‘The Craft of Stop-Motion’ invites audiences to explore one of the most meticulous and magical art forms with acclaimed cinematographer Tristan Oliver and wonderful animator Maraike Kraemer. From handcrafted sets to frame-by-frame storytelling, you’ll get an insight into the creation of some of the most iconic stop-motion productions. Through clips, anecdotes, and deep dives, this event explores how patience, precision, and creativity come together to bring inanimate worlds to life.

Tristan Oliver’s work includes Oscar winners, ‘Wrong Trousers’, ‘A Close Shave’ and ‘Curse of the Wererabbit’, BAFTA winners ‘Stage Fright’ and ‘The Big Story’ as well as ‘Chicken Run’ and Oscar-nominated films: ‘ParaNorman’, ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ and ‘Isle of Dogs’. He was model unit DOP on ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, ‘The French Dispatch’, ‘Asteroid City' and 'Poor Things'. 

Maraike Kraemer is a stop-motion animator known for her impressive work on ‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’, ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ and the most recent series of ‘Shaun the Sheep’

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