Special Programme: “Animadoc – More Than Just Reality?” in Leipzig

51. INTERNATIONAL LEIPZIG FESTIVAL FOR DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED FILMS   27 October – 2 November 2008   Special Programme: Animadoc – More Than Just Reality? The Best Animated Documentaries of More Than Three Decades Tuesday-Friday 5p.m. Passage Kinos Leipzig Wednesday- Saturday 14 a.m. CineStar Leipzig In the past few years, filmmakers, festivals and audiences have become more and more awa...

CFP: Popular Culture Association National Conference

Animation Area of the Popular Culture Association Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference New Orleans, Louisiana April 8-11, 2009   The Animation Area of the Popular Culture Association seeks individual-papers and panel proposals for presentation at the 2009 National Conference of the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association, to be held ...

Animation Studies, Vol. 3: New article

Animation Studies' third volume has been updated with María Lorenzo Hernández' article "Visions of a Future Past." This paper gives an overview of the animated series Ulysses 31 (1981), a French-Japanese co-production based on the epic poem The Odyssey, which introduced children and young audiences to Greek myths, relocating the original narratives into futuristic contexts such as the 31st centu...

Die Kuh im Baum – Animationsfilme für Kinder von Christina Schindler

Die Kuh im Baum - in den Animationsfilmen von Christina Schindler ist alles anders. Träumer, Abenteurer und sympathische Querdenker rufen zu Phantasie und Kreativität auf. Erstmalig wird Christina Schindlers Schaffen in einer Ausstellung präsentiert. Mit Filmen und zahlreichen Exponaten - Flachfiguren, Zeichenfolien, Entwürfe  - erläutert die Ausstellung den Entstehungsprozess der Animations...