Month: September 2016

  • ‘Animation Therapy’ workshop and ‘Animation on Prescription’ screening at Encounters Festival 2016

    Helen Mason, founder of Animation Therapy, has been running Animation on Prescription conferences biannually at Encounters Festival since 2010. This year she organised a free public screening and a workshop for medical, dental and veterinary professionals designed to help them confront their own compassion fatigue. Helen explained that compassion fatigue was brought sharply to her attention when an…

  • Moving Pictures & Top of the Class – Encounters Festival Animation Programme 2 & 3

    Encounters, the Bristol based UK animation and short film festival, continues with an excellent array of animated shorts in their second and third animation programmes. Animation 2 – Moving Pictures was a collection of shorts that explored complex emotive narratives. Of the fiction work in the programme, ‘My Home (Chez Moi)‘ directed by Phuong Mai…

  • The Weight of Humanity – Encounters Festival Animation Programme 1

    The first Encounters Festival animation programme focused on politics, conflict and cultural identity. Amongst the short animations were a number of works of fiction which directly satirise world affairs and political systems. Others made unambiguous references to hot topics like North Korea. In terms of documentary approaches, four films stood out for me: Having completed the AniDox:Lab…

  • Animated documentary events at Encounters Festival 2016, Bristol, UK

    AnimatedDocumentary.com is getting ready to cover the Encounters Short film and Animation Festival. The festival runs from the 20th to 25th September across a number of Bristol’s cultural venues. Friday 23rd September looks to be an exciting day for Documentary Animation fans: At 12 noon the 5th Animation programme, A Look Inside, will be screened at the…

  • ‘Seeking Refuge’ series for television by Andy Glynne

    A series of animated shorts illustrating young people’s perspectives of living as refugees and asylum seekers. Part of the BBC Two Learning Zone, this series won a Children’s BAFTA in 2012. Produced by Mosaic Films in London, UK. Director: Andy Glynne Animation Directors: Salvador Maldonado, Karl Hammond, Tom Senior and Jonathan Topf http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00vdxrk

  • Apply for the AniDox:Residency

    The AniDox:Residency is a fantastic opportunity for international filmmakers from The Animation Workshop, building on their successful Open Workshop residency and AniDox:Lab programme. The organisers are looking for an artistic approach, exploring the possibilities and potential of animation documentary. They will provide studio facilities, workstations, accommodation, support and 27.000 EUR in financial support. For more information and to apply for the residency, go to…

  • Interview: William Marler on his film “Pep Mask”

    Alex Widdowson: Your film, Pep Mask, was released a couple of months ago, can you describe the response you’ve had so far? William Marler: The film kicked off at a small student-lead screening which was nice, because it allowed me to address the audience directly beforehand, and was an ideal opportunity for my close friends to see…