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Animated Self-Portraits

1989-06-01 · 8 min · ★ 6.0

Animation

An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.

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Directors
Jiří Barta, Sally Cruikshank, Borivoj Dovniković 'Bordo', Jan Švankmajer, Kihachiro Kawamoto, Renzo Kinoshita, Pavel Koutský, Candy Kugel, Mati Kütt, Nikola Majdak, Joško Marušić, Bill Plympton, Priit Pärn, Maureen Selwood, Osamu Tezuka, Riho Unt, Hardi Volmer, Dušan Vukotić, David Ehrlich
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ASIFA
Countries
Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Japan, Soviet Union, United States of America, Yugoslavia
Status
Released

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