Tag: memory

  • ‘Animated Documentary’ – a book by Annabelle Honess Roe

    The long awaited book on animated documentary by Bella Honess Roe is now available to buy!  We have our copies on order and will post a review in the future. You can get a copy in the UK from this site http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=581517 and if you visit Bella’s blog you can get a code for a 50%…

  • ‘Blogging the animated documentary’ – article on Society for Animation Studies blog

    An article about this very blog, which I was invited to write for the the Society for Animation Studies blog. Blogging about blogging! Well in this case it’s reviewing films we’ve looked at on the blog so far, in order to assess the animadoc landscape; as something of a follow-up to other articles on the…

  • ‘Nyosha’ by Liran Kapel and Yael Dekel

    Nyosha is the story of a young Jewish girl who becomes fixated on a pair of shoes as the source of her salvation while her life is ripped apart by the Holocaust. Based on the diary and video recordings of Nomi Kapel, one of the young filmmaker’s grandmother, director ‪Liran Kapel and Yael Dekel have employed both…

  • ‘Heirlooms’ by Susan Danta and Wendy Chandler

    Heirlooms from Wendy Chandler on Vimeo Recently screened as part of the animadoc programme at the Tricky Women festival, Vienna, here’s a compilation of short episodes from a series made for Australian broadcaster SBS. In each episode a possession passed down the generations recalls memories and family histories, often of migration and war.

  • ‘Never Like The First Time’ by Jonas Odell

      We can only find a clip for this animated documentary, but it’s one we would like to include! https://vimeo.com/33210503

  • ‘Fragile Stories’ – Bradford’s Polish community – by Fettle Animation

    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. http://fettleanimation.com/2012/07/02/247/

  • ‘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…

  • ‘Waltz with Bashir’ by Ari Folman

    Much has been said about this highly successful feature – the first animated documentary to ‘break through’ to cinema audiences, and an influence on many films which have followed it. Here’s the film’s official site, with some revealing information about the making of the film in the ‘Production Notes’ section – click ‘The Film’ tab.…