Fashions come and go, but Estonia is still betting on puppet and stop-motion animation. "It may not be mainstream anymore, but Estonian stop-motion is still thriving, with many directors choosing ...

Fashions come and go, but Estonia is still betting on puppet and stop-motion animation. “It may not be mainstream anymore, but Estonian stop-motion is still thriving, with many directors choosing it ...

“Stop-motion is more expensive in comparison with computer-made films, and co-production is also trickier. Since there are actual puppets and sets, a major part of the film can’t be done online.

Director Isaiah Saxon got his start making otherworldly videos for Grizzly Bear and Björk. For his debut feature, a large team created a creature the old-fashioned way.

Stop-motion is painstaking — it really does take 24 frames to produce one second of footage — but it’s not actually that dissimilar from a live-action set in terms of lighting, production ...