Les films de Georges Schwizgebel / The Films of Georges Schwizgebel (1974 - 2004)

This collection of thirteen animated films covers thirty years of experiments with form, pictorial representation and playful storytelling. One name is common to them all: Georges Schwizgebel, one of the most influential and respected directors of contemporary animation. The Swiss filmmaker's style is very much his own: a few deft brushstrokes suffice to depict a character, create an atmosphere or construct a world. Schwizgebel is a meticulous craftsman who also possesses a remarkable feeling for the dramatic, suggesting grandeur with minimal means and an extraordinary economy of lines. His films, often inspired by musical structures, embrace all the arts - architecture, theatre, dance, literature, painting - and form a unique, coherent body of work with the imprint of the artist's wide-ranging mind.

1. Le vol d’Icare (1974, 3 min)
2. Perspectives (1975, 2 min)
3. Hors-jeu (1977, 6 min.)
4. Le ravissement de Frank N. Stein (1982, 9 min)
5. 78 tours (1985, 4 min)
6. Nakounine (1986, 6 min)
7. Le sujet du tableau (1989, 6 min)
8. La course à l’abîme (1992, 5 min)
9. L’année du daim (1995, 5 min)
10. Zig Zag (1996, 1 min)
11. Fugue (1998, 7 min),
12. La jeune fille et les nuages (2000, 4 min)
13. L’homme sans ombre (2004, 10 min)

Production land: Switzerland
Run time: ~67 min