Category: Films

  • ‘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…

  • ‘Die Andere Seite’ (the other side) by Ellie Land

    A stark animated documentary about the Berlin Wall, focussing on the memories of the interviewees imaginations as to what was on the other side. https://vimeo.com/8240123

  • ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi

    Here at animated documentary.com we were debating if Persepolis is an animated documentary or not  …what are your thoughts? Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine year old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as…

  • ‘The Tree Officer’ by Neil Jack

    Passionate about botany and horticulture, Gary is wearied by the endless requests from the town’s citizens for trees to be cut down. Resigned to his fate, he signs his daily quota of death warrants with an air of droll melancholy, assisted by his two colleagues: Matt, a sardonic temp with a stapling addiction; and Avril,…

  • ‘Louise’ by Anita Lebeau

    The detailed characterisation in this film is beautiful. This animated short is an ode to Louise, a fiercely independent 96-year old inspired by animator Anita Lebeau’s grandmother. Speaking in her own voice, Louise takes us through a day in her busy life near the town of Bruxelles, in rural Manitoba. Between coping with garden gophers…

  • ‘Mining for Muybridge’ by Tim Cole

    Not your usual animated documentary – more effects and archive footage worked together to explore the world of Eadweard Muybridge. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMeY55JYh0I

  • ‘Bid Em in’ by Neal Sopata

    A young woman’s humanity is cruelly rejected as she is placed on the auction block of a small southern pre civil war America. Animation and historical photographs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu3j7rPscpY

  • The Wrong Trainers: Dillon’s story by Kez Margrie

    A collection of short animated docs looking at child poverty in the UK. https://vimeo.com/5743346