Why Pinscreen? (2024)

0.0/10 52 min Documentary Animation

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

Self

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