Animated Self-Portraits (1989)
Genre : Animation
Runtime : 8M
Director : 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
Synopsis
An animated film compiled by David Ehrlich consisting of 27 animators from different countries all explaining themselves through their animation.
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