‘Cumulus’ by Christopher Ian Smith
Animated Documentary
by Ellen Grant
7M ago
Still from ‘Cumulus’ “CUMULUS is an experimental documentary project by Christopher Ian Smith, which focuses on the musician Imogen Heap. The film was crafted only through the manipulation of data and content created and shared by Imogen Heap and her fans on social media and digital content platforms. It was commissioned by the Reel Lives research project supported by the University of Birmingham, UK in order to explore the concept of ‘digital personhood’ – this term is used to recognise a human being as having status as a person in the electronic realm.” More details here. Watc ..read more
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Public Talk – ‘Animated documentaries: challenges and opportunities’ panel discussion at DocuDays UA, the Ukrainian human rights film festival
Animated Documentary
by Alex Widdowson
10M ago
Watch the full talk here: https://docuspace.org/eng/project/dokumentalna-animaciya–vikliki-ta-mozhlivosti Even though the first animated documentary (The Sinking of the Lusitania) was released in 1918, the genre was considered as a paradox for a long time, and needed a couple of quite powerful breakthroughs – Waltz with Bashir and Flee – to win recognition from the wider audience and industry decision-makers. Today animation’s use in documentary filmmaking has truly flourished. More and more filmmakers are finding their creative freedom and new exciting chal ..read more
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‘Where is My Home?’ by Cecilia De Jesus
Animated Documentary
by Ellen Grant
1y ago
Still from ‘Where is my Home?’ ‘Where is My home?’ by Cecelia de Jesus was the official winner of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Student voices film competition in 2013. The film tells the story of Vera Gissing and her escape from Czechoslovakia during the start of the Holocaust. The USC Shoah Foundation is home to one of the largest collections of digital archive footage of Holocaust survivors and witnesses, currently housing over 55,000 video testimonies. De Jesus used archive footage, along with sand animation, to bring Vera Gissing’s story to life. When watching the film, you can’t help but be ..read more
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AniDox:LAB call for applications
Animated Documentary
by Alex Widdowson
1y ago
Applications are now open – Deadline 03 March 2023 ANIDOX:LAB is a tailor-made professional training course – for documentary and animation creatives, directors, producers and professionals with an animated documentary project in development. The Lab is based in Denmark, Viborg and Copenhagen, and is supported by the Danish film Institute and the Animation Workshop. They offer a series of seminars and consultation sessions running between May and August 2023. For in-depth guidance and a supportive framework. Expand participant’s international network and engage in new collaborations. The ANID ..read more
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‘Bettine Le Beau – A Lucky Girl’ by Martin O’Neill & GRIFF
Animated Documentary
by Ellen Grant
1y ago
Still from ‘Bettine Le Beau – A Lucky Girl’ With Holocaust Memorial Day coming up on January 27th, we want to share a couple of films with you over the next couple of weeks which share the stories of Holocaust survivors. In 2014, collage artist Martin O’Neill and animator Andrew Griffin (GRIFF) were paired with Bettine Le Beau, a holocaust survivor, to interpret and retell her story. Seven artists in total were paired with survivors living in the UK as a part of the Holocaust Memorial‘s Memory Makers’ Project. Bettine Le Beau, former Bond girl, actress and author, was 82 years old when she col ..read more
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‘Yoga for Larger Bodies’ by Stacy Bias
Animated Documentary
by Ellen Grant
1y ago
‘Yoga For Larger Bodies’ by Stacy Bias (2016) Stacy Bias is a Glasgow-based animator, activist and artist. A part of her animation studio, Your Story Studio, ‘Yoga For Larger Bodies’ is a 2016 animated documentary which tells the story of one woman’s experience as a plus-sized yoga instructor. The story is told through a continuous line-drawn animation which visualises the experiences and emotions shared through the narration. The piece aims to put emphasis on all bodies and all kinds of health being of equal value. The continuous line of the animation represents meditation, union and connecti ..read more
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‘The Untold Story of Brain Injury’ by Jess Mountfield
Animated Documentary
by Ellen Grant
1y ago
Jess Mountfield‘s short animated documentary titled ‘The Untold Story of Brain Injury’ collaborates with Emilia Clarke’s charity Same You to give a voice to those who have been affected by traumatic brain injury. Mountfield reached out to the brain injury community and recorded their stories, editing over 30 voices into ‘one cohesive tapestry’. ​Mountfield uses more limited visuals in order to give more emphasis to the voices and stories used in the film, while also making use of visual metaphor shards and deconstructed shapes. The painterly textures give a sense of movement and texture, brin ..read more
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‘Living with Depression’ by Anna Ginsburg
Animated Documentary
by Ellen Grant
1y ago
Anna Ginsburg’s ”Living with Depression’ visually interprets the experiences of two people giving their personal accounts of experiencing depression. The 2D hand-drawn animation style is expressive, each frame is detailed and full of life, yet beautifully encompasses the struggle of living with depression. Ginsberg has a certain quality with all of her films which is very open and honest. ‘Living with Depression’ is no different as she aims to portray the aspects of depression which can’t be easily explained to those who do not experience it. The use of animation gives a visual to the intervi ..read more
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Eternal Spring
Animated Documentary
by carlamackinnon
1y ago
Eternal Spring, Jason Loftus’s feature-length largely animated documentary about the 2002 hijacking of a state TV signal in China by members of the banned spiritual group Falun Gong, is currently playing at Bertha Dochouse in London and at other cinemas across the world. The film chronicles a small group of Falun Gong practitioners, whose aim through the hijack was to counter the government’s narrative about their practice at a time when Falun Gong faced growing pressure and persecution. The film uses the surviving hijackers’ memories as material through which scenarios are visualised by arti ..read more
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‘Cambia Tutto’ by Ana Mouyis
Animated Documentary
by Alys Scott Hawkins
1y ago
Ana Mouyis is an animator, illustrator, filmmaker and educator based in Louisiana, US. In 2020, animateddocumentary.com’s Alys Scott Hawkins interviewed Ana about her film ‘Cambia Tutto’ which takes the viewer through the small Italian village of Canieza and emphasises how the town has changed over time. ‘Cambia Tutto’ was screened at multiple film festivals in Europe, the US and Brazil, and won Fisheye Film Festival’s 2021 Audience Award for best short documentary, and The Americas Film Festivals 2020 award for best experimental short. Read Alys’s interview with Ana Mouyis: How did the film ..read more
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