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 to be a little bit unusual.
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 Animating Reality DVD.
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
Here’s a review of the launch of ‘Centrefold’, Ellie’s new film, which was premiered last week at the Wellcome Trust in London. Friend of the blog Bella Honess Roe was there and here are her thoughts.
You will be able to watch the film on the Centrefold site from Friday. Watch this space and we’ll keep you posted…
Last week I went to the launch of Centrefold, at the Wellcome Trust in London. The film, directed by Ellie Land (one half of the team behind this great animated docs blog), is about female genital cosmetic surgery and aims to provide a non-judgemental look at labia surgery and ‘encourage informed discussion’ on the topic. It certainly provoked debate at the Q&A session after the screening last week, with a panel made up of Dr Phil Hammond, the director, consultant gynaecologist Sarah Creighton, consultant clinical psychologist Lih-Mei Liao, artist Jamie McCartney and psychoanalyst Susie Orbach. In particular, things got heated around whether the film was balanced and the reasons that motivate women to have this surgery.
I was interested in the points made by Jamie about using animation, and art in general, to tackle tricky subjects and Ellie’s comments that animation helps you get closer to…
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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.
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
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/
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.
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/
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 know.
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