The joy of watching “A Town Called Panic” lies in its uncanny evocation of adolescent invention. It’s an overturned toy box of a movie, complete with mismatched action figures, improvisatory effects, ...

Animals and people are all jumbled up in the hyperactive Belgian puppet animation that is A Town Called Panic — most notably in its central ménage of Cowboy, Indian and Horse. The filmmakers, Stéphane ...

11/06/2009 - Cinergie met with two Belgian directors discovered at the Cannes Film Festival 2009, where their debut feature A Town Called Panic was shown in the Midnight Screenings section film ...

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BIARRITZ, France — New York-based distrib company Zeitgeist Films has nabbed North American rights to Belgium stop-motion toon “A Town Called Panic,” helmed by Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar.

There's really very little to say about this film beyond that it's absolutely brilliant. First-time Belgian feature-length filmmakers Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar, prodigiously gifted, have come ...

The underlying concept is everything in A Town Called Panic. To try to ascribe motives any deeper than child-like glee to Belgian animators Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar would be an exercise in ...

Amidst all the technological advances and trending focus on computer animation, I am pleased to see a continued interest in the traditional art of stop motion animation. Stéphane Aubier and Vincent ...