Category: Films

  • ‘Leonid’s Story’ by Rainer Ludwigs

    Still enjoying it’s time on the international film festival circuit, you can find a link to the trailer here for Leonid’s story. An animated biography on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. A mixture of animation, photo collage and real documentary footage. http://leonidsstory.com/en/trailer.htm  

  • ‘Tying your own shoes’ by Shira Avni

      Beautiful and sensitive mix of live action and animation. The link below is for the trailer and download for the film. This short documentary is an intimate glimpse into the exceptional mindsets and emotional lives of four adult artists with Down Syndrome. An artful, four-way essay about ability, this animated film explores how it feels…

  • ‘His Mother’s Voice’ by Dennis Tupicoff

    Another animadoc classic! On 25 April 1995 16 year old Matthew Easdale was shot in Brisbane. His mother was interviewed on the radio. Using rotoscoped animation the film presents the story in two very different ways. There are several clips of the film on Dennis’ website at http://dennistupicoff.com, and the film is included on the…

  • BBC article featuring ‘Waltz with Bashir’

    A report by the BBC looking at why animation can be used to talk about themes of War. Includes references to Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and graphic novels such as Maus by Art Spiegelman http://71.45.131.15/doc/archives/11671

  • ‘Do-It-Yourself’ by Eric Ledune

    Inspired by a CIA manual here’s a DIY guide to torture. Winner of many many awards this film now fronts a Belgian Amnesty International campaign. More info here. http://vimeo.com/1450037

  • More from ‘The Wrong Trainers’ for the BBC

    From Beakus in London, two more segments in the BBC’s series on child poverty ‘the Wrong Trainers’ for kids’ news programme Newsround. The series won awards from BAFTA and the National Television Society. Here’s Danielle’s story, directed by Leigh Hodgkinson: http://beakus.com/blog/newsround-danielles-story And here’s Semera’s story, directed by Steve Smith: http://littlebeak.com/blog/newsround-on-poverty

  • Animadoc programmes at Tricky Women 2011

    Another tip-off from Annegret Richter at the brilliant DOK Leipzig festival. Here are two programmes of animadoc films by female film-makers which she curated for the Tricky Women festival in Vienna, Austria last year. http://www.trickywomen.at/index.php?id=252 http://www.trickywomen.at/festival/tricky-women-bisher/2011/programm/animated-documentaries-2/

  • ‘Fragile Stories’ – Bradford’s Polish community – by Fettle Animation

    A lovely little short here from Yorkshire company Fettle Animation, uncovering stories from Bradford’s Polish Community. Part of a series of “Fragile Stories” films commissioned by the National Media Museum, Bradford Animation Festival and I-Move, Yorkshire’s Cultural Programme for London 2012. http://fettleanimation.com/2012/07/02/247/

  • ‘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…