Author: Ellie Land
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Last weekend I was lucky enough to go to the splendid Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, to watch the documentary film ‘Kiss the Water’ by Eric Steel.The screening started at 11 am and I didn’t expect many people to be there at such an early time on a Sunday morning. However the auditorium was at least…
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Ah! the experimental seventies! This funny short animated doc gives an account of what its like to play baseball under the influence of mind altering drugs. Towards the end of the animation the simplified frame rate comes into its own as a means to expose the narrators experience of judgement. http://www.shortoftheweek.com/2009/11/24/dock-ellis-the-lsd-no-no/
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The Gift That Keeps on Giving A short, thought-provoking animation about the effects of cluster bombs. This film is part of a larger project called the Cluster Project, an online gallery of art works and space for dialogue on the ethics of warfare. http://theclusterproject.com/
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Over on the Society for Animation studies blog, ‘Animationstudies 2.0’, there are a number of articles written on the theme of animation and health, two of which feature writing about animated documentary. Samantha Moore’s piece called “Secret Architecture – the construction of Loop” is about her recent work on the Silent Signal project with Animate! and Wellcome Trust,…
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AniDox:Lab is the first ever workshop dedicated exclusively to the animated documentary genre. The deadline is extended to the 26th February 2014. You can find out more on the link below. We would love to hear from you if you participate! http://www.animwork.dk/en/anidox_lab.asp
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What a treat to see the latest animated documentary from Jonas Odell. “West German terrorist Norbert Kröcher was arrested on March 31, 1977. He was leading a group planning to kidnap politician Anna-Greta Leijon. A number of suspects were arrested in the days following. One of them was Kröcher’s ex-girlfriend, “A”. This is her story.” In this film…
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Image by Samantha Moore for Silent Signal. Animate! projects with the Wellcome Trust has commissioned six artist/scientist teams to put forward ideas for possible animated works under a project called Silent Signal. “Silent Signal explores how research into genetics, cell biology, immunology and epidemiology is advancing our understanding of how the human body communicates with…
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We will be taking a short break from posting over the winter holidays, but we will be back in January with further animated documentary films and news! We always love to hear any news and updates you may have, so continue to message us via facebook and the blog. We wish you a pleasant winter…
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A hybrid film featuring live action alongside animated documentary, this is the story of Ryszard Kapuscinski, a journalist covering independence movements throughout Africa in the 1970’s. The animation and style is sublime, building on the style associated with ‘Waltz with Bashir’. We are not sure when this film will be completed – but we anticipate its…
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‘The Vanni’ is a graphic novel set in Sri Lanka, India and the UK and follows the story of a fictional Tamil family living in a fishing village in Sri Lanka. The story starts in 2004 following the Tsunami and takes us through to the following conflict and then life for the family surviving as refugees. The…
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