Best of Animation 4 (Do It Yourself)

Four Best of Animation programmes give you the opportunity to see an exclusive selection of the most interesting and remarkable animated films of the last 10 years again. Grouped by topic – “Rotoscoping”, “Music”, “Men and Women”, and “As Simple as Animation” by filmmaker Maie Paccou.

Boogodobiegodongo (Boogodobiegodongo)

Peter Millard / Großbritannien / 06.2012 / 00:04:09 min.

I once lived in a Boogodobiegodongo and I felt better.

RGB XYZ (RGB XYZ)

David OReilly / Irland / 2007 / 00:12:19 min.

A boy finds adventure in the big city.

Frank Film (Frank Film)

Frank Mouris / USA / 1973 / 00:09:07 min.

Frank Mouris reads a list of words starting with the letter „F“. The visual is an animated collage of photos, collected from magazines.

The Singing Line (The Singing Line)

Hoji Tsuchiya / Deutschland / 2013 / 00:04:06 min.

This film is based on the idea that singing and drawing is both the same act originally.

Hurricane (Hurricane)

Hoji Tsuchiya / Japan / 2011 / 00:01:55 min.

I heard the rumor that a hurricane will come to Ireland. And I was trying to make an animation by the wind along with the Hurricane drawing machine. The wind had finished the drawing of 80 or more sheets within three days.

Baldwin Geotrope #1 (Baldwin Geotrope #1)

Eric Dyer / USA / 2014 / 00:02:03 min.

The Geotrope project transforms both natural and urban/industrial landscapes into animated organic-synthetic hybrid sculptures.

La Sole entre l’eau et le sable (The Sole between Water and Sand)

Angéle Chiodo / Frankreich / 2011 / 00:15:13 min.

The Sole is asymmetric. A team of researchers recently tried to explain this enigma of evolution. This documentary is the story of their adventures.

RecRéaction (RecReaction)

Nikodio / Frankreich / 2010 / 00:03:24 min.

This is a collective creation between the artist Nikodio and 12 childrens at Jean Prévost school in Yvetot, France.

This (This)

Malcolm Sutherland / Kanada / 2004 / 00:05:52 min.

A slow-paced, meditative film with chanting by Tibetan Monks. A

Leçon de Choses (Leçon de Choses)

Juliette Loubières / Frankreich / 1999 / 00:03:26 min.

Eulalie, Arnaud, Arthur, Julie, Kevin and their friends tell us in their own way, with their own words and with their own drawings how babies are made. Those little heroes are taking turns in sharing their stories.

Daumenreise 35: Fellbacher Glompp (Daumenreise 35: Fellbacher Glompp)

Maya Yonesho / Deutschland / 09.2011 / 00:01:17 min.

An animated stroll through Fellbach near Stuttgart.

Victoria, George, Edward and Thatcher (Victoria, George, Edward and Thatcher)

Callum Cooper / Großbritannien / 06/2010 / 00:02:10 min.

The faces of class, wealth, history and tensions between individualism and conformity in British society are explored in this visual journey from East (E5) to West London (SW7).

Der Da Vinci Timecode (The Da Vinci Time Code)

Gil Alkabetz / Deutschland / 2009 / 00:02:48 min.

This short discovers secret movements within Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper, where animated fragments of the painting reveal eating, dancing, discussing and arguing.

Wilde Kartoffel (Wilde Kartoffel)

Luis de Briceno / Frankreich / / 00:02:10 min.

A potatoe goes for a walk.

Tu ressembles à moi (You look like me)

Pierre Hébert / Kanada / 10.2014 / 00:05:45 min.

I read the story of your life, I saw photos of you, I saw you passing by, only passing by, but I could’nt forget your eyes, they said to me :“Little brother, little sister, you look like me.”

Pika Pika in Indonesia (Pika Pika in Indonesia)

Nagata Takeshi, Monno Kazue / Thailand / 2008 / 00:02:18 min.

The film was part of the exhibition „KITA!! Japanese Artists Meet Indonesia“ by the Japan Foundation.

Lightswitch (Lightswitch)

David Shrigley / USA / 2011 / 00:01:28 min.

Light on…and…off…and on off on off on off…

Lucía, Luis y el lobo (Lucía, Luis and the Wolf)

Cristobal Leon, Joaquin Cocina, Niles Atallah / Chile / 2007 / 00:03:49 min.

Lucía remembers the summer in which she fell in love with Luis.