As part of the collaboration with the University College of Volda the festival will include Symposium: Animation and Sciences to highlight how animation can help visualisation of advanced science. The Symposium is followed by a film programme with a wide selection of animated films that try to explain different processes of research and science.
The programme consists of 11 films from the USA, Croatia, Norway, and the UK, which are often a result of in-depth collaborations between scientists and animators. The films are surprisingly entertaining and are good examples of how different animation artist solve their task to communicated advanced sciences.
Age limit: 12
Artist Ellie Land and scientist Professor Peter Oliver embarked on a two-year conversation about the links now being discovered between sleep and mental health. This film is the result.
Ellie Land is an experienced animation director and producer. With a passion for using animation to communicate complex or difficult subjects, Ellie designs and directs award-winning short films, segments for feature films and commercial projects. Her work is renowned for using emotive storytelling with compelling design.
- Year2016
- Runtime05:30
- CountryUK
- DirectorEllie Land
- ProducerProduced for Silent Signal, a project curated and produced by Animate Projects, supported by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award and the Garfield Weston Foundation.
As part of the collaboration with the University College of Volda the festival will include Symposium: Animation and Sciences to highlight how animation can help visualisation of advanced science. The Symposium is followed by a film programme with a wide selection of animated films that try to explain different processes of research and science.
The programme consists of 11 films from the USA, Croatia, Norway, and the UK, which are often a result of in-depth collaborations between scientists and animators. The films are surprisingly entertaining and are good examples of how different animation artist solve their task to communicated advanced sciences.
Age limit: 12
Artist Ellie Land and scientist Professor Peter Oliver embarked on a two-year conversation about the links now being discovered between sleep and mental health. This film is the result.
Ellie Land is an experienced animation director and producer. With a passion for using animation to communicate complex or difficult subjects, Ellie designs and directs award-winning short films, segments for feature films and commercial projects. Her work is renowned for using emotive storytelling with compelling design.
- Year2016
- Runtime05:30
- CountryUK
- DirectorEllie Land
- ProducerProduced for Silent Signal, a project curated and produced by Animate Projects, supported by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award and the Garfield Weston Foundation.