In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Loving Vincent is a 2017 animated biographical drama film about the life of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, in particular, the circumstances of his death. It is the first fully painted animated feature film. It is a Polish production, funded by the Polish Fil Institute, and partially through a Kickstarter campaign. It was first conceived as a seven minute short movie in 2008. which was idealized by Dorota Kobiela, a painter herself, after studying the techniques and the artist's story through his letters.
The film is said to consist of 65,000 frames, each of them an oil painting on canvas, using the same technique as Van Gogh's, created by a team of 125 painters. The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 2017.
Soundtrack:
Lianne La Havas - "Starry Starry Night" (Lving Vincent OST). "Starry Starry Night" was written by Don McLean and performed by Lianne La Havas for the motion picture "Loving Vincent"
Directors: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
Writers: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
Stars: Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Robert Gulaczyk
Film Award:
Loving Vincent won Best Animated Feature Film Award at the 30th European Film Awards in Berlin and was nominated and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 90th Academy Awards.
Video Credit:
BBC piece about Loving Vincent, the world’s first fully painted feature film. YouTube, uploaded by Sarah Wimperis. Accessed January 21, 2018.
Resources:
Loving Vincent (2017). Imdb.com. Accessed January 21, 2018
Loving Vincent (Film). en.wikipedia.org. Accessed January 21, 2018.
Loving Vincent. lovingvincent.com. Accessed January 21, 2018.
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