Meeting MacGuffin
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{{Infobox film
| name = Meeting MacGuffin
| image = Meeting MacGuffin.jpg
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| director = Catya Plate
| producer = Catya Plate
Todd Aven
| writer = Catya Plate
| starring = Richard Steven Horvitz
Misty Lee
| music = Zac Zinger
| cinematography = Catya Plate
| animator = Catya Plate
| editing = Todd Aven
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2017|02|02|}}
| runtime = 9 minutes 58
| country = United States
| language = English
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Meeting MacGuffin is a stop-motion animated short film written, directed and animated by Catya Plate.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/film-detail?fid=1793|title=MEETING MACGUFFIN|website=brooklynfilmfestival.org|access-date=2019-04-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indieshortsmag.com/reviews/2019/01/meeting-macguffin-is-the-best-stop-motion-ecological-thriller-out-there/|title=‘Meeting MacGuffin’ Is The Best Stop-Motion, Ecological Thriller Out There!|website=indieshortsmag.com|access-date=2019-04-12}} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollyshorts.com/2017-program-1|title=HollyShorts Film Festival|website=hollyshorts.com|access-date=2019-04-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.film-festival.org/Vortex_WINNERS17.php|title=2017 FLICKERS' VORTEX SCI-FI, FANTASY & HORROR FILM FESTIVAL|website=film-festival.org|access-date=2019-04-12}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukfilmreview.co.uk/blog/meeting-macguffin-short-film|title=Meeting MacGuffin short film|website=ukfilmreview.co.uk|access-date=2019-04-12}}
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!".{{Cite web|url=https://www.22indiestreet.com/meeting-macguffin.html|title=Meeting MacGuffin
=Accolades=
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| Year
! Award ! Category ! Result |
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| 2019
|Black Maria Film and Video Festival |Jury's Citation Award |
| 2018
|Fano International Film Festival |Special Jury Mention |
| 2018
|Blowup Film Fest |Best Animation |
| 2018
|St. Francis College Women's Film Festival |Best Animated Short |
| 2018
|Scandinavian International Film Festival |Best Animated Short |
| 2018
|Wasteland Film festival |Best Animated Film |{{won}} |
| 2018
|FilmQuest |Best Animated Film |website=filmquestfest.com|access-date=2019-04-12}} |
| 2017
|Indie Fest |Best Animated Film |
| 2017
|Rhode Island International Film Festival |Best Animated Short Film |
| 2017
|Other Worlds Austin |Best Short Production Design |
| 2017
|Seattle's True Independent Film Festival |Best Animated Film |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Portal|Animation|Internet}}
- {{IMDb title|5811372|Meeting MacGuffin}}
Category:2010s stop-motion animated films
Category:American animated short films
Category:2017 animated short films