Eisnasen
2024 · 8m
Directed by Veronica L. Montaño, Joel Hofmann
Genres: animation, family, fantasy
Tones: absurdist, tender, whimsical
Bo and Moco live in an icy cold world. When Moco blames the ice for his snotty nose and starts melting it with a Bunsen burner, Bo tries to repair the damage with needle and yarn. A stop-motion winter tale.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Stop-motion winter fable with a kid literally using a Bunsen burner to melt the world—it's absurdist enough to work, though the whimsy doesn't quite push past the expected cuteness barrier that keeps it from being truly subversive.
A formally assured chamber piece in yarn and ice, where Montaño and Hofmann's control of tactile material and pacing recalls the disciplined restraint of Eastern European animation traditions, each frame considered as carefully as the next stitch.
The decision to make the repair itself—Bo's needle-and-yarn mending—the emotional core rather than the absurdist setup elevates this from a premise into something genuine; that single choice transforms whimsy into tenderness and makes every small-budget puppet moment count.
Reviews
We really like Parabella Studios. Both of them have a really creative way to use stop-motion. It's really playful, colourful and wonderfully animated.