Author: Alex Widdowson
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The 2023 online edition of Factual Animation Film Festival is live until the 26th November 2023. The online festival is free to all, giving you access to a selection of the world’s best animated documentary shorts selected from the FAFF 2023 programme.
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Watch the full talk here: https://docuspace.org/eng/project/dokumentalna-animaciya–vikliki-ta-mozhlivosti Even though the first animated documentary (The Sinking of the Lusitania) was released in 1918, the genre was considered as a paradox for a long time, and needed a couple of quite powerful breakthroughs – Waltz with Bashir and Flee – to win recognition from the wider audience and industry decision-makers. Today animation’s use in documentary…
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To watch the full symposium proceedings follow this link: https://uca.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=34740498-07da-41a5-a73b-aff700c37e31 Acknowledgments This symposium is jointly organised by Professor Birgitta Hosea, Anna de Guia-Eriksson and Nikki Brough, Animation Research Centre, University for the Creative Arts, UK; Helen Starr; Dr Tereza Stehlikova, University of Creative Communication, Czech Republic; Tangible Territory Journal; Dr Pedro Serrazina, Lusófona University of…
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Applications are now open – Deadline 03 March 2023ANIDOX:LAB is a tailor-made professional training course – for documentary and animation creatives, directors, producers and professionals with an animated documentary project in development. The Lab is based in Denmark, Viborg and Copenhagen, and is supported by the Danish film Institute and the Animation Workshop. They offer…
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Our friends at the Animation Workshop, Denmark, have a new call-for-applications for ANIDOX:LAB ’22 https://anidox.com/applications/ Application Deadline 20.04.22 ANIDOX:LAB is a tailor-made professional training course – for documentary and animation creatives, directors, producers and professionals with an animated documentary project in development. We offer a series of seminars and consultation sessions running between June and…
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FAFF this year took place from 17th – 25th October, as an entirely online event. Here are some collected highlights: Programme Winners Best film: Drop by Drop, directed by Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves Best student film: Right now, I am, directed by Ciara Kerr Animated Documentary.com award: Not For Money, Not For Love, Not For…
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London’s fifth annual Factual Animation Film Festival was hosted at the Cinema Museum on 8th December 2019. 21 short animated documentaries were screened across two programmes. Between the screenings there was a discussion panel featuring Rory Waubly-Tolley, director of There’s Something In The Water, Diana Gradinaru, director of What Is Consciousness?, Simon Ball, director of Do…
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Escapology: The art of addiction is a short animated documentary about addiction which attempts to be non-judgmental while avoiding gritty drug cliches. This film was recently released on Vice Media’s online platforms and received over half a million views in the first week.
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