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We are a plucky band of stop motion misfits with a shared love of puppet-making and all things weird 🌀
Design, engineer, fabrication and precision ⚙️

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Haboolm Ksinaalgat (Soul Catcher) won the Director’s Prize at SPARK CG Animation Festival!! @sparkcg

Biggest Congrats to co-director Pamela Post and our whole team🫶⚡️🌬️. by @standing.figure

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At the heart of Haboolm Ksinaalgat (SOUL CATCHER) is a true childhood story from screenwriter Pamela Post's Ts'msyen father.

Pamela Post, Amanda Strong & Spotted Fawn Productions have joined forces to tell that story. They’ve wrapped it in a gwishalaayt (Chilkat robe) of supernatural, shape-shifting Ts’msyen adventure and characters on a mission of love and reckoning, about to make its World Premiere at TIFF in September!

Big thanks to our amazing team, funders and supporters who believed in this story and long process of stop motion animation. Special shout out to actor Jesse Stretch for braving this important role of Father McTavish and Anna for your tender animation of this moment in the film.

Funded by: Canada Council For the Arts, Shaw Rocket Fund, Indigenous Screen Office, Spotted Fawn Productions, First People’s Cultural Council, and BC Arts Council. @indigenousscreen @rocketfundcanada

#tiff #soulcatcher #stopmotion #ts’msyen #animation

@pamelapostmedia @tantoo.cardinal @wuulhu @ninawerewka @markrobertwhiting @alphabrette @teataup @stretchjesse @firebeasty @dannyguay @patrickzung @anna.berezowsky @norrogers @standing.figure @terrb0t @georginahayns @inkexplodez @edovanb @matthewlilliput @katestransky @tobybabybot @monstrous.creations @_punchy_ @mkchibs @officialnicoleoliver @n_almeida @indigenousscreen @miqueldangeli @the_house_of_copper @torah.z @jeffryrob @michellehwu @deannapeedee @minewbob @ashstopmo @tobybabybot @whosellaa @elly_stern @dean_hunt_art @tylerbanich @emilycarru by @standing.figure

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2 months ago

Amanda Strong (Director/Producer/Editor), Pamela Post (Co-Director/Screenplay) and Spotted Fawn Productions are thrilled to announce that our short stop motion animated Ts’msyen film, Haboolm Ksinaalgat (SOUL CATCHER), is making its WORLD PREMIERE at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) this September!

We’re so grateful and honoured, after over 4 years work on this beautiful Indigenous stop motion film starring Cree/Métis actress Tantoo Cardinal and Ts’msyen/German/Scottish-Canadian actor/musician Asher Maclaren, to have it showcased at TIFF.

Based on a true story from Pamela Post’s Ts’msyen father John Post, Soul Catcher sets out to right a wrong through art and to celebrate Ts’msyen worldviews and ways. With Amanda and Spotted Fawn Production’s artistry, Pamela’s story has transformed into Haboolm Ksinaalgat (Soul Catcher) - a stunning stop motion animated film filled with time-travelling supernatural adventures and Indigenous love and reckoning - and we can’t wait to share it with the world!

More details, pics and trailers coming soon!

Wayi wah! (Let’s do this!)

#soulcatcher #stopmotion #tiff #shortfilm #indigenous

@pamelapostmedia @tantoo.cardinal @wuulhu @ninawerewka @markrobertwhiting @alphabrette @teataup @stretchjesse @firebeasty @dannyguay @patrickzung @anna.berezowsky @norrogers @standing.figure @terrb0t @georginahayns @inkexplodez @edovanb @matthewlilliput @katestransky @tobybabybot @monstrous.creations @_punchy_ @mkchibs @officialnicoleoliver @n_almeida @indigenousscreen @miqueldangeli @the_house_of_copper @torah.z @jeffryrob @michellehwu @deannapeedee @minewbob @ashstopmo @tobybabybot @whosellaa @elly_stern @dean_hunt_art by @standing.figure

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2 months ago

We’ve been busy. Making things by hand, moving things by hand and building worlds with some amazing humans and artists. (NO AI)

(Haboolm Ksinaalgat) Soul Catcher a new Tsimshian stop motion animation based on the true story of John Post retold by @pamelapostmedia is getting close for the world to see 👀 💫. #2026

4 years in the works.

More soon 💗🌞

#stopmotion #animation #team #soulcatcher

Clip : @tamarkozlov
🎶 Track : @dean_hunt_art

@pamelapostmedia @patrickzung @ninawerewka @markrobertwhiting @torah.z @alphabrette @terrb0t @teataup @anna.berezowsky @dannyguay @katestransky @wuulhu @monstrous.creations benjaminplanete by @standing.figure

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3 months ago

Armatures for “I Love Boosters” by @bootsriley ⚙️‼️
Thank you @mysterymeatmedia for the opportunity, go check their incredible work, based in CA amazing group of artists! by @standing.figure

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4 months ago

Our brains feeling fuzzy like these guys… 🌫️ 🌀

Head mechanics: @patrickzung 💅🏽
Silicone painting and sculpt: @hottbean 💖 taken in North Carolina by @standing.figure

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3 years ago

🧩 Frame by frame, piece by piece.
After 7 years of meticulous work, filmmaker Amanda Strong (@spottedfawnproductions) and author @richardvancamp take you behind-the-scenes of INKWO FOR WHEN THE STARVING RETURN. ✨🐸❄️ Stream this magnificent supernatural stop-motion fable for free on NFB.ca or the NFB Films app!

🧩 Image par image, pièce par pièce.
Après sept ans de travail minutieux, la cinéaste Amanda Strong (@spottedfawnproductions) et l'auteur @richardvancamp vous emmènent dans les coulisses d'INKWO À LA DÉFENSE DES VIVANTS. ✨🐸❄️ Visionnez gratuitement cette magnifique fable surnaturelle en stop-motion sur ONF.ca ou l'appli ONF!

#streamcanadian #visionnezcanadien #stopmotion #animation #indigenouscinema #autochtone #wheetago #filmmaking by @standing.figure

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a year ago

XY Rigging with winders for the amazing @emilydmyers and her stop motion class ⭐️💚

#stopmotionanimation #animation #stopmotion #SCAD by @standing.figure

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3 years ago

When the puppet versions are more terrifying than the original author imagined—that’s a compliment! 😧
Amanda Strong’s stop-motion adaptation of @richardvancamp’s otherworldly short story, INKWO FOR WHEN THE STARVING RETURN, is now free to stream on NFB.ca and the NFB Films app. 🔗 Link in bio!

Quand les marionnettes sont plus effrayantes que l'avait imaginé l'auteur original, c'est un compliment! 😧
Adapté d'une nouvelle envoûtante de @richardvancamp, le court métrage en stop-motion INKWO À LA DÉFENSE DES VIVANTS d'Amanda Strong est maintenant offert en visionnement gratuit sur ONF.ca et l'appli ONF. 🔗 Lien en bio!

#streamcanadian #visionnezcanadien #stopmotion #animation #indigenouscinema #cinemaautochtone #wheetago #spooktober by @standing.figure

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a year ago

Look at him!! This is a 1/16” SB joint. We design, machine, and quality-control our solid steel joints in-house ⚙️

Pros: strong, smooth range of motion, and great for head mechs.
Cons: nearly impossible to find once dropped. by @standing.figure

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5 months ago

Head mech for character “frog” from Wheetago War, @spottedfawnproductions 🐸⭐️

⚙️ sculpt and head mech @patrickzung
💦 silicone work and paint job @gorditasdemaiz
👁️ resin eyes @c4t.bus

#stopmotion #stopmotionanimation #animation #art #stopmotionpuppet #fabrication taken in North Carolina by @standing.figure

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3 years ago

we’re going to need a bigger broom. by @standing.figure

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