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Alchemia

Ernest Ansorge | Switzerland | 1991 | 26' | IFFR 1992

Fragments were borrowed from no less than forty-three different cartoon films for this dazzling compilation. Alchemia is freed from the rules of narrative and comprises an explosion of graphic ingenuity and the vitality of the cartoon. The fragments are from all times, genres and styles and put together in Alchemia as a cartoon firework; rhythms, forms and colours flow into each other separate sections are dissolved in an alchemical reaction which fashions them into a new unity.

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  • Les pionniers

    A homage to the silent period of Swiss cinema and also a homage to silent cinema in general. The very start was in 1896 when cameramen from the Lum

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Film details

Country of production
Switzerland
Year
1991
Festival edition
IFFR 1992
Length
26"
Medium/Format
35mm

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