'11''
Cleaning in Progress, dir. Grant Holden, prod. Edinburgh College of Art, UK, 2018, 6'30''
Crush, dir. & prod. La Academia de Animación (collective), 2017, Spain, 1'43''
Last Cruise, The, dir. Hristina Belousova, prod. Dante Rustav Films, 2018, Uzbekistan, 1'23''
Dustrolls/ Tolmurullid, dir. Katariina Aule, prod. Estonian Academy of Arts, 2017, Estonia, 7'31''
Letting Go/ Lahtilaskmise lugu, dir. Ülo Pikkov, prod. Silmviburlane, 2017, Estonia/Denmark, 10'44''
Metum, dir. Collective, prod. ZVVIKS, 2017, Slovenia, 1'42''
No Peace in the Studio/ Nikoli ni miru, dir. Žoel Kastelic, prod. Academy of Fine Arts and Design Ljubljana, 2018, Slovenia, 1'53''
Non-rainy Philosophy/ Philosophie non-pluviale, dir. Fran Gondi, prod. EMCA School Animation, 2017, France, 6'45''
Tobacco Shop, The, dir. Gili Shaanan, prod. Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, 2017, Israel, 1'52''
Tulipomania: On the Outside [Spinello remix], dir. Cheryl Gelover, Tom Murray, prod. Tulipomania, 2018, USA, 4'37''
Warsaw/ Warszawa, dir. Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi, prod. LeLe production, 2017, Poland, 2'40''

The 8th StopTrik IFFestival takes place 4-7.10.18, Maribor and 9-11.11.18, Lodz.