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Why Pinscreen?

2024 · 52 min

A thoughtful, gentle documentary that invites you to slow down and appreciate the tactile, patient craft behind a nearly forgotten animation tool.

Directed by
Brice Vincent
Genres
Documentary, Animation
Starring
Alexandre Alexeieff, Claire Parker, Sophie Le Tétour
Overview
The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of animation directors still use it. This film explores why it is so important to create something handmade with constraints, in a time when everything is turning towards instantaneous digital technology.

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Directed by
Brice Vincent
Genres
Documentary, Animation
Starring
Alexandre Alexeieff, Claire Parker, Sophie Le Tétour
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • technology
  • work
  • identity
  • trauma
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action0
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary, animation
Directed by
Brice Vincent
Starring
Alexandre Alexeieff, Claire Parker, Sophie Le Tétour, Jean-Baptiste Garnero, Michel Lemieux, Rose Mercier-Marcotte, Jacques Drouin, Wolfgang Noethlich
Runtime
52 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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