Author: Alys Scott Hawkins

  • ‘Animating Reality’ DVD – what do you think?

    We’ve already featured the recently released Animating Reality DVD. Here’s a review by Bill Gibron which looks at each film in some depth. Have a read and post a comment here to let us know if you agree or disagree… http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/44780/animating-reality-a-collection-of-short-documentaries/

  • ‘Avatar Days’ by Piranha Bar

    If you don’t already know the Short of the Week site, check ot out for a hand-picked selection of quality short films and insightful reviews. From there comes this little nugget: interviews with four games fans about their virtual alter-egos and a hybrid of live action and machinima which inserts them into the world we…

  • AnimationsfilmKunst von Frauen – book by the Tricky Women film festival

    Friend of the blog Annegret Richter (Head of Animation at DOK Leipzig festival in Germany) has recommended this book ‘Women in Animation’ written and produced by Waltraud Grausgruber and Birgitt Wagner who run the Tricky Women Animation Festival in Vienna, Austria. Within it there’s much information and a bonus DVD, including some animadoc films. http://www.schueren-verlag.de/film-und-medien/filmpraxis/titel/274–tricky-women.html

  • ‘Thembi’s Diary’ by Jisoo Kim

    Recommended by Laura Heit over on our Facebook page, here’s a film made in the US from an audio diary recorded by a 19 year old South African. Beautiful textures and a lightness of approach… http://vimeo.com/11236137

  • ‘And We Were Young’ by Andy Smetanka

    Check out the Kickstarter campaign to fund this paper cut film (to be shot on 8mm!) about American soldiers in the First World War, from US director Andy Smetanka. Campaign here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1486916197/and-we-were-young?ref=card Teaser and pitch here: http://laughingsquid.com/and-we-were-young-a-cut-paper-animated-documentary-about-americans-in-wwi Good luck Andy!

  • “Ek Anek Aur Ekta” by Vijaya Mulay

    Here, a glimpse into government-sponsored short films of 1980s India. Doordarshan, the national broadcaster, regularly screened this popular film for kids. The title translates directly as “one, many and unity” and the film is designed to spread the message of unity in diversity among children. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8DZUKQClvc Director Vijaya Mulay, now 91, reveals something of the…

  • ‘Places Other People Have Lived’ by Laura Yilmaz

    Thanks to Tom Price for bringing this film to my attention: an autobiographical exploration of memory, using a number of 2D techniques & approaches. Well worth a look… https://vimeo.com/31943880

  • Dennis Tupicoff workshop, London May 2012

    I was lucky enough to sneak my way on to Dennis’ two day workshop at the Royal College of Art in London, last week. An Australian director with extensive experience in making both live action and animated documentary films, Dennis provided the MA Animation students with an insight into his work. He screened ‘The Darra…

  • ‘About Running’ by Suky Best

    The UK’s Great North Run has just opened its Moving Image Comission for 2012: a £30 000 budget to make new work in response to the world’s largest half-marathon. More info here: http://www.greatnorthrunculture.org/moving-image/apply I just discovered in the archives a film from 2007 by director Suky Best which focuses on the stories and experiences of…

  • More from London production company Beakus for the National Maritime Museum

    A beautifully crafted collection of clips commissioned for interactive exhibits at the museum in Greenwich, to be viewed on tablets PCs, directed by Leo Bridle and produced by Steve Smith. http://beakus.com/blog/nmm-mobile-learning