Nina Gantz shares the independent stop-motion process behind Wander to Wonder

At Animafest Zagreb 2026, filmmaker Nina Gantz presented a masterclass on building independent stop-motion films, using Wander to Wonder as the central production case study. The session traced her move from hand-drawn animation into physical puppet filmmaking and examined how the project’s characters, materials and miniature performance style developed. Gantz brought puppets from the film into the discussion, allowing the production choices to be considered through the objects that appeared on screen rather than only through finished footage.

The accompanying interview also places the short within a longer independent-development process. It covers Gantz’s influences, the practical techniques used to make Wander to Wonder and the way a personal short can move through festivals toward a wider audience. The report additionally notes that she is developing two feature projects, showing how the experience accumulated through shorts is feeding into larger-scale work while the specific feature details remain under development.