This film is definitely tends towards the cheesy for my taste, but I’m always saying time-lapse is underused as an animadoc medium and I always want to see more of it. (For a great example see Schendler & Segal’s London film ‘Timeline’ here).
The Manhattan Project HD1080P from Cameron Michael on Vimeo.
Check out this link for some technical info on how it was shot:
http://www.fastcocreate.com/1681086/master-class-how-to-make-a-stunning-time-lapse-film
Animadoc looking at the feelings about immigration and cultural conformity in New Zealand.
Interviews with UK teens about being part of Family Group Conferencing.
This fully animated documentary was commissioned by the (UK) social services and produced in collaboration with BSc Computer Animation students at London Metropolitan University.
Two clips from ‘Invisible Slaves’, MTV Exit’s new film featuring the stories of four young people as part of a campaign to combat human trafficking in Mexico. Presented by Puerto Rican band Calle 13 the film brings together the Pan American Development Foundation with the Mexican government, private sector companies, and civil society groups to increase awareness and prevent human trafficking among youth.
The film will premiere on August 31st on MTV Latin America! More info at MTV Exit.
Invisible Slaves- Capsule Maria from MTV EXIT on Vimeo.
Invisible Slaves- Capsule Jose from MTV EXIT on Vimeo.
Ex Libris is a hybrid non-fiction film using animation, collage, and first person narrative to trace the vanished world of the ex libris collection my grandfather, Marco Birnholz, commissioned, created and lost in Vienna between the two world wars. Ex Libris will explore the intimate, intricate universe my grandfather created in his collection, and the exploding world he recorded in his diaries.
Ex Libris will be completed in spring 2013.
We love animated films about animators… here’s an animated portrait of Scots – Canadian animator Norman Mclaren. Featured in ‘Crossing Identities Best of Anima doc at Doc Leipzig‘ programmed by Annegret Richter.
McLaren’s Negatives is a short animated documentary directed by French Canadian filmmaker Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre. The film is a study of the Canadian animator Norman McLaren, and his personal view of film making. The short film won several awards, including the 2007 Jutra Award for best animated short film.
Described as ‘marital pingpong’ by Gendi, this ink drawn animation is a beautiful portrait of married life.
It’s Like That uses the voices of 3 refugee children held in mandatory detention under the Migration Act 1958. They were interviewed over the phone by ABC journalist Jacqueline Arias.
Everything was Life is an experimental documentary using animation and live action to explore the practice of female genital mutilation
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.
ANIMATED DOCS 