Tag: rotoscope

  • ‘Tower’ by Keith Maitland (trailer)

    ‘Tower’ by Keith Maitland (trailer)

    ‘Tower’ tells the story of the university of Texas tower shooting which took place on August 1st, 1966. At the time, it was the worst mass-shooting in US history, with 14 people killed and 31 others injured. ‘Tower’ uses archival footage, interviews and animated recreations of the day’s events to tell the stories of the…

  • Review of ‘Kiss the Water’ by Eric Steel with animation by Em Cooper

    Last weekend I was lucky enough to go to the splendid Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, to watch the documentary film ‘Kiss the Water’ by Eric Steel.The screening started at 11 am and I didn’t expect many people to be there at such an early time on a Sunday morning. However the auditorium was at least…

  • ‘Tussilago’ By Jonas Odell

    What a treat to see the latest animated documentary from Jonas Odell. “West German terrorist Norbert Kröcher was arrested on March 31, 1977. He was leading a group planning to kidnap politician Anna-Greta Leijon. A number of suspects were arrested in the days following. One of them was Kröcher’s ex-girlfriend, “A”. This is her story.” In this film…

  • ‘The Chaperone 3D’ by Fraser Munden

    The Chaperone 3D Trailer from Thoroughbread Pictures on Vimeo. Something new here – I’m fairly certain this is the first animated documentary made in stereoscopic 3D that we’ve featured! Is this a new movement in animadoc film-making? It’s definitely one that I didn’t see coming. Just the trailer available to view on Vimeo at present.…

  • ‘I Dreamt of Flying’ by Alex Bland

    Alex Bland conjures the atmosphere of wartime Britain in this nostalgic exploration of the R.A.F.’s Bomber Command, a battalion charged with the treacherous task of attacking German targets at the dead of night. Set out in a roughly chronological narrative, archive recordings and contemporary interviews with ex-crew members narrate the early stages of excitement during enlisting,…

  • Review – ‘30%: women and politics in Sierra Leone’ by Anna Cady and Em Cooper

    This animated oil-on-glass and live action documentary is centered on the campaign in Sierra Leone to get a 30% quota of women in parliament. Titles in the film explain that women took a key role in negotiating the peace process at the end of an 11 year civil war, however since then female politicians have…

  • Crowd funding ‘The Last 40 Miles’, a film by Alex Hannaford

    Although not claiming to be an animated documentary The Last 40 Miles, ‘a short animated film about life, death and compassion’, is based on a true story. The mixed media animation refers to the real life narrative of a death row inmate whom Alex Hannaford, writer and director, came across while working as a journalist…

  • ‘Reality 2.0’ trailer by Victor Orozco Ramirez

    As featured in our Dok Leipzig review, here is the trailer for Victor’s film. It was autumn when I arrived in Germany. I thought that in this exotic country I could distance myself a little bit from Mexico, but I was wrong. Drug traffickers managed to take me back in a ruthless way. A short…

  • ‘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