To celebrate the Edinburgh International Film Festival (which takes place 20 June - 01 July), this month our craft films all have a cinematic theme to them, and feature crafted characters, props and sets.

This week we take a look at the stop motion animation Coraline, a stop-motion 3D fantasy children's film based on Neil Gaiman's novel of the same name. Written and directed by Henry Selick, the intricate world of the film was brought to life by hundreds of crafts people, designers and animators.

First up, we have a video about Althea Crome, who uses tiny needles (some almost the dimension of a human hair) to create the clothing for the characters.

Next we take a look at the crew 'Crafting the world of Coraline':

Finally, a short piece about Suzanne Moulton, 'head' of the small doll hair department:

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Get involved

If you have an online craft film you would like to share, we would love to hear from you. We're looking for films that showcase craft makers, special craft projects/exhibitions, enterprises, or other fun and quirky films that help to celebrate craft. 

It could be a film of you at work, a narrated film about the inspiration behind your craft, a film made for an exhibition, or something else. 

Just email laura@craftscotland.org with the following details:

• A short description of the film, including any credits
• A link to the film on YouTube, Vimeo, or another channel
• Whether or not you have a profile page on Craft Scotland

You do not need to be on the Craft Scotland site to send us your films, but films about Scottish craft, makers and places will be given priority.

Alternatively, you can tweet a link to your craft film to @craftscotland.

Please note: at this stage we are not looking for instructional, 'how to' type videos for this feature.