Clip from Dreams and Desires
Directed by Joanna Quinn
Written and Produced by Les Mills
Animated by Joanna Quinn, Andy McPherson
Edited by Paul Hibbs
Compositing and F/X by Mike Tang
Production Co ordination Catrin Unwin
Music by Tino Martinez Orts
Production Company: Beryl Productions International Ltd
city paradise
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Directed by Gaëlle Denis
Produced by Passion-Pictures
2D Animation by Louis Clichy
Digital Ink and Paint by Tim King
3D Animation and CG Co-ordination by Emma Phillips
Modelling, Animation by Nicklas Andersson
Music by Jocelyn Minniel and Joanna Newsom
Alexei Karayev
Adapted from Dr. Seuss's story "Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose", this masterfull 1986 Soviet paint-on-glass-animated film won the Grand Prix in Ottawa and Los Angeles. The English translation was done by myself.
The film was directed by Alexei Karayev, and the art director was Aleksandr Petrov - this is one of the rarely-seen earlier films that he participated in (Petrov is better known for winning the Oscar in 2000 for Best Animated Short).
The Ub Iwerks studio was shortlived but produced several remarkable cartoons from 1930 to 1936: the black and white "Flip the Frog" and "Willie Whooper" and the full colour "ComiColor" series. The short "Don Quixote" was released in 1934 and became the earliest cartoon and colour film about Miguel de Cervantes' famous wannabe knight