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.
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.
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”.
Filmmakers Annie Kwan and Helen Omand have been working on a short animated documentary about the work of Howard Hardiman and his self published series of comics – the world of Badger. The project is a work in progress you can find out more and watch the trailer here:
http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2012/badger-animated-documentary/
A live action documentary about the creation of a comic book of Muslim heroes, which uses animated sequences to bring the comic characters to life. The film tells the story of Naif Al-Mutawa’s journey to produce and distribute an animated TV series for children.
Clips on the film’s website: http://whambamislam.com and available for download on iTunes here.
Here’s Samantha Moore’s 2010 film on synaesthesia, produced by Joshka Wessels of Sapiens Productions and funded by the Wellcome Trust. Screened at many international festivals the film has won several awards including Best Experimental Animation, Scinema Science Film Festival.
http://www.samanthamoore.co.uk/#/an-eyeful-of-sound/4516109011
After fifty years a Holocaust survivor recalls her time as a child in the camps, and afterwards with relatives in Sweden; based on the experiences of Tana Ross.
http://archive.org/details/OrlyYadinSylvieBringasSilence
Awards:
Best Animation, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia 1999
Grand Prix, Odense Film Festival, Denmark 1999
Gold Hugo Animated Short, Chicago International Film Festival, USA 1998
Best Short Film, Oslo Animation Festival, Norway 1998
Fist Prize: Shorts, Cinanima International Animation Festival, Portugal 1998
Described as ‘the first CGI-animated documentary film’ this short taking the form of an interview with a hidden refugee child in Sweden has been screened at over 100 festivals and won many awards.
This is the first of three animadoc films by directors Heilborn & Aaronowitsch, the second being ‘Slaves’ and the third ‘Sharaf’ – at the time of writing still a work-in-progress.
http://www.story.se/films/hidden
Selected Awards:
Best Int. Short Documentary, Hot Docs Int. Doc. Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2003
Best Short, Fajr International Film Festival, Teheran, Iran 2003
Best documentary, FIKE, Portugal, 2003
If you don’t know this film, then you should! I certainly consider it one of the films which inspired me in what animation could do.
Director Tim Webb worked with autistic children and adults whose artwork informed the visual style of the film, as well as describing their experiences in the soundtrack.
The DVD is available here.
Watch this video to learn how the more oil and gas companies frack, the more trouble is finding ways to happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj_7kt51iJc&feature=player_embedded
