"An overflow of doubt became a burden on their back." This is a short film that is beautifully made and just as powerful in getting a message across. The Ostrich Politic is an outstanding animated short directed by filmmaker Mohamad Houhou, about a world made up of ostriches, with a society and culture just like our own. The story is about how they are unable to deal with change, visualized by the ostriches and the way they bury their head when ther're afraid. If that isn't a clear reference for what's happening with humanity, then I don't know what is. But the honest storytelling, and impressive animation to go along with it, makes this so soothing and persuasive. Featuring narration by Kester Lovelace & Fabrice Ziolkowski. Enjoy. Thanks to Guillermo del Toro on Twitter for the tip on this. Original description from YouTube: "Ostriches carry on their daily activities burying their heads,...
- 11/22/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Turkish director Sinem Sakaoglu scoops €20,000 Eurimages prize for Kara.
Eric Goossens (Walking The Dog); Amaia Remírez (Kanaki Films); Jaroslaw Sawko (Platige Films); Jarzyna Katarzyna (Platige Films); Raúl De La Fuente (Co-Director Another Day Of Life); Dorota Kobiela (Director Loving Vincent); Oscar Alonso (Latido Films)
The 20th edition of Cartoon Movie, the annual European animation industry event, came to a close today with the announcement of the winners of its key prizes.
The winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, which comes with a cash prize of €20,000, went to Turkish filmmaker Sinem Sakaoglu’s stop-motion animation project Kara, which is being...
Eric Goossens (Walking The Dog); Amaia Remírez (Kanaki Films); Jaroslaw Sawko (Platige Films); Jarzyna Katarzyna (Platige Films); Raúl De La Fuente (Co-Director Another Day Of Life); Dorota Kobiela (Director Loving Vincent); Oscar Alonso (Latido Films)
The 20th edition of Cartoon Movie, the annual European animation industry event, came to a close today with the announcement of the winners of its key prizes.
The winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, which comes with a cash prize of €20,000, went to Turkish filmmaker Sinem Sakaoglu’s stop-motion animation project Kara, which is being...
- 3/9/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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