Animation

June 14, 2019 @

Docs Get Graphic Master Class with Neil Berkeley

In the Docs Get Graphic Master Class, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Neil Berkeley explores using graphic design and animation to enhance a documentary's visual grammar and bring characters and narratives to life. Berkeley demystifies simple to complex design elements that bring an artistic and...

March 30, 2018

Doc Fortnight Serves Up a Global Feast of Nonfiction

Now in its 17th year, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)'s Doc Fortnight 2018 showcased "outstanding and innovative nonfiction film from around the

August 23, 2017

Life, Animated: How Doc-makers Heighten Perception and Solve Problems Through Animation

Animation's history within the realm of documentary is a long and storied one, but to this day its origin is still a matter of contention. Although

October 13, 2016

'Tower' Animates a Mass Shooting, 50 Years Later

In August 1966, the University of Texas at Austin found itself at the mercy of a sniper perched at the top of a tower at the center of the campus.

June 28, 2016

Autistic License: Disney Animation Treats the Disorder

The first time I met Oscar-winning documentary director Roger Ross Williams was in the lobby of the W Hotel on Hollywood Boulevard. It was 2014 and

November 13, 2015

Docs Meet Animation at DOK Leipzig

"We want to challenge our audience… and to surprise it," says Leena Pasanen, who took the helm as director of the International Leipzig Festival for

March 18, 2009

When Docs Get Graphic: Animation Meets Actuality

A growing sub-genre of documentary film, the animated documentary poses a network of challenging, existential questions for the form. And while