Ducks, Flies and Cows - The Art of Animation Wed 8th Feb 2012, 6:30pm
The third session of the Winter Films at Makan features a selection of some of the world's most celebrated animated films. These international short animation films present various time periods and a range of techniques, a taste of this art, a controversial genre that continues to grow and expand inspiring imagination and magic.
Winter Films at Makan is a series of film screenings curated by journalist and film critic Yazan Al-Ashqar who lives in Amman and writes for the Lebanese daily, Al Akhbar. Hoping to generate a conversation after each session, the screenings present samples of films that have left their mark in world cinema history and have pushed the industry of filmmaking forward.
All films are subtitled in English only.
Full details of films in the attached file.
Total time of screening: 132 minutes
1. Duck Amuck
USA, 1953, 7 minutes
Director: Chuck Jones
2. Tale of Tales
Soviet Union, 1979, 29 minutes
Director: Yuri Norstein
3. The Fly
Hungary, 1980, 3 minutes
Director: Ferenc Rófusz
4. Jumping
Canada & Japan, 1984, 7 minutes
Director: Osamu Tezuka
5. Cow
Soviet Union, 1989, 10 minutes
Director: Aleksandr Petrov
6. Balance
West Germany, 1989, 7 minutes
Directors: Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein
7. Darkness/Light/Darkness
Czechoslovakia, 1989, 6 minutes
Director: Jan Švankmajer
8. Rejected
United States, 2000, 9 minutes
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
9. Father & Daughter
Belgium, Netherlands, & United Kingdom, 2000, 8 minutes
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
10. Eat
United States, 2001, 9 minutes
Director: Bill Plympton
11. Wind Along the Coast
Russia, 2004, 6 minutes
Director: Ivan Maximov
12. Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor
Japan, 2007, 21 minutes