By James Slaymaker. In its intricate tapestry of storytelling modes and its profound engagement with the ethics of representation, “Aurora’s Sunrise” stands as a cinematic work that dares to confront the complexities of historical memory. It forces us to re-examine the role of cinema in shaping and distorting the past….” […]
What’s the “Something”?: Pierre Földes’ Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)
By Thomas M. Puhr. Based on six Haruki Murakami short stories, writer-director Pierre Földes’ feature debut is an invigorating curiosity, a much-needed reminder of the emotional depths to which animation can take us.” “What you see with your eyes is not necessarily real,” a character reflects in Blind Willow, Sleeping […]
Navigating History and Audience: An Interview with Ari Folman on Where is Anne Frank (2021)
By Yun-hua Chen. The biggest challenge was how to portray the last seven months of Anne Frank’s life into images that can be accessible to children without going graphically too deep in terms of what really happened. This is how I found the solution through a lot of parallel visual […]
A Surreal Soul to Sell: Jan Švankmajer’s Faust (1994)
By Jeremy Carr. Faust submits an unnerving introduction to a world defined by cumulative weirdness and instability, where physical transformation is a prevalent force engendering the potential for change….” From F.W. Murnau to Alexander Sokurov, adaptations of the Faust legend have been cinematically rendered by some of the medium’s supreme visionaries […]
Canterbury Anifest | 5 October – 6 October, 2012
By Chris Pallant. Now in its sixth year, Canterbury Anifest continues to grow from strength to strength, this year hosting representatives from studios such as Aardman, Double Negative, DreamWorks, and Pixar. What started out as an ambitious but small-scale council initiative in 2007 has grown steadily over the past five […]