A BOY & HIS ATOM
You're about to see the movie that holds the Guinness World Record for the World’s Smallest Stop-Motion Film.
IBM researchers used a scanning tunneling microscope to move thousands of carbon monoxide molecules (two atoms stacked on top of each other), all in pursuit of making a movie so small it can be seen only when you magnify it 100 million times. A movie made with atoms.
Scroll to 2:25 if you want to see just the movie.
Turning Physicists into Filmmakers
These people are really, really into atoms. And the, “technically, all movies are made of atoms” joke.
We premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Did not get to meet Mr. DeNiro.
Recognition:
Cannes Lions: Gold, Silver, and 2 Bronze
One Show: Gold, 2 Silver, Bronze, and Merit
D&AD: In-book
AICP: Most Next Award
Clios: Gold and Bronze
London International Awards: 2 Silver and 2 Finalist
Webbys: Honoree
ADC: Silver
Effies: Gold, Silver, Bronze
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A-List Hollywood Awards 2 Bronze
Guinness World Record