Hailing from Munich, now based in Berlin, Carla Weindler of Forward created this visually evocative short entitled ‘Stop!motion’ set to a fugue from Creative Commons. A collage of stop motion, captivating photography and a whole lot of glitter, it cuts a mysterious edge of innocence and refinement.

Translation of the text with time markers:

:18 I woke up one morning and noticed my strange, new magic power:
:29 …everything i touched turned into colorful fluff!
:49 It started off pretty great. Everybody wanted me at their party and I was admired everywhere…
1:03 but…it had it’s bad sides too. Eating and drinking proved to be somewhat difficult.
1:20 and then, one day, it happened: I sneezed and, without thinking, touched my face!
1:30 and now, now i look like this:

-Carla Weindler

We’ll have our eye on the Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule student.