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Animation Night Extended 2017
Loving Vincent Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman

This feature-length animated film is based on letters to Van Gogh’s brother and was created using over 65,000 individual oil paintings made in a style emulating the artist’s imagery.

Loving Vincent

Animated Film
Poland,
UK
2017
91 minutes
Subtitles: 
German

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Producer
BreakThru Films & Trademark Films production
Director
Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
Music
Clint Mansell
Cinematographer
Tristan Oliver, Łukasz Żal
Editor
Justyna Wierszyńska, Dorota Kobiela
Animation
Piotr Dominiak
Script
Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Jacek Dehnel
Sound
Michał Jankowski, Michał Fójcik MPSE
The film "Loving Vincent" will be shown in Germany for the first time in a special screening prior to its cinema release. This feature-length animated film is based on letters to Van Gogh’s brother and was created using over 65,000 individual oil paintings made in a style emulating the artist’s unique imagery. The story sheds new light on the dramatic circumstances of his life and sudden death from the standpoint of his friends and acquaintances.

The film "Loving Vincent" will be shown in Germany for the first time in the frames of the Animation Night Extended prior to its cinema release. After the screening, producer Hugh Welchman will provide insights into the film’s complex production process, answer questions and show real paintings included in the film. He will also talk about previous film projects, such as the puppet animation film "Peter & the Wolf" by Suzie Templeton, which was awarded an Oscar in 2008, and "The Magic Piano", which was also nominated for an Oscar in 2012.