Tag: 2011

  • ‘PressPausePlay’ animated sequence by Stuart Langfield

    ‘PressPausePlay’ is a documentary with animated sequences. Here is Stuart Langfield’s contribution. This comes via Boaz Lederer’s <a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/docoanim/22950788&quot; title=”Docoanim channel on Vimeo” target=”_blank”>docoanim channel on Vimeo.

  • ‘Wham! Bam! Islam!’ by Isaac Solotaroff

    A live action documentary which follows the creation of Muslim comic book heroes and uses animated sequences to bring the characters to life. “WHAM! BAM! ISLAM! tells the story of Naif Al-Mutawa and his venture to create the first team of superheroes from the Muslim world called THE 99. Following the tumultuous journey of THE…

  • ‘Talking ‘Kiwi ‘ by Simeen Douglas and Toni Chase

    Animadoc looking at the feelings about immigration and cultural conformity in New Zealand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf1jhPls8Lc

  • ‘Why I had an FGC’ by Suzanne Cohen

      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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRbRKtO78h4

  • ‘Leonid’s Story’ by Rainer Ludwigs

    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. http://leonidsstory.com/en/trailer.htm  

  • Animadoc programmes at Tricky Women 2011

    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/

  • AnimationsfilmKunst von Frauen – book by the Tricky Women film festival

    Friend of the blog Annegret Richter (Head of Animation at DOK Leipzig festival in Germany) has recommended this book ‘Women in Animation’ written and produced by Waltraud Grausgruber and Birgitt Wagner who run the Tricky Women Animation Festival in Vienna, Austria. Within it there’s much information and a bonus DVD, including some animadoc films. http://www.schueren-verlag.de/film-und-medien/filmpraxis/titel/274–tricky-women.html

  • ‘Places Other People Have Lived’ by Laura Yilmaz

    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… https://vimeo.com/31943880

  • ‘Abuelas’ by Afarin Eghbal

    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…

  • ‘Wham! Bam! Islam!’ by Isaac Solotaroff

    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…