Heartstrings: Nina Gantz & Micah H. Weber
75 minutes
What’s the thing with animation? In the talk show Heartstrings, animation filmmakers and art connoisseurs present their favourite films. Perhaps, the productions inspired them to make their own films or they can relate to their aspirations.
This program screened as part of Haff 2016
Showing in this program
Fuji
The fascinating silhouette of Mount Fuji, filmed by American experimental filmmaker Robert Breer when he was in Japan for Expo 70. With its interplay of motifs and perceptions, Fuji is a synthesis of Breer's visual practice.
Oh Willy…
Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery. Entirely made from wool, felt and textile, Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels' short tells a story of life, death and rebirth with wobbly thighs, vomit, breastfeeding, space travel and bunny rabbits - all against the backdrop of a nudist colony. Oh Willy... reads as a surrealist story about loneliness, grief and a soft little guy tossed around by life. De Swaef & Roels create a universe where its inhabitants and building blocks are allowed their imperfections.
