Air!
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Canada, Color, hand-drawn, National Film Board of Canada, Netherlands, 1972
Producer(s): Pierre Moretti
"Air! is a two-minute, hand-drawn animation which tells the story of a dystopian society where human-made pollution has depleted and degraded all sources of air. The film highlights the ramifications for all living creatures, including humans, if air ..."
Animations from Cape Dorset
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Canada, collage, Color, Cutout, Experimental, hand-drawn, National Film Board of Canada, Papercut, Racial representation, Short Collection, Stop Motion, 1973
Producer(s): Joanasie Salamonie, John Taylor
Release Date: 1973
"Animation from Cape Dorset is a 1973 experimental animated short film made by a group of artists in Kinnigat, Nunavut (formerly Cape Dorset.) The film combines seventeen pieces made by six Inuit animators, including Solomonie Pootoogook, Timmun Alari..."
Põrgu (Hell)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, Estonia, Experimental, hand-drawn, Horror, Joonisfilm, Painted Animation, Rein Raamat, Talinnfilm, 1983
Producer(s): Rein Raamat
Release Date: 1983
"Põrgu/Hell is a 1983 animated horror short directed by Estonian animator Rein Raamat. It depicts a party held by a group of wealthy people that soon dissolves into sex and violence, desire and torment. (Porgu/Hell) In this short, Raamat adapts engr..."
Pussy Pumps Up
Filed under: animation, 1970s, Animation Types, Antoinette Starkiewicz, Australia, Color, Experimental, hand-drawn, 1979
Producer(s): Antoinette Starkiewicz
Release Date: 1979
"Pussy Pumps Up (1979) is a musical short by the Australian animator and artist Antoinette Starkiewicz. The film uses shifting linework to depict female sexuality and gender fluidity. (Quigley)"
Verwitterte Melodie (Weather-beaten Melody 1943)
Filed under: animation, 1940s, Animated film history and criticism, Children's film, Germany, hand-drawn, Hans Fischerkoesen , Propaganda, UFA Film GmbH, World War 2 ( WW2 ), 1943
Release Date: 04/06/1943
"Weather-beaten Melody follows the main character, a female bee as she wanders through a sunny meadow. Her character is provided autonomy and depth of character that is rare to find in animated media in the 1940’s. (Mortiz, 1..."