Directed by Cathy McInnes, Neil McInnes

Logline: Till death do us meet.

Synopsis: A tour de force, stop-motion animation re-imagining of the filmmaking process, Automoto takes place inside the ornately mechanized cinematic workshop of a wooden skeleton. Shot entirely using stop-motion animation, the film follows the movie-making travails of the skeleton. When he runs into a bad case of writer's block, only one of his factory workers can help him get back in touch with his muse.

Distribution Contact: WFG

More Details

- RUNTIME: 5 Minutes
GENRE: Animation
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD
LANGUAGE: English
TECHNIQUES: Stop Motion
KEYWORDS: Stop-Motion, Film Making, Factory, Muse, Mechanical, Robot, Dog, Skeleton, Female Filmmaker

Director's Statement: “Automoto was a commissioned film for the Winnipeg Film Group celebrating their 30 year anniversary. Cathy and I were one of the five filmmakers chosen to do a short film to commemorate this. Our idea was to re-imagine the process of animation filmmaking from script to screen.

In this film everything was either hand built or re-purposed. For example, a robot was fabricated with a Mitchell tripod head for its neck, an old theatre spotlight housing for a head and an 19th century 3D stereoscope viewer for the faceplate. In order to use these props, the robot and skeleton are life-size in scale.

The production was done in a staggering nine months. Usually an animated film of this complexity takes three to five years. It’s a credit to the talented individuals that dedicated themselves to the production.”