Author: Alys Scott Hawkins
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Heirlooms from Wendy Chandler on Vimeo Recently screened as part of the animadoc programme at the Tricky Women festival, Vienna, here’s a compilation of short episodes from a series made for Australian broadcaster SBS. In each episode a possession passed down the generations recalls memories and family histories, often of migration and war.
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Screening in London on the 18th & 20th March as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, this feature tells the story of Shin Dong-Huyk, born into a North Korean prison camp as the son of political prisoners. Using animated sequences which are not perhaps the most elegant, the film nonetheless take us into…
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More exciting new animadoc events! Deadline 14th April. ‘AniDox Lab is the first ever workshop dedicated exclusively to the animated documentary genre. ‘Run by The Animation Workshop, Anidox Lab will offer talented documentary and animation filmmakers the opportunity to engage and combine their two worlds. It will tackle both a time-based cinematic approach, as well…
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An interesting new scheme which partners academics with creative companies to develop new documentary ideas: ‘Future Documentary Sandbox will ask how can we hold on to what is great about documentary – its ability to elicit empathy, impart wisdom and inspire change – whilst exploring the new forms that are enabled by the internet, mobile…
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We’ve just been asked to share details of an event at Arts University Bournemouth next Tuesday. This is not animadoc-specific but the invitation comes from animadoc specialist Paul Ward, so we are be sure it will be relevant! If you wish to attend, and require directions, please contact Valerie Lodge (vlodge@aub.ac.uk) Current Issues in Animation…
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365 – February from The Brothers McLeod on Vimeo. Might be pushing it a bit here, but the makers describe their project to make 1 second of animation a day, every day of 2013, thus: ‘Some of the days are things that happened, others are things that have been fired off in our imaginations, and…
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News of an upcoming Canadian animadoc feature, to be released to compete with Warner Bros’ biopic on anti-virus guru John McAfee, titled ‘Running in the Background’. Click for more details of ‘The Hinterland’.
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No posts for a few days while we take a break from work over Christmas. But we have lots of exciting things in store for 2013: film-maker interviews, guest bloggers and much more! Thanks to you all for following us in 2012. Best wishes for a happy holiday – whatever you’re celebrating – and we…
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Lies – Part 1 – Directed by Jonas Odell from FilmTecknarna on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/32735700 If you like ‘Never Like the First Time’ you may enjoy this, the first of three first person narratives, from a film which won at Sundance 2009. Review from Short of the Week here.
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Watch the trailer for a new film by Zagreb and Ottawa award winner Claudio Diaz at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc4nNopowHE ‘Fraid my Spanish is not up to translating the film’s blogspot page, but you can read a review in English here. The film’s official site here: http://chileimaginario.blogspot.co.uk
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