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..."
Layaly Badr
Filed under: people, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Documentary, East Germany, Educational films, Egypt, Musical, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization, Papercut, Animation Story Developer, Animator, Artist, Director, Filmmaker, Production Manager, Screenwriter
"Layaly Badr is a Palestinian-Jordinian screenwriter, artist, and animator. To this day she remains a role-model for women, children, and displaced Palestinians, utilizing film as a tool for education and advocacy (Nasr)."
Mr.Nanguo (南郭先生)(1981)
Filed under: animation, 1980s, China, Papercut, Shanghai Animation Film Studio, Stop Motion, Technicolor, 1981
Release Date: ?/?/1981
"The papercut stop-motion animated short is inspired by an ancient Chinese folktale of Mr. Nanguo, a man who pretended he could perform yü (竽), a type of wind instrument. Once upon a time, there was a king who loved listening to yü's performances...."
Palestinian Animation Resources
Filed under: resource, 2000s, 2010s, 3D Animation, animated documentary, Color, Documentary, Educational films, Palestine, Papercut, Stop Motion, Film
"Layaly Badr’s Al-Tariq illa Filastin is an extremely powerful Palestinian film, but it isn’t the only one. We felt that offering up just one animation resource to account for the Palestinian identity in cinema, especially during crimes against hu..."