Tag: children

  • Review of the Spectrum Portraits series on the BFI site

    An article, published yesterday on the BFI site, on the series of films for autism charity Spectrum which we blogged back in August. http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/animating-autism-spectrum-portraits-project

  • Blog entry about ‘Daddies Little Bit of Dresden China’ by Karen Watson

    Sorry folks this isn’t the actual film, but it is a fascinating blog post from ‘The Lost Continent’ blog. http://ukanimation.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/karen-watson-and-daddys-little-bit-of.html

  • ‘Portraits’ curated by Art & Graft for autism charity Spectrum

    Five beautifully designed and animated short films about individuals who UK autism charity Spectrum work with, made by Art & Graft, Matthias Hoegg, Mikey Please, Kristian Andrews and Sebastien Eballard. You can watch all the films from the project page here There’s also a film by Art & Graft about the charity and what they…

  • ‘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…

  • ‘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

  • More from ‘The Wrong Trainers’ for the BBC

    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

  • ‘Maisha’ by Hannah Klein and Abi Welsh

    Project in progress – an animation and documentary project with a participatory focus made with a group of school children in Mlali, a village in Tanzania, East Africa. We look forward to seeing the outcome, here’s a little about their project: Central to the project will be an ethic of collaboration, where a group of community…

  • “Ek Anek Aur Ekta” by Vijaya Mulay

    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…

  • ‘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…

  • ‘Silence’ by Orly Yadin & Sylvie Bringas

    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…