Category: Festivals
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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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Anna Ginsburg’s ”Living with Depression’ visually interprets the experiences of two people giving their personal accounts of experiencing depression. The 2D hand-drawn animation style is expressive, each frame is detailed and full of life, yet beautifully encompasses the struggle of living with depression. Ginsberg has a certain quality with all of her films which is…
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Every year, London International Animation Festival shows a programme of global documentaries in a specially dedicated screening. In last year’s festival, the selection included a wide range of films, from personal, autobiographical independent short films, to branded content and museum commissions. Many of these films are now available online, so here is a short overview…
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The 7th Edition of Factual Animation Film Festival was held at Queen Mary University of London’s Hitchcock Cinema on the 16th October 2021. The festival programme was also made available online until the 24th October. For full details visit factualanimation.com The programme consisted of curated screenings and a series of interviews with animation directors conducted…
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The festival who shares the name of the first known Animated Documentary features a stellar line up of films. Their selection includes a mockumentary category and a Rising of the Pandemic category on films made about and during the pandemic. The festival is screening on location, alongside a hybrid online/ offline conference. You can find…
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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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The Deptford Animadocs symposium took place on a warm July day in Deptford Cinema, London. A converted shop edging the bustle of Deptford Market, the venue, which is run entirely by volunteers, is plastered with cult film imagery and local information, combining the laser focus of film obsessives with the inclusivity of a community space. The event…
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‘Doozy is a creative documentary that mixes original animation, re-enactment, archive and expert testimony to look through the lens of one of Hollywood’s hidden queer histories’ Another chance to see the fantastic ‘Doozy’ and a brilliant lineup of Q&A’s, featuring the cast of Doozy. 23 April 2019 Fabrica, Brighton Q&A with Jamie Wyld 25 April 2019 Close-Up Centre,…
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