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THEME EXPLORATION

after-hours animation

19 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Fantasia
Fantasia
1973 · Isao Takahata
Ani*Kuri15
Ani*Kuri15
2008 · Mahiro Maeda & Makoto Shinkai
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
Film ist Rhythmus: Rhythmus 21
1921 · Hans Richter
Ghost
Ghost
1990 · Jerry Zucker
My Mother’s Garden
My Mother’s Garden
2007 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
demonlover
demonlover
2002 · Olivier Assayas
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
La Table tournante
La Table tournante
1988 · Jacques Demy
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
2010 · Sergei Eisenstein
So Can I
So Can I
1975 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Real End of the Great War
The Real End of the Great War
1957 · Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Appetizers
Appetizers
1960 · Arthur Lipsett
Beautiful Funerals
Beautiful Funerals
1996 · Stan Brakhage
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda
Kino-Pravda No. 23: Radio Pravda
1925 · Dziga Vertov
Shack and puppets
Shack and puppets
1954 · Sergio Corbucci
The Dark Crystal
The Dark Crystal
1982 · Jim Henson
Dead Earth
Dead Earth
2020 · Wych Kaosayananda
In Good Hands 2
In Good Hands 2
2024 · Ketche
Los Muertos
Los Muertos
2004 · Lisandro Alonso
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Kongkiat Khomsiri → Japan

His films like 'Perfect Blue' and 'Paprika' explore surreal after-hours dreamscapes where animation blurs reality and the subconscious.

Richard Linklater → United States

His rotoscope animations like 'Waking Life' and 'A Scanner Darkly' capture late-night philosophical wanderings and liminal consciousness.

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