14-18 The Great War seen by Animators
In 2014, the beginning of the First World War marks its 100th anniversary. The programme 14-18 arose from the joint desire of three animated film festivals – Anima Bruxelles, Festival International du Film d´Animation d´Annecy, and the Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart – to commemorate those who fell in this war in their own way.
It was over, it was never to happen again. It was the last, yes, the last. 19 million dead, almost half of those were civilian victims, cities in ruins, ravaged countrysides…The First World War was the first modern war with its poison gas, tanks, and infantry soldiers who were stuck with their feet in the mud of the trenches. The “last of the last” inspired authors, filmmakers, and painters from 1918 to today. The animated filmmakers also got involved, for example with the nine films shown in this program which were all inspired by the “Great War.” They are lyrical, outraged, disgusted works. A huge topic from nine different perspectives. They are stories about never forgetting history.
Philippe Moins, curator
FRI 25.4. // 7 PM // METROPOL 3
- Lettres de femmes
- Le Jour de Gloire
01
Lettres de femmes
Augusto Zanovello, France 2013, 11:00 min.
02
Poppy
James Cunningham, New Zeeland 2009, 10:37 min.
03
War Game
Dave Unwin, Great Britain 2002, 29:00 min.
04
La Tranchée
Claude Cloutier, Canada 2010, 6:52 min.
05
Lien
Julien Chanson, Carole Cyrille, Thomas Adam,
Yancouba Dieme (Supinfocom), France 2001, 6:31 min.
06
Trois petits points
Lucrèce Andreae, Alice Dieudonne, Tracy Nowocien,
Florian Parrot, Ornélie Prioul, Rémy Schaepman (Gobelins),
France 2010, 3:35 min.
07
Le Jour de Gloire
Bruno Collet, France 2007, 6:30 min.
08
De si près
Rémi Durin, France/Belgium 2009, 13:00 min.
09
La Détente
Pierre Ducos, Bertrand Bey, France 2011, 8:30 min.
The Great War in historical documents and contemporary reflections
The programme “Animation & War” combines historical animated films with contemporary artistic reflections on the topic of World War One and war in general. In the historical films, everything is about “John Bull”: the personification of Great Britain. While the British film “John Bull’s Animated Sketchbook No. 15” deals with the topic ironically, the German propaganda tries to characterize “John Bull” as imperialistic and advertises war bonds for German war machines.
In many animated films from the last 20 years, the motif of the trench has once again come up and is almost made mythical. The trench and the unrelenting battle of material seem to have combined to become the symbol of the “Great War” – that is also the case in Andy Kaiser’s “Friendly Fire” in which the people and soldiers themselves become material and increasingly sink in morass.
Not only since Norman McLaren‘s Oscar-winning film “Neighbours” have animated films looked at the madness of war on a universal level. In particular artistic animated film, more than any other medium, has been able to create an intense picture of the absurdity and barbarity of war.
Prof. Ulrich Wegenast, curator
THU 24.4. // 7 PM // METROPOL 3
- Herstory
- Yellow Cake
ANIMATION & THE GREAT WAR
01
Das Säugetier
Robert Leonhard, Germany 1917, 8:00 min.
02
John Bull
Germany 1917, 4:00 min.
Produktion für 7. Kriegsanleihe
03
Ein Boxkampf mit John Bull
Germany 1917/18, 3:00 min.
Produktion: Vaterländischer Filmvertrieb
04
John Bull’s Animated Sketchbook No. 15
Great Britain 1916, 8 min.
Production: Cartoon Company
05
The Sinking of the Lusitania
Winsor McCay, USA 1918, 12:00 min.
06
Friendly Fire
Andy Kaiser, Germany 2008, 7:30 min.
07
Gloria Victoria
Theodore Ushev, Canada, 2013, 6:57 min.
ANIMATION & WAR
08
Pleasures of War
Ruth Lingford, Great Britain 1998, 11:10 min.
09
Herstory
Kim Jun-Ki, South Korea 2011, 11:00 min.
10
Yellow Cake
Nick Cross, Canada 2009, 8:33 min.
11
Patience of the Memory
Vuk Jevremovic, Deutschland, Spanien 2008, 6:45 min.
12
Sefr Darajeh
Zero Degree
Omid Khoshnazar, Iran 2005, 8:00 min.
13
Sumpf
Gil Alkabetz, Germany 1991, 10:45 min.
14
Kolac
The Cake
Daniel Suljic, Croatia 1997, 8:00 min.
