Why Pinscreen? (2024)
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.
Cast
Claire Parker
Archive footage
Jacques Drouin
Self
Florence Miailhe
Self
Céline Devaux
Self
Pierre-Luc Granjon
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