StopTrik International Film Festival
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The 16th StopTrik brought 161 films to Maribor from 23 to 27 September 2026, with its children’s competition opening earlier, on 21–22 September. Under the theme Dead Media, screenings, retrospectives and workshops explored animation’s relationship with disappearing technologies.
Maribor audiences chose Ball Face and The Truth Rejects You, Cornelius for the two main Grand Prix. The student jury — Melani Kumin, Gloria Džankić and Jan Svenšek — awarded Pembe & Eflatun and Banana Soup, while young viewers voted in three age groups.
Maribor Audience Grand Prix — Stop Motion Animation
Maribor Audience Grand Prix — Borderlands
Maribor Student Jury Award — Stop Motion Animation
The Maribor Student Jury praises the sand animation’s warning about war, climate catastrophe and displacement, and its portrayal of a prison transformed into a place of community and refuge.
Maribor Student Jury Special Mention — Stop Motion Animation
The Maribor Student Jury highlights the box-projection technique and the film’s portrayal of queer people subjected to others’ judgments even after death.
Maribor Student Jury Award — Borderlands
The Maribor Student Jury commends the film’s humorous examination of everyday colonialism and the effects of globalized food chains on farmers and biodiversity.
Maribor Student Jury Special Mention — Borderlands
The Maribor Student Jury describes a dreamlike black-and-white journey created through object animation and shadow play.
Maribor Young Audience Grand Prix — Ages 6–8
Maribor Young Audience Grand Prix — Ages 9–11
No Video Available Melle Windig and 4 co-directors
Cell BuddiesSam, a grumpy raccoon is stuck sharing a cell with Bob, a sweet but dim manatee. Sam…