2018 Call for Entries by July 31st!

The non-red carpet celebration of the worldwide stop motion animation strikes again! We're looking for the best 3-dimensional hand-made films, experimental and traditional alike. Whether made in the studios, arts colleges, "Joe's garage" or after-hours in your atelier we are eager to see them all, meet you on the festival, engage you in the discussions, workshops, exhibitions and parties that stimulate us throughout the whole festival time twice, in Slovenia and Poland. We want your work, your art and craft, to be discussed and recognized by other Artists and Experts, and above all by the Audience, the main Jury of StopTrik IFF, coming to the Festival from all imaginable contexts of urban life, looking in your films for emotions, wisdom, entertainment and amazement.

“International Stop Motion Competition” and “The Borderlands Competition” will take place in Maribor on 04. - 07. 10. 2018 and Łódź on 09.-11. 11. 2018.

We are waiting for your submissions until 31/ 07/ 2018. The list of accepted films will be announced no later than 20/ 08/ 2018. Submission to 8. StopTrik IFF is free of charge.

Download entry form & regulations from here.

Films accepted to the competitions should last no longer than 30 minutes and be realized after 01/ 01/ 2016. Delivery of film copy along with signed documents (regulations, entry form) is a condition for successful submission. Submissions may be delivered either by tradition post service (delivery address: Michał Bobrowski, StopTrik International Film Festival, ul. Rzeźnicza 20/80, 31-540, Kraków, Poland) or by online transfer (please send email to stoptrikfestival@gmail.com, including required documents and link for downloading film copy from e.g. wetransfer.com, dropbox.com etc).

StopTrik IFF is a stop motion animation film festival therefore competitions are open for films that use stop motion means of expression (puppet/ clay/ cut-out/ objects/ loose materials/ pixilation etc).

The best films will be awarded with following awards: (1) MARIBOR AUDIENCE GRAND PRIX, (2) LODZ AUDIENCE GRAND PRIX, (3) MARIBOR STUDENTS AWARD FOR BEST STOP MOTION ANIMATION, (4) LODZ STUDENTS AWARD FOR BEST STOP MOTION ANIMATION, (5) THE BORDERLANDS MARIBOR GRAND PRIX, (6) THE BORDERLANDS LODZ GRAND PRIX, (7) MARIBOR STUDENTS AWARD FOR BEST FILM OF THE BORDERLANDS, (8) LODZ STUDENTS AWARD FOR BEST FILM OF THE BORDERLANDS, (9) SPECIAL MENTIONS.

In case of any questions do not hesitate to contact us at stoptrikfestival@gmail.com.