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Coming on July 27th on Blu-ray in the UK from #SecondRunDVD: #JiříTrnka: #PuppetMaster (1953/1947)!

Czech artist Jiří Trnka (1912–1969) is the internationally revered master of puppet animation, often dubbed 'the European Walt Disney'. Painter, illustrator, designer,

Just sold.

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#VojtechKubasta

Snaps from a gallery exhibition I went to yesterday, of Jiří Trnka, a Czechoslovakian puppet-maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director.

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Two films by Czech animator Jiří Trnka. They're sensational. Read more: www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray... @secondrun.bsky.social #jiritrnka #animation #stopmotion #czechia #karelzeman #thehand

The final film by Czech stop motion master #JiříTrnka, The hand tells the story of a pot maker overpowered by a gigantic hand that demands it is work be made in it's image alone, ultimately driving the hero to insanity
#animation

"The Nasreddin Hodja We Haven't Seen"

Interview with Turkish Stop Motion Animator Ümit Solak

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#stopmotion #animation #art #arthistory #ümitsolak #jiritrnka #nasreddinhodja #nasrettinhoca

'It was possible to show figures in a state of stillness, of contemplation' ★★★★★ Two masterpieces from a great 20th century animator #JiříTrnka - PUPPET MASTER - 'A wonderful release', says @grahamrickson.bsky.social - now on @secondrun.bsky.social Blu-ray www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...

Shorts Weekend

Saturday:
#RichardKern
#SarahJacobson
#StanBrakhage
#BethB

Sunday:
#BertrandMandico
#JiriTrnka
More Brakhage

As Brakhage's films are mostly silent, we played the records for sound.

#MVDVisual #AGFA #CriterionCollection #KinoLorber #MondoMacabro #SecondRun

🔵🟡 The Grandmaster of Stop Motion
An introduction to Jiří Trnka, plus news:
The Glassworker
Play With Me
Dragonkeeper
Wallace & Gromit
Annecy
The Imaginary
Bulgakov
Naledi
Don Bluth
#JiříTrnka #Animation

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If you're feeling these days like CORALINE makes you uneasy for the wrong reasons, check out this stop motion cartoon that will make you feel uneasy without creator baggage.

#animation #czechanimation #JiriTrnka

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