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About the Studio

We craft animation with soul: 

Stop motion, illustrated visuals, and smart integrations of cutting-edge AI.
Every project gets our full attention, blending sharp creativity, humor, and emotional intelligence.
We partner with our clients from the first spark of an idea

 to the final frame – building concepts, cracking briefs, and bringing stories to life.

Every technique is carefully chosen

 to serve the story, the brand, and the goal:

 creating videos that don’t just look amazing,

 but truly connect and deliver.

On a personal note

I’m Liran Kapel, animation director, designer, creator, and proud mom of two. Growing up in California, I fell in love with the magic of filmmaking while studying editing and cinematography.

My graduation film, Nyosha is a fully handcrafted stop-motion project about my grandmother’s survival during the Holocaust. It was screened at over 60 festivals and won 10 awards.

Since then, I’ve created award-winning films, including a salt-crafted short in Norway and a project featured at Cannes in 2021.

Through these stories, I discovered the incredible power of animation to move, engage, and inspire.

In 2014, I founded Studio Kapel, where a talented team of artists brings bold ideas to life through imaginative animation.

Liran Kapel

Founder, Creative director, and Animator 

Awards and festivals

July 2013 Anibar International animation Film festival, Kosovo, August 2013
Naussa International Film Festival, Greece, September 2013
Ars International Film festival, UK, September 2013 1
SeMaFor Stopmotion Film festival, Poland, October 2013
Balkanima – international animation film festival, Serbia, October 2013
Ars Independent Film Festival, Poland September 2013
Up and Coming International Film Festival, Germany, November 2013
Stopmotion Montreal Film Festival, November 2013
UK Jewish Film Festival, November 2013
Balkanima Animation Film Festival, Servia, October 2013
Boston Jewish Film Festival, November 2013 USA
San Francisco Jewish Film Fest, August 2013 USA
Magma – Internationala Film Festival, Italy November 2013
Cochester Film Festival UK November 2013
Grand Off Awards – Nominated for Best Animation, Poland, November 2013
Graz Short Film night, Austria, November 2013
Stamford JCC
Harvard University
BaFici Buenos Aires July 2013
Sichuan festival – China October 2013
Boston Jewish Film Festival October 2013
Zagreb Jewish Film Festival, Croatia November 2014
Miami Jewish Film Festival January 2014
Washington Jewish Film Festival, February 2014
Beth Tfiloh Community School February 2014
Hartford Jewish Film Festival USA March 2014
Austin Jewish Film Festival USA, March 2014
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival May 2014
18TH UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL November 2014
Cartoons on the Bay – Opening Ceremony Screening May, 2015
Austin Jewish Film Festival October 2015
UK Jewish Film Festival November 2015

Nyosha
Libelula Animation festival, Lloret de Mar, Spain, November, 2012
Bradford 19th Animation Film Festival, UK, November, 2012
Leeds 26th International Film Festival, UK, November, 2012
Rehovot International Women Film Festival, Israel, November, 2012
55th Dok Leipzig – Official selection Animadoc, Germany, November 2012
Primanima 1st Animation Film Festival, Bodaros, Hungary October, 2012
StopTrik animation festival, Maribor, Slovenia September 2012
South Cinema International Film Festival, Sderor, Israel June, 2012
Tricky Women International film festival, Vienna, March 2013
In Motion Animation Festival, Peacock Visual Arts, Scotland February, 2013
Animac- Spain. March 2013
Animfest, Athens 8th International animation festival, Greece March 2013
New Jersey Jewish Film Festival, April 2013
Toronto Jewish Film Festival, April 2013
Cherry Hill Volvo Jewish Film Festival, New Jersey, April 2013
Be There! International Animation Festival, Corfu, Greece
AmDocs – American Documentary Film Festival- April, Palm Springs, CA USA
Documentary Edge Festival, New Zealand April 2013
Sehsuchte 55th International Student Film Fest, Konard Wolf, Potsdam, Germany April 2013
Anifilm International Animation Film Festival, Czech Republic May 2013
Golden Kuker Sofia Animation Festival, Bulgaria, May 2013
Zagreb Jewish Film Festival, Croatia May 2013
ZLÍN 2013 – 53rd International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Czech Republic,
May 2013 Anca- International Animation Film Festival, Slovakia,
May 2013 Filmisreal Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
June 2013 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival, June 2013
Shortini Film Festival, Italy,
 
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