Meeting MacGuffin is a stop-motion animated short film written, directed and animated by Catya Plate. The film screened at the Academy Awards qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival and Rhode Island International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prize:Best Animated Short Film in Vortex Edition. It is the sequel of Hanging By A Thread and second in a trilogy of animated shorts.
Plot In the post-apocalyptic future where humanity is no more, a group of scientists and an animated sign complete the construction of a new human race. They meet a groundhog climatologist with expertise in water renewal who prepares the Homeys for their mission to restore balance to a decimated Earth.
Voice cast Richard Steven Horvitz as Gormal MacGuffin Misty Lee as LF John McBride as Hitch
Reception Critical response A four star review about Meeting MacGuffin in 22nd Indiestreet.com states that "Stop motion animation is not a new thing. Quite the opposite. It's the designs of these characters and the world itself, that is really something special.", Indie Shorts Mag says that "‘Meeting MacGuffin’ Is The Best Stop-Motion, Ecological Thriller Out There!".
Accolades Year Award Category Result2019Black Maria Film and Video FestivalJury's Citation Award2018Fano International Film FestivalSpecial Jury Mention2018Blowup Film FestBest Animation2018St. Francis College Women's Film FestivalBest Animated Short2018Scandinavian International Film FestivalBest Animated Short2018Wasteland Film festivalBest Animated Film2018FilmQuestBest Animated Film2017Indie FestBest Animated Film2017Rhode Island International Film FestivalBest Animated Short Film2017Other Worlds AustinBest Short Production Design2017Seattle's True Independent Film FestivalBest Animated Film
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