“German pioneer Lotte Reiniger is intrinsically connected to her innovative silhouette films, where paper and cardboard cut-out figures, weighted with lead and hinges at the joints, were manipulated from image to image by hand and filmed in stop motion photography. Reiniger’s characters are surrounded by detailed backgrounds in different layers of see-through paper or colourful acetate film for colour films. Her exceptional talent, precision work and craftmanship impress audiences and peers to this day, just like her extensive filmography, consisting of more than 60 films. In this compilation, we screen Reiniger’s interpretations of classical myths and fairy tales, a magical collection of tales from the Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm Hauff, Hans Christian Andersen and the folktales Arabian Nights.” – De Cinema
Music students from the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp will compose a new, unique soundtrack to the films of Lotte Reiniger.
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