Gofmaniada

Hoffmaniada (Russian: Гофманиа́да) is a stop motion-animated feature film from Russian studio Soyuzmultfilm. The concept and all of the art design was done by Mikhail Shemyakin and it is being directed by Stanislav Sokolov. It will be based on the tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann. The film will use puppet animation exclusively and will avoid using computer animation for special effects. The first 20 minutes of the film were screened on November 20, 2006, in St. Petersburg and got positive reactions from various news outlets. A November 11, 2006 article said that the money to continue filming could not be found in Russia and that the filmmakers would probably try to find Western investors. A November 18, 2008 article said that the necessary...