Month: July 2012
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It’s Like That uses the voices of 3 refugee children held in mandatory detention under the Migration Act 1958. They were interviewed over the phone by ABC journalist Jacqueline Arias. https://vimeo.com/31071014
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Everything was Life is an experimental documentary using animation and live action to explore the practice of female genital mutilation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVbxTB4rzc4
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Still enjoying it’s time on the international film festival circuit, you can find a link to the trailer here for Leonid’s story. An animated biography on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. A mixture of animation, photo collage and real documentary footage. http://leonidsstory.com/en/trailer.htm
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Beautiful and sensitive mix of live action and animation. The link below is for the trailer and download for the film. This short documentary is an intimate glimpse into the exceptional mindsets and emotional lives of four adult artists with Down Syndrome. An artful, four-way essay about ability, this animated film explores how it feels…
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Another animadoc classic! On 25 April 1995 16 year old Matthew Easdale was shot in Brisbane. His mother was interviewed on the radio. Using rotoscoped animation the film presents the story in two very different ways. There are several clips of the film on Dennis’ website at http://dennistupicoff.com, and the film is included on the…
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A report by the BBC looking at why animation can be used to talk about themes of War. Includes references to Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and graphic novels such as Maus by Art Spiegelman http://71.45.131.15/doc/archives/11671
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Originally posted on Animating Documentary: Last week I went to the launch of Centrefold, at the Wellcome Trust in London. The film, directed by Ellie Land (one half of the team behind this great animated docs blog), is about female genital cosmetic surgery and aims to provide a non-judgemental look at labia surgery and ‘encourage informed…
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Inspired by a CIA manual here’s a DIY guide to torture. Winner of many many awards this film now fronts a Belgian Amnesty International campaign. More info here. http://vimeo.com/1450037
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From Beakus in London, two more segments in the BBC’s series on child poverty ‘the Wrong Trainers’ for kids’ news programme Newsround. The series won awards from BAFTA and the National Television Society. Here’s Danielle’s story, directed by Leigh Hodgkinson: http://beakus.com/blog/newsround-danielles-story And here’s Semera’s story, directed by Steve Smith: http://littlebeak.com/blog/newsround-on-poverty
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Another tip-off from Annegret Richter at the brilliant DOK Leipzig festival. Here are two programmes of animadoc films by female film-makers which she curated for the Tricky Women festival in Vienna, Austria last year. http://www.trickywomen.at/index.php?id=252 http://www.trickywomen.at/festival/tricky-women-bisher/2011/programm/animated-documentaries-2/
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