A collection of short animated docs looking at child poverty in the UK.
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Recommended by Laura Heit over on our Facebook page, here’s a film made in the US from an audio diary recorded by a 19 year old South African. Beautiful textures and a lightness of approach…
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Check out the Kickstarter campaign to fund this paper cut film (to be shot on 8mm!) about American soldiers in the First World War, from US director Andy Smetanka.Campaign here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1486916197/and-we-were-young?ref=card
Teaser and pitch here: http://laughingsquid.com/and-we-were-young-a-cut-paper-animated-documentary-about-americans-in-wwi
Good luck Andy!
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Here, a glimpse into government-sponsored short films of 1980s India. Doordarshan, the national broadcaster, regularly screened this popular film for kids. The title translates directly as “one, many and unity” and the film is designed to spread the message of unity in diversity among children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8DZUKQClvc
Director Vijaya Mulay, now 91, reveals something of the commissioning process in this interview:
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/the-cartoon-that-taught-indians-the-meaning-of-many/
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Thanks to Tom Price for bringing this film to my attention: an autobiographical exploration of memory, using a number of 2D techniques & approaches. Well worth a look…
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I was lucky enough to sneak my way on to Dennis’ two day workshop at the Royal College of Art in London, last week.
An Australian director with extensive experience in making both live action and animated documentary films, Dennis provided the MA Animation students with an insight into his work. He screened ‘The Darra Dogs’ and ‘His Mother’s Voice’, as well as recent film ‘Chainsaw’, which blends fact with fiction by using a range of documentary sources to create a narrative story.
Some drawings of the workshop from my notebook…
In the practical session, across two days, Dennis shared his approach to developing a film: pinning down all the details in the script and storyboard before going into production. He prompted us to develop and explore our own film ideas, and gave us some very useful feedback! The students did a great job of rising to the challenge, even attempting to pick up the gauntlet Dennis threw down of developing an animadoc film idea with no voices or voice-over.
You can watch clips of Dennis’ films at his website http://www.dennistupicoff.com
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A short article about animated documentary as a medium growing in popularity, from the Daily News and Analysis, a lifestyle magazine in India.
http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_more-real-than-reality_1691156
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The UK’s Great North Run has just opened its Moving Image Comission for 2012: a £30 000 budget to make new work in response to the world’s largest half-marathon. More info here:
http://www.greatnorthrunculture.org/moving-image/apply
I just discovered in the archives a film from 2007 by director Suky Best which focuses on the stories and experiences of individual runners.
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A beautifully crafted collection of clips commissioned for interactive exhibits at the museum in Greenwich, to be viewed on tablets PCs, directed by Leo Bridle and produced by Steve Smith.
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Abuelas_Trailer from Afarin Eghbal on Vimeo.
From director Afarin’s website:
“In a small apartment in Buenos Aires, an old woman eagerly awaits the birth of her grandchild and all the joys of becoming a grandmother. However, horrific circumstances mean that she will be forced to wait for over 30 years. Using real-life testimonials this animated documentary raises issues of memory, repression and loss”.
ANIMATED DOCS 