Luna E-Clips Productions

Stop motion is the art of stillness through the movement of film,

the canvas of a concept,

a medium, not a genre.

As a painter, you may have oils, acrylics, and charcoals to choose from.

Stop motion is the same: it's an art form that can be everything, made out of anything.

Your humanness makes it into the painting, in which each movement of animation is the acting that you paint with the artistic vision brush.

I paint my stories through the lens of stop frame and so can you.

What dreams will you make real?

Welcome to Luna E-Clips, home to the creative exploration within us all, made through the expression of stop motion filmmaking.

AWEN

In a frozen forest, a goddess appears: Aurora, bringer of the northern lights, here to remind the world what it has long forgotten but has always known: AWEN, the magic within.

AWEN, is an evergreen short stop motion film that pulls the audience into a world of relaxation, bringing a sense of interconnected unity. It’s about the small, hidden, beautiful things in the world that are important. AWEN is for anyone who feels the spark of magic within, for anyone who knows there is power in hope, and for anyone who lives with presence through slow living.

Filmmaker Statement

Hi, I’m Gracie Justice. I created Luna E-Clips as a place for all of my stop motion films to reside. I craft stories with presence, magic, activism, and solutions. I’m passionate about the human aspect of stop motion: the imperfect perfections, the fingerprints on clay, and the sheer beauty of bringing inanimate objects magically to life right before our eyes. I wish to create a better world through my art by giving the audience a reminder that we have magic in us, and all around us. AWEN, the title of my debut film, is the embodiment of those words.

Bio

Gracie first became interested in stop motion at age 10, discovering that she loved the Zen and problem-solving qualities of the art form. She started making her first stop motion film, A Home for Christmas, at age 13.

Gracie finds peace in the long hours spent alone as a stop-motion filmmaker. That said, she also enjoys being a part of a team. Gracie is a member of the artist collective, SoulJourners, with her parents: author/performing artist, Sage Justice and music composer, Geoff Grace.

Gracie Justice is among the youngest alumni of both Aardman Academy, in England, and the International Château d'Orquevaux Artists and Writers Residency, in France. Her photography collection entitled The Little Hidden Treasures is part of the permanent collection at Galerie Diderot, in France. As part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Aardman, her photo with Creative Director Sir Peter Lord and the class of 2026 was featured in museums, from Bristol to London.

A citizen of the world, Gracie is a global nomad. She left her home in the United States as a teenager to begin her career as an artist abroad. She has slow traveled through Sweden, France, Italy, Ireland, England, Greece, Canada, and Albania, looking for her forever home.

Gracie was born with a rare genetic disorder that comes with a shortened life expectancy: Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. She lives her life to its fullest through slow-living, enjoying every moment with presence and a love for life.

Most days, you can find Gracie singing in stairwells or dancing in the garden, as she spreads her joy of living and magical wonder like a dandelion wish for all of humanity. The ultimate goal is to become a forest goddess, nestled in nature with a castle, which houses a stop motion studio, that she can turn into a haven for artists.

Stop motion is an art form that is a part of Gracie, forever connected to her soul. @graciejustice2024