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Beyond Animation 2023
Filmstill Blight
Blight
John Smith
A rhythmic collage of sounds and film images accompanies the demolition of a house in East London and becomes a protest piece against the motorway network that destroys the neighbourhood.
Filmstill Blight

Blight

Blight
John Smith
Beyond Animation 2023
Experimental Film
UK
1996
15 minutes
English

A rhythmic collage of sounds and filmed sequences accompanies the demolition of a house. People from a neighbourhood in East London report in interview fragments: The living conditions were not comfortable – ugh, those spiders! – but the families had a home that had grown over generations. Now the community protests against being squeezed out by a motorway network.

André Eckardt

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
John Smith
Script
John Smith
Cinematographer
John Smith
Editor
John Smith
Sound
John Smith
Score
Jocelyn Pook
Beyond Animation 2023
Filmstill Brand
Brand
Jan Koester, Alexander Lahl
2015, the rejection of refugees by the residents of Middle German Tröglitz escalates in violence. Drawings and 3D animations make tangible how hatred corrodes the life of the community.
Filmstill Brand

Brand

Brand
Jan Koester, Alexander Lahl
Beyond Animation 2023
Animated Film
Germany
2019
5 minutes
German
Subtitles: 
English

Tröglitz in 2015: The mayor organises a shelter for refugees. He and his family become homeless themselves, because many residents believe that strangers do not belong in their Middle German home. With an interview with the mayor on the soundtrack, the drawings and 3D animations make tangible how the immense hatred corrodes the fabric of the community and tears the people apart.

André Eckardt

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Jan Koester, Alexander Lahl
Script
Elise Landschek
Producer
Max Mönch
Sound Design
Hannes Schulze
Score
Hannes Schulze