The Last of His Kind

November 18, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments

Pjotr Sapegin’s stop-motion short The Last Norwegian Troll offers a lovely mix of humor and poetry. How do you make a beautifully crafted stop-motion short about a confused troll living in modern-day Norway which is both funny and strangely poignant? For the answer to that question, you may have to [...]

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‘Last Norwegian Troll’ Grabs Fantastic Fest Prize

September 27, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Pjotr Sapegin’s charming stop-motion animated short The Last Norwegian Troll is having a great week. After picking up a special mention honor for Best Narrative Short at the Ottawa Festival, the 13-minute short received the Best Animated Short prize at the Fantastic Festival in Las Vegas this weekend. Produced by [...]

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‘Dead But Not Buried,’ ‘Moxie’ Win at Ottawa

September 26, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Indie British animator Phil Mulloy’s Dead But Not Buried won the Best Animated Feature Award at the 2011 Ottawa International Animation Festival this weekend. The fact that Mulloy also took the same prize last year at the fest for the film’s prequel Goodbye Mister Christie must set some sort of [...]

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