Author: Ellie Land

  • ‘In Jennifer’s Room’ by Ryan Gabrielson & Carrie Ching

    A whistle-blowing story, which lends itself to the animated documentary genre, mostly because of the ethical considerations in protecting peoples’ identity. The following synopsis is taken from the films entry on YouTube: “In August 2006, caregivers at the Sonoma Developmental Center found dark blue bruises shaped like handprints covering the breasts of a patient named…

  • Review of ‘The Congress’ trailer – a new film by Ari Folman, from Screenrant

    Well, I was very pleased this morning to find this review, and eager to watch the brand new trailer for the latest animated feature from the director of award winning animated documentary – Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman. However the trailer has already been removed for copyright reasons! So if anyone out there knows of a link to the trailer…

  • ‘The Insomniac Bedroom’ by Charlotte Kaye

      We are thrilled that Charlotte Kaye has also joined our team and she will be guest blogging later this week. Charlotte’s latest film is a stop-motion piece about the disorientation of insomnia. It was filmed entirely at night in her bedroom and each component is a true obsessive ritual that keeps her awake. It illustrates the uncertainty of…

  • ‘Animated Documentaries’ at Tricky Women 2013

    A brilliant selection of films this year by the Tricky Women Festival in Vienna, Austria, including a special animated documentary programme. It’s a fantastic festival, do get yourself along if you happen to be in Vienna! 6th – 10th March http://www.trickywomen.at/

  • ‘Patients’ by Alex Widdowson

    Continuing our promises of exciting new things planned for the blog this year we are extremely pleased and excited to welcome on board two very talented people; Alex Widdowson and Charlotte Kaye. They will both be our resident interns for the spring and will be contributing to the blog on a regular basis, so watch this space!…

  • ‘Animated Interjections: The use of animation in documentary’ talk by Bella Honess Roe

    Up coming talk by academic and fellow blogger Bella Honess Roe – one not to miss! ‘Animated Interjections: The use of animation in documentary’ Monday 28th January AUB campus Room F102 4.30pm In her forthcoming book Animated Documentary (Palgrave, 2013), Bella Honess Roe examines the convergence of animation and documentary and how animation functions as…

  • ‘30%: women and politics in Sierra Leone’ by Anna Cady and Em Cooper

    We have featured the work of Em Cooper before, this time she has partnered with Artist Anna Cadey, in this documentary which features live action and animation. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/video/2012/sep/26/sierra-leone-women-refuse-whistling-quota-video

  • ‘Mother’ by Christoph Steger

    Ah this is a little gem, a fantastic female character! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawQkjSLKns

  • Article on ‘Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes’ by Mary Talbot, illustrated by Bryan Talbot

    Happy New Year Readers! We have a new category for the blog featuring graphic novels and comics – all exploring real life stories or subjects. Our first post is about the award winning autobiographical graphic novel written and illustrated by a husband and wife team. Article  below: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jan/02/costa-awards-graphic-novel-biography

  • ‘Sticky’ by Jili Rose

    Here is the trailer for new film Sticky, a short animated documentary telling the amazing story of the stick insects from Lord Howe Island. A love song to evolution, uniqueness, life and the little creatures underfoot. https://vimeo.com/51155202#