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StopTrik IFF is a unique international celebration of worldwide stop motion animation. In a period of one month Slovenian city Maribor and Lodz in Poland become alternative capitals of animation thanks to the festival of highest quality film programme, spectacular additional events and inventive professional workshops of stop motion technique.

StopTrik vibe fully engages the audience and tears down the “red carpet” barriers – the attendants, the guests and the organizers spend time together watching films, discussing tradition and new trends of animation, creating and partying at the end of the day. StopTrik IFF builds truly new relationship between the audiences and the artists through positioning viewers in the role of jurors who decide about the verdicts of the international competitions. StopTrik IFF was born in Maribor and throughout ten years of existence it has become recognized and appreciated reference on the international scene of artistic animation. The mission of the Festival is point attention of all its Participants not only to the splendor of stop motion traditions and practical aspects of animation filmmaking, but also to the value of critical, aware and active conduct of cultural activism through festival discussions, interventions and interactions, film education and academic reflection.

International dimension of the festival becomes clearly visible through artistic programme (during former editions StopTrik IFF competitions and retrospectives presented outstanding stop motion achievements from all continents), strong regional, European and intercontinental networking with various cultural institutions, outstanding partner and friendly animation festivals, as well as fruitful and creative cooperation with festival co-organizers in Poland.

Year established: 2011

Is this festival exclusively animation?: Yes - this is exclusively an animation festival

Is there a marketplace at this festival?: No

Physical event or online?: Physical Festival